Literary Hub selected Tara Isabella Burton’s STRANGE RITES for their list of “9 New Books to Read in June.” VOL. 1 BROOKLYN also featured the book in their “June 2020 Book Preview,” and write: “There are few writers working today who are better at chronicling the overlap of culture and religion than Tara Isabella Burton. Her new book STRANGE RITES brings a panoply of belief systems and devotions together into one place, showcasing the numerous ways in which people have utilized faith and belief to make sense of the contemporary world.” PublicAffairs published the book on June 16, 2020.

Book Riot selected MINOR FEELINGS by Cathy Park Hong as part of their “10 Under 10” list, which includes their ten favorite audiobooks under ten hours. They call the essays “illuminating and rigorous,” noting Hong’s “crisp and precise” narration. Additionally, Real Simple and Rutgers University both recommend MINOR FEELINGS for their lists of must-read books about race. Rutgers calls it an “anti-racist manifesto [with] unflinching assessments of quotidian, startlingly normalized racist violence that characterizes the United States.” Teen Vogue also included the book in their list of “13 Books by Asian and Pacific Islanders That Should be Required Reading.” One World published the book on February 25, 2020.

The African Speculative Fiction Society has nominated THE OLD DRIFT for their Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African. The winner will be announced in the fall. Hogarth published the book on March 26, 2019.

De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s IN WEST MILLS is a June 2020 Indie Next List “Now in Paperback” selection. Bloomsbury originally published the book on June 4, 2019, and published the paperback edition on June 16, 2020.

In their piece about BEA's virtual events, the New York Times highlighted one of the most powerful moments of the expo—Sally Kim, editor-in-chief of Putnam, showing Robert Jones, Jr. a mock-up of his debut novel, THE PROPHETS. They state: "Jones's emotional reaction, seen intimately up close in his home office, would likely not have been as powerful in the hangar-like Javits Center." G.P. Putnam’s Sons will publish the book on January 5, 2021.

Hannah Orenstein’s next rom-com, HEAD OVER HEELS, has made summer reading round-ups from O, The Oprah Magazine, PopSugar, Bustle, and Goodreads, among others. Atria Books will publish the book on June 23, 2020.

Amazon has selected Lauren Ho’s LAST TANG STANDING as a “Best Book” of the month in their Romance category. The novel has also been featured on summer reading lists by both BookPage and the Minneapolis Star. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on June 9, 2020.

Book two of Anthony Ryan’s Seven Swords Series, THE KRAKEN’S TOOTH, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. They write: “Ryan masterfully combines vivid characterization and understated worldbuilding . . . Readers will eagerly await the next in the series.” Subterranean will publish the book on September 30, 2020.

Ted Chiang is a finalist for four 2020 Locus Awards, nominated in the Best Collection category for EXHALATION, the Best Novella category for “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the Best Novelette category for “Omphalos,” and the Best Short Story category for “It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids are Still Winning.” Knofp published his short story collection, EXHALATION, on May 7, 2019.

Kirkus calls Bradley Garrett’s BUNKER an “[i]ntriguing and often entertaining reading on a phenomenon that seems timeless,” praising Garrett as “a capable writer with a crisp, detailed, visual quality to his work.” The book provides an inside look at “prepper” communities around the world that are building bunkers for a possible apocalypse. Scribner will publish the book on August 4th, 2020.