Ryan Chapman’s debut novel RIOTS I HAVE KNOWN is a most anticipated book of the month of May for Literary Hub, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and The Millions. Amazon has named RIOTS I HAVE KNOWN its May Debut Spotlight. Simon & Schuster will publish the book on May 21, 2019.

Anna Pitoniak’s forthcoming NECESSARY PEOPLE has been featured in Bustle and O Magazine’s Most Anticipated Books lists, Crime Reads’ monthly list of Best New Crime Fiction, and Refinery29’s The Books of May roundup. Little, Brown will publish the book on May 21, 2019.

In their review, The Clipped Nightingale Blog calls Sidney Sheldon’s THE SILENT WIDOW a “must read” for fans of psychological thrillers and praises Sheldon for creating well-executed characters. Crooked Lane Books will publish the book on May 7, 2019.

The A.V. Club calls FAILURE IS AN OPTION “a sharp and extremely funny memoir that is occasionally as much about not wanting to write a book as it is about his life” and adds that “writing this funny requires immense talent.” Dutton published the book on May 1, 2018.

Vulture featured Kiese Laymon’s memoir HEAVY in their “6 New Paperbacks You Should Read Right Now” roundup, writing: “The most exciting kinds of memoirs are the ones that throw you into the story of a life even while encouraging you to step back and consider the art of its framing. Heavy is one of the best of the bunch. Kiese Laymon’s writing about size and race, addiction and ambition in America is nothing less than thrilling — every sentence sings.” Scribner published the book on October 16, 2018.

Vulture featured Andrea Lawlor’s PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL in their “6 New Paperbacks You Should Read Right Now” roundup, writing: “Shape-shifting meets ’90s nostalgia in this delightful experimental novel featuring a hero who can change at will into different sexual personae… Set in a college town where academic theory and pop-culture digressions are as important as racy sex scenes, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is a testament to the search for connection and the fluidity of identity.” Vintage reissued the book April 23, 2019; Rescue Press published the book originally on November 1, 2017.

Alan Cumming was interviewed on BUILD, a live interview series, about HONEY & LEON TAKE THE HIGH ROAD. In this second installment to The HONEY & LEON Series, the world-traveling dogs are back, and off to Scotland. Random House Books for Young Readers published the book on April 30, 2019.

BEARSKIN received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Best First Novel by An American Author. Ecco published the book on June 12, 2018.

For The Atlantic, Lily Meyer writes that Namwali Serpell’s debut novel THE OLD DRIFT is a “sprawling epic that unfolds with the wild detail of a Bosch painting,” and notes its sharing of a “provocative core idea: that colonialism was a massive invasion of privacy, and that technology is on track to rival it." Hogarth published the book on March 26, 2019.

Ted Chiang’s forthcoming EXHALATION has already received 5 starred reviews ahead of publication. Now The Verge has picked his new collection as one of the “10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in May.” The Verge writes that “Ted Chiang is one of the best science fiction writers working right now.” Knopf will publish the book on May 7, 2019.