Harold Rogers paid a visit to CBS New York's studios this month for a special book club segment dedicated to discussion of his debut novel TROPICÁLIA—the Top FicPick for Mary Calvi's August book club, as chosen by 4,000 votes. Readers from all over the tri-state area loved the book, calling it "amazing!" and "really moving," and claiming "[they] couldn't put it down!" Atria Books published TROPICÁLIA on July 18, 2023.

The Massachusetts Review offers lavish praise for Shastri Akella's debut novel THE SEA ELEPHANTS, hailing it as an "earnest and aching debut novel" and a "patriarchy-piercing bildungsroman," with a "brisk and forward-facing narrative" that with the "sharp-eyed focus of [its] prose" achieves "[a] poignant success." Flatiron Books published the novel on July 11, 2023.

A review from Tor.com of Keith Rosson's new horror novel, FEVER HOUSE, calls it "a panic attack of a book...[that] plays out like a nightmare—one that’s nearly impossible to put down." Fangoria also shared an exclusive excerpt of the "punky and post-apocalyptic...tale of madness and mysterious relics." The Wall Street Journal hails the book as a "pitch-black novel...[that] isn’t some gothic grave-robbing horror; it’s a modern thriller," in which "the plotting is precise and the tension is wire-tight." Random House published the book on August 15, 2023.

Ronald Winston’s KING OF DIAMONDS was featured on Natural Diamonds’ list of “Diamond-Filled Books to Devour this Fall.” Samantha Simon writes: “You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly judge one by its title. And King of Diamonds says it all. Published 65 years after famed jeweler Harry Winston donated the 45-carat Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, his only living son, Ronald Winston, has penned a biography that offers an enlightening glimpse into the life of a man who once owned a third of the world’s most famous gems. Replete with stories about all of the business rivalries, red-carpet loans, and high-profile clients you could ask for, it’s as glamorous as nonfiction gets.” Skyhorse will publish the book on September 19, 2023.

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, HAPPINESS, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of August 27, 2023, appearing at #5 on the Print Hardcover Fiction list and #3 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the novel on August 8, 2023.

Allison Gilbert, co-author of LISTEN WORLD!: HOW THE INTREPID ELSIE ROBINSON BECAME AMERICA’S MOST-READ WOMAN, wrote an opinion piece about Elsie Robinson for CNN. Seal Press published LISTEN! WORLD on September 27, 2022.

WE ARE A HAUNTING by Tyriek White was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2023 First Novel Prize. The shortlist will be announced this fall, and the winner will be announced on December 5, 2023 at The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit. Astra House published the book on April 25, 2023.

Lakiesha Carr's debut novel AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SKIN was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2023 First Novel Prize. The shortlist will be announced this fall, and the winner will be announced on December 5, 2023 at The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit. Pantheon published the book on February 28, 2023.

Financial Times gave Idra Novey's TAKE WHAT YOU NEED a rave review. Reviewer Arin Keeble writes: "[TAKE WHAT YOU NEED] depicts the complexities of a contemporary America whose divisions are often crudely defined. It is an excoriating critique of the violence of MAGA culture that also urges caution at the assumptions one might make of those caught in its currents...That Novey is a novelist, poet, translator and professor is unsurprising, as this textured and compelling novel is redolent of a real depth of experience. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED is a major novel of contemporary America that urgently reminds us of the messiness and complexity of people, love and intimacy." The novel was also reviewed in Spectator, where reviewer Susie Mesure raves: "On the strength of Novey’s third novel, TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, an adept tale about an estranged stepmother and daughter set in a fictional former steel town in Appalachia, all writers should heed her advice. In spare, affecting prose, she moves effortlessly between her two first-person narrators…Novey’s own fairy tale similarities are plentiful and purposeful as she explores the polarisations in American society alongside what it means to ‘make art.’" Meanwhile, Granta published Novey’s short story “Conversations with My Father.” Viking published the book on March 14, 2023.

Molly Dektar's THE ABOLUTES received a wonderful review from Kristen Arnett in The Washington Post, who raves: “Wanting to be seen only as one’s most perfect self is a thrilling through line in this novel…There is much to admire in the way Dektar delves headlong into this delayed adolescence….It’s a riveting thing, desire; THE ABSOLUTES asks you to consider what matters more: the moment the stone is dropped into the pool or the ripples that spread across the surface long after the stone has sunk out of sight. Either answer could be right.” Mariner Books published the novel on July 11, 2023.