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LIFELINES by Heidi Diehl

Heidi Diehl’s debut novel LIFELINES was named by O Magazine as one of “The Best Books by Woman of Summer 2019.” HMH published the book June 18, 2019.

NECESSARY PEOPLE by Anna Pitoniak

Stephen King tweeted the following about Anna Pitoniak’s debut thriller NECESSARY PEOPLE: “That book-blurb saying ‘I couldn't put it down’ is usually bullshit, right? For me it was true of Anna Pitoniak's NECESSARY PEOPLE. I literally couldn't stop reading. Murder, ambition, toxic friendship. What's not to like?” Little, Brown and Company published the book on May 21, 2019.

THE UNDYING by Anne Boyer

Anne Boyer’s memoir was featured by Lit Hub in their list of “Most Anticipated Books of 2019, Part 2.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish the book on September 17, 2019.

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO JAPAN by Pico Iyer

Pico Iyer’s second release of 2019 was featured by Lit Hub in their list of “Most Anticipated Books of 2019, Part 2.” Knopf will publish the book on September 3, 2019.

RULES FOR VISITING by Jessica Francis Kane

Jessica Francis Kane debut novel RULES FOR VISITING was named by O Magazine as one of “The Best Books by Women of Summer 2019.” Kane also wrote a piece in Slate where she tried to live by the “Rules for Visiting” that are featured in her novel. Penguin Press published the book on May 14, 2019.

RULES FOR VISITING by Jessica Francis Kane

Good Morning America featured Jessica Francis Kane’s debut novel in their list of “10 books to read, no matter what your plans are.” GMA editor Ali Ehrlich writes: “This beautiful novel tackles loneliness in the digital age and the lost art of visiting.” Penguin Press published the book on May 14, 2019.

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion

Joan Didion’s memoir THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING was praised as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years by the New York Times. Knopf published the book on October 10, 2005.

HOLD STILL by Sally Mann

Photographer Sally Mann’s memoir HOLD STILL was praised as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years by the New York Times. Dwight Garner writes: “Sally Mann’s memoir is weird, intense and uncommonly beautiful.” Little, Brown & Company published the book on May 12, 2015.

BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore

Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore were interviewed by NPR and i09 about BTTM FDRS, their graphic novel which confronts the ramifications of gentrification in “comic horror form.” Daniels says to NPR, “A lot of the book is a love letter to my time in my early 20s in Chicago. . . I was moving to neighborhoods that were cheap because that's all I could afford.” Fantagraphics published the book on June 25, 2019.

PLACES AND NAMES by Elliot Ackerman

Esquire interviewed Elliot Ackerman in a feature titled “Author and Veteran Elliot Ackerman Reflects on the War That Defined His Generation,” in which they praise PLACES AND NAMES as “a multi-faceted memoir of the battles he fought, the ties that bind us across cultural divides, and the ongoing work of confronting the ghosts that never leave us.” Penguin Press published the book on June 11, 2019.