VERY COLD PEOPLE by Sarah Manguso was featured on The New Yorker’s list of “The Best Books of 2022 So Far,” alongside an excerpt from their previous review of the novel: “The poet and memoirist Sarah Manguso’s debut novel has a fairy-tale quality, a ring of the nursery rhyme lent by its symmetries, prototypical figures, and brutality…In minimalist, austere prose, Manguso conjures the torpor, stasis, and ambient suffering that envelop a whole town.” Hogarth published the novel on February 8, 2022.

The New York Times featured Meg Howery’s debut novel THEY’RE GOING TO LOVE YOU on its list of “15 Books Coming in November,” writing: “Howrey, a former dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, brings an insider’s view of the discipline to this buzzy novel, which is about a choreographer grappling with painful family memories after receiving the news that her father is dying.” Doubleday will publish the book on November 15, 2022.

STRANGERS TO OURSELVES by Rachel Aviv was featured on The New Yorker’s list of “The Best Books of 2022 So Far.” The citation reads: “Aviv, a staff writer, offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, through a series of portraits that illuminate the connections between identity and diagnosis. Aviv’s original reporting, about the challenges of taking psychiatric drugs, first appeared in the magazine, in 2019.” Farrar, Straus, & Giroux published the book on September 13, 2022.

THE FURROWS by Namwali Serpell continues to receive stellar media attention. Serpell was featured on the cover of Publishers Weekly’s October issue, and THE FURROWS was selected as one of Publishers Weekly’s top 10 books of 2022. THE FURROWS and THE OLD DRIFT were jointly selected as NPR’s “Book of the Day” on October 14, and Serpell was interviewed by NPR’s Scott Simon and Juana Summers. Serpell was also interviewed by CBC Radio and Electric Literature, the latter of which praises Serpell’s prose as “[having] a cutting nature to it, sharp and to the point, allowing you to truly feel these characters and their voices.” Lastly, Serpell appeared on LARB’s Radio Hour, where the accompanying blurb praises THE FURROWS as a work that “defies narrative conventions and readerly expectations.” Hogarth published the novel on September 27, 2022.

AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong is one of Publishers Weekly’s top 10 books of 2022. Random House published the book on June 21, 2022.

THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV by Dawnie Walton is the winner of the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award 2022. The award will be presented at The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Celebration Dinner at the Mark Twain Museum Center on November 4. 37 Ink published the novel on March 31, 2021.

Judas 62, the second book in the Box 88 series by Charles Cumming, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. They praise the book as a “tour de force of tradecraft and suspense,” adding: “Cumming does a superb job creating portraits of people, eras, and places. This powerful spy thriller should win the talented author new fans.” Mysterious Bookshop will publish the book on December 6, 2022.

Rachel Aviv’s STRANGERS TO OURSELVES was featured on Wired’s “Picks for the 15 Books You Need to Read This Fall.” They write: “STRANGERS TO OURSELVES is occasionally maddening but always thoughtful, and anyone with even a passing interest in mental health, identity politics, the healthcare system, or philosophy of the mind will be riveted.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on September 13, 2022.

De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s sophomore novel DECENT PEOPLE received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly. They write: “There are a trove of surprises along the way to the [novel’s] well-earned resolution, and Winslow entrances readers with strong characters, impeccable prose, and brisk pacing. As a character-driven mystery, it delivers the goods.” Bloomsbury Publishing will publish the novel on January 17, 2023.

James Spooner’s THE HIGH DESERT is one of Publishers Weekly’s “Best Books of 2022,” in the Comics category. Harper published the book on May 17, 2022.