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THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS by Dinaw Mengetsu
May 16, 2014

Dinaw Mengestu’s THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS has been nominated as one of the top four books for DC Reads: the annual Washington, DC “one city, one book” program. Residents of DC and its surrounding Maryland and Virginia counties are eligible to vote online or in one of the 50 designated locations between May 28 and June 30. Riverhead published the book March 1, 2007.

The KNOWLEDGE by Lewis Dartnell
May 16, 2014

Lewis Dartnell’s THE KNOWLEDGE debuted last week on the New York Times Science Times bestseller list at #17. Penguin published the book on April 17, 2014.

JOHNNY CASH: The Life by Robert Hilburn
May 16, 2014

Mr. Hilburn’s biography of Johnny Cash was named best book on country music, winning the Belmont Book Award...which is presented annually by Belmont college, the music business college in Nashville. Little Brown published the book on October 29, 2013.

WILSON by A. Scott Berg
May 16, 2014

A. Scott Berg’s biography of Woodrow Wilson is on the longlist for the 2014 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. Putnam published the book September 10, 2013.

THE CUTTING ROOM by Jilliane Hoffman
May 16, 2014

Having republished Ms. Hoffman’s first four novels, Thomas & Mercer now brings her latest thriller to the United States with the chilling tag line, “You can never erase a life completely. There are always pieces left behind…” Thomas and Mercer published in paperback May 6, 2014.

A LIFE OF BARBARA STANWYCK: STEEL-TRUE 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson
May 16, 2014

The first volume of Victoria Wilson’s biography of Barbara Stanwyck is on the longlist for the 2014 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. Simon & Schuster published the book November 12, 2013.

LEXICON by Max Barry
May 16, 2014

The paperback edition of LEXICON by Max Barry reached #12 on the “New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List” and #10 on the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association bestseller list. Penguin published the paperback edition April 1, 2014.

THE DYNAMITE ROOM by Jason Hewitt
May 16, 2014

Jason Hewitt's THE DYNAMITE ROOM was reviewed in the Observer, which said, “[An] ambitious and often gripping debut novel…Hewitt has a strong sense of narrative pace and brings a strange poetry to his depiction of an exhausted and empty world… a very promising first novel.” The book was released first in the UK by Simon & Schuster on March 27, 2014.

ALL OUR NAMES by Dinaw Mengestu
May 16, 2014

Dinaw Mengestu spoke to PBS NewsHour chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about lost and found identities and colliding worlds in his novel ALL OUR NAMES. The segment aired on May 14. Knopf published the book on March 5, 2014.

10% HAPPIER by Dan Harris
May 2, 2014

Mr. Harris’ book continues to fly off the shelves. It is #5 on the NYT Hardcover Non Fiction list, #5 on B&N’s Non Fiction list, #19 on Bookscan’s Hardcover Non Fiction list, #6 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller list, #8 on the San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller list, #85 on USA Today Bestseller list, #10 on Indie Bound,