MORE THAN ENOUGH author Elaine Welteroth has been announced as the new host of CBS’s The Talk, replacing Marie Osmond and Eve to join Amanada Kloots, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Carrie Ann Inaba. Welteroth also interviewed President Barack Obama on Instagram Live to promote his presidential memoir, A PROMISED LAND. Penguin Books published MORE THAN ENOUGH on April 28, 2020.

Investigative journalist Becky Cooper’s true-crime debut, WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE, launched with a splash last month, becoming an Indie Bestseller in its first week of sale. Excerpts were featured on pub day in Crime Reads, Town & Country and AARP.com, while Vogue.com, Salon, Shondaland, and The Daily Beast all published interviews with Cooper. The book also received glowing reviews from The Wall Street Journal, Air Mail Weekly, and the Washington Post, and the New Yorker featured the book in its “Briefly Noted” section in its December 7 issue. Redbook, Marie Claire, and Fresh Air’s Maureen Corrigan named it a “Best Book of 2020,” and Cooper has held virtual events in conversation with Ron Chernow, Patrick Radden Keefe, Emma Copley Eisenberg, and Paige Williams, among others, to discuss the decade of research that went into her account of Jane Britton’s murder. Grand Central Publishing published the book on November 10, 2020.

Gabriela Garcia’s OF WOMEN AND SALT has been named by Forbes as one of the "10 Most Anticipated Books of 2021 According to Independent Bookstores.” Stephanie Skees, director of operations at The Novel Neighbor, praises: “It's a masterfully written debut novel exploring one family's matriarchal choices and the legacy those choices create. A sweeping tale ranging from 19th-century cigar factories to present-day detention centers it will leave the reader equal parts haunted and moved.” Flatiron Books will publish the novel on March 30, 2021.

Dawnie Walton’s THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. They write: "Walton’s spectacular debut pulls off a polyphonic oral history of a fictional proto-Afro-punk performer and her white musical partner. Walton pumps up the volume with a fresh angle on systemic racism and freedom of expression. This is a firecracker." PopSugar also featured the novel as one of the "42 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2021.” 37 Ink will publish the novel on April 20, 2021.

THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones Jr. has been chosen as the #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2021. The novel has also received a starred review from BookPage. They write: "[W]hat is most notable about THE PROPHETS is that, like James Baldwin or Toni Morrison, Jones gets to the root of some of our culture’s thorniest problems through specific, accurate storytelling, drawn with insight and great skill." Lastly, Harper's Bazaar and Vanity Fair both features the novel as a highly anticipated 2021 read. G.P. Putnam’s Sons will publish the book January 5, 2021.

Michael Zapata’s debut novel, THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU, won the Chicago Review of Books’ 2020 CHIRBy Award for Fiction. He accepted the honor at a virtual ceremony with these words: "In spite of disaster, in spite of the predatory elite, we are here, we are making work and it forms some of the most beautiful communities I've ever participated in.” The book was also named one of NPR's “Best Books of 2020.” Hanover Square Press published the novel on February 4, 2020.

THE IMMORTALITY KEY by Brian Muraresku is an Audible Best of the Year in the History category. St. Martin’s Press published the book on September 29, 2020.

PHALLACY by Emily Willingham is on Wired’s list of “8 Science Books to Read (Or Gift) This Winter” with hearty praise from Adam Rogers, who praises the book as being “entertainingly, smartly, and expertly” written. Avery published the book on September 22, 2020.

GOLDEN GATES by Conor Dougherty is one of Fortune’s “10 best business books of 2020,” who praise the book as “sweeping in scope and intimate in detail” with “propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting.” GOLDEN GATES also appeared on Apartment Therapy’s “Best books of 2020” list. Penguin Press published the book on February 18, 2020.

PERFECT TUNES by Emily Gould is one of Apartment Therapy’s “Must-Read Books of 2020.” They write: “At the heart of PERFECT TUNES is a story about growing up, what ambition means and how it changes, the complexities of motherhood, and the things you inevitably sacrifice so the one person you love doesn’t have to make the same mistakes you did, or so you hope.” Avid Reader Press published the book on April 14, 2020.