Kirkus gave THE PRETTIEST STAR by Carter Sickels a starred review, effusively writing: “Sickels' characters are painfully flawed and wholly, believably human in their failings. This unflinching honesty, conveyed in finely crafted prose, makes for a memorable and unsettling novel. Powerfully affecting and disturbing.” Hub City Press will publish the book on April 14, 2020.

Bustle included RULES FOR VISITING on their list of books to give to people on your holiday gift list. Penguin Press published the book on May 14, 2019.

The Atlantic featured THE OLD DRIFT on their list of The 15 Best Books of 2019. They describe it as “a story that grips the reader from its first pages” and praise Serpell as “a tremendously gifted writer who can retain narrative cohesion even as she weds stories of love and terror to casual observations about the state of the world.” Hogarth published the book on March 26, 2019.

The Advocate featured IN WEST MILLS on their list of the 26 best LGBTQ novels they discovered in 2019. On the book, they write: “Peppered with lively and nuance queer Black gay characters . . . IN WEST MILLS is a magical, moving story about family, friendship, and the liberating power of love.” Bloomsbury published the book on June 4, 2019.

Elaine Welteroth’s bestselling debut memoir was named a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in the category Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography. Viking published the book on June 11, 2019.

The mass market edition of SILENT NIGHT by Danielle Steel made its debut at number 1 on the New York Times Monthly Mass Market Best Seller list. Dell published the mass market edition of SILENT NIGHT on December 3, 2019.

Several publications have featured THE ARGONAUTS as one of the best memoirs of the decade, including Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Paste, Lit Hub, and Autostraddle. Lit Hub states, “It is important as social criticism, it is important as memoir and, frankly, it is important as art,” and Paste points to how Nelson “flip[s] conventional thinking, living and writing upside down . . . creating a brilliance that would fade in the hands of a lesser writer.” Graywolf Press published the book on May 5, 2015.

Buzzfeed featured IN WEST MILLS on their list of the Best Books of 2019, saying “it’s impossible not to fall in love with Azalea ‘Knot’ Centre, the star of IN WEST MILLS.” Bloomsbury published the book on June 4, 2019.

Buzzfeed featured THE OLD DRIFT on their list of the Best Books of 2019. They write: “Serpell’s enchanting debut novel is epic in every sense of the world . . . It’s a wonderful achievement, reminiscent of Salman Rushdie at his best and the tales of Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende.” Hogarth published the book on March 26, 2019.

Publishers Weekly reviewed FIGURE IT OUT, describing it as an “inventive collection” where “themes of sexuality and gender are pervasive, typically in eye-catching declarations.” Soft Skull will publish the book on May 5, 2020.