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Independent publisher of exceedingly good books. Founded in 1917. We can’t go on, we’ll go on.
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For a mid-day break we recommend reading this fantastic @theatlantic.com article on @rabihalameddine.bsky.social.
The Writer Fueled by Life's Randomness
Rabih Alameddine, who won the National Book Award last month, has described his idiosyncratic approach as “childish rebelliousness.”
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January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
For a mid-day break we recommend reading this fantastic @theatlantic.com article on @rabihalameddine.bsky.social.
Xiaolu Guo adds to the growing list of fantastic retellings of beloved classics. Read the full review of her Moby-Dick retelling, CALL ME ISHAMELLE, in the @latimes.com:
Review: The literary remix trend comes for Moby-Dick -- and it's a triumph
From "James" to "Demon Copperhead," literary retellings are having a moment. Xiaolu Guo joins the ranks with her latest astonishing novel, "Call Me Ishmaelle."
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January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Xiaolu Guo adds to the growing list of fantastic retellings of beloved classics. Read the full review of her Moby-Dick retelling, CALL ME ISHAMELLE, in the @latimes.com:
Start your new year reading off right with THE HITCH and ONE ALADDIN TWO LAMPS (as seen on this @nytimes.com list)!
25 Books Coming in January
Fiction by George Saunders, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Laura Dave; a bracingly honest divorce memoir; Jennette McCurdy's debut novel; and more.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Start your new year reading off right with THE HITCH and ONE ALADDIN TWO LAMPS (as seen on this @nytimes.com list)!
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From the Editors' Shelves: @casella.bsky.social reviews work from Ethan Rutherford (Strange Object/@deepvellum.bsky.social), Pip Adam (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social), An Yu (@groveatlantic.bsky.social), Thomas Ha (@undertow.bsky.social), and Eddie Robson (@torbooks.bsky.social)
From the Editors’ Shelves: December 2025
Jake Casella Brookins In this new occasional feature, ARB editors offer some quick thoughts on recent reads. For our first entry, Jake Casella Brookins talks about five books from this year that he…
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December 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
From the Editors' Shelves: @casella.bsky.social reviews work from Ethan Rutherford (Strange Object/@deepvellum.bsky.social), Pip Adam (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social), An Yu (@groveatlantic.bsky.social), Thomas Ha (@undertow.bsky.social), and Eddie Robson (@torbooks.bsky.social)
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Val McDermid’s Deep Winter—a new Book Post Diary on Scottish midwinter, from finding silver threepennies in Christmas pudding with brandy custard to the countdown to the bells on Auld Year’s Day.
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Diary: Val McDermid, Deep Winter
Three scenes from Scottish midwinter
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December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Val McDermid’s Deep Winter—a new Book Post Diary on Scottish midwinter, from finding silver threepennies in Christmas pudding with brandy custard to the countdown to the bells on Auld Year’s Day.
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Quan Barry, author of THE UNVEILING, joined Ayesha Rascoe on @npr.org's Book of the Day. Listen here:
In 'The Unveiling,' a disastrous cruise becomes an opportunity for cultural reckoning : NPR's Book of the Day
Even if you're scared of cruise ships, don't turn away from Quan Barry's The Unveiling. When film scout and photographer Striker boards an Antarctic cruise in search of locations for a new biopic, things start to go wrong -- lots of things. But there's ...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Quan Barry, author of THE UNVEILING, joined Ayesha Rascoe on @npr.org's Book of the Day. Listen here:
"With his gift for creating vibrantly specific characters and settings, Stuart again taps profound human truth."
JOHN OF JOHN receives its first starred review from Kirkus!
JOHN OF JOHN receives its first starred review from Kirkus!
JOHN OF JOHN | Kirkus Reviews
In Scotland’s Hebrides islands, a closeted gay man returns home to an insular community of sheep farmers and weavers, where complications and secrets await.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"With his gift for creating vibrantly specific characters and settings, Stuart again taps profound human truth."
JOHN OF JOHN receives its first starred review from Kirkus!
JOHN OF JOHN receives its first starred review from Kirkus!
HEART THE LOVER and SUNBIRTH are on this list of the best covers of 2025 🤩 Thanks @literaryhub.bsky.social!
The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025
Per Literary Hub tradition, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year--as chosen by some of the industry's best book cover designers. This year, I asked 52 designers to share their fa...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
HEART THE LOVER and SUNBIRTH are on this list of the best covers of 2025 🤩 Thanks @literaryhub.bsky.social!
"Evocative and richly personal, Williams’s writing seamlessly weaves together meditations on mortality, nature, and the modern world. Readers will be inspired."
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on THE GLORIANS!
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on THE GLORIANS!
The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams
This revelatory mix of nature writing and memoir from conservationist Williams (Erosion) reflects on encounters, which she calls...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Evocative and richly personal, Williams’s writing seamlessly weaves together meditations on mortality, nature, and the modern world. Readers will be inspired."
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on THE GLORIANS!
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on THE GLORIANS!
"Williams’s work, too, is such a doorway, and it is always a pleasure to walk through." @bookriot.bsky.social on THE GLORIANS by Terry Tempest Williams.
📚 Months in the making
A South Carolina library votes to remove children's books about gender
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December 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Williams’s work, too, is such a doorway, and it is always a pleasure to walk through." @bookriot.bsky.social on THE GLORIANS by Terry Tempest Williams.
Stewart O'Nan, author of EVENSONG, recommends five of the best books on the 'golden years.'
Five Best: Books on the Golden Years
Selected by Stewart O'Nan, the author of the novel, “Evensong.”
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December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Stewart O'Nan, author of EVENSONG, recommends five of the best books on the 'golden years.'
Wow! HEART THE LOVER, EVENSONG, and TWO-STEP DEVIL are longlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize!
2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist Announced -- New Literary Project
December 4, 2025 OAKLAND, CA-- Twenty-eight authors have been longlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize by New Literary Project (NewLit). The annual $50,000 award honors a mid-career author of fiction in the midst of a burgeoning career, a dis...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Wow! HEART THE LOVER, EVENSONG, and TWO-STEP DEVIL are longlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize!
THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) and LEO are in The Globe and Mail 100 Best Books to Read from 2025 list!
The Globe 100: The best books of 2025
Our annual guide to the books that captured, delighted and informed us this year. Plus, track your favourites from years past in our first Book Archive
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December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) and LEO are in The Globe and Mail 100 Best Books to Read from 2025 list!
History lovers, your books are here! @smithsonianmag.bsky.social names THE STOLEN CROWN and UNABRIDGED as two of their best history books of 2025.
The Ten Best History Books of 2025
Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today
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December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
History lovers, your books are here! @smithsonianmag.bsky.social names THE STOLEN CROWN and UNABRIDGED as two of their best history books of 2025.
THE COVENANT OF WATER is one of the New York Public Library's top checkouts of 2025! Check it out for yourself now:
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December 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
THE COVENANT OF WATER is one of the New York Public Library's top checkouts of 2025! Check it out for yourself now:
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Kate Gibson says that HEART THE LOVER is her favorite book of 2025, promising that "it will knock your socks off." (We agree!)
Former GMA Host Charlie Gibson Names His Favorite Book of the Year: 'Deeply Moving' (Exclusive)
Readers can't get enough of this book podcast.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Kate Gibson says that HEART THE LOVER is her favorite book of 2025, promising that "it will knock your socks off." (We agree!)
Which @nytimes.com Notable Book should you read first? Our votes are for THE BROKEN KING and HEART THE LOVER!
Which Notable Book Should I Read First?
We've broken down our annual list by theme.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Which @nytimes.com Notable Book should you read first? Our votes are for THE BROKEN KING and HEART THE LOVER!
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
"The Stolen Crown is an engrossing and gracefully presented account worth dipping into for its insights into royal goings-on at the turn of the 17th century."
THE STOLEN CROWN receives a great review in the Washington Independent Review of Books!
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THE STOLEN CROWN receives a great review in the Washington Independent Review of Books!
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The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"The Stolen Crown is an engrossing and gracefully presented account worth dipping into for its insights into royal goings-on at the turn of the 17th century."
THE STOLEN CROWN receives a great review in the Washington Independent Review of Books!
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THE STOLEN CROWN receives a great review in the Washington Independent Review of Books!
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CASUALTIES OF TRUTH, HEART THE LOVER, and THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) are on @npr.org's 2025 Books We Love list!
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
CASUALTIES OF TRUTH, HEART THE LOVER, and THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) are on @npr.org's 2025 Books We Love list!
This just in! @literaryhub.bsky.social confirms that HEART THE LOVER is one of the best reviewed books of 2025 🤩
The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2025
It's time to fête some fiction. We, the dogged review sleuths at Book Marks, have spent the past 12 months ferreting out raves, pans, and everything in between from more than 150 publications. Yes,...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This just in! @literaryhub.bsky.social confirms that HEART THE LOVER is one of the best reviewed books of 2025 🤩
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Preston Gralla admires #tochionyebuchi's "Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet" @groveatlantic.bsky.social. One of today’s most distinctive intellects wrestles with the internet and all its messy consequences.
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Book Review: "Racebook" - Internetting While Black - The Arts Fuse
One of today’s most distinctive intellects wrestles with the internet and all its messy consequences.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Preston Gralla admires #tochionyebuchi's "Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet" @groveatlantic.bsky.social. One of today’s most distinctive intellects wrestles with the internet and all its messy consequences.
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Spotted 👀 HEART THE LOVER, THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER), and CASUALTIES OF TRUTH on the @npr.org Books We Love list!
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Spotted 👀 HEART THE LOVER, THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER), and CASUALTIES OF TRUTH on the @npr.org Books We Love list!
"This fine account does well to remind that the best history is about fact, not fiction."
MEXICO receives a rave review in @telegraph.co.uk!
MEXICO receives a rave review in @telegraph.co.uk!
Murder, dictators and drugs: You have to read this wild history of Mexico
For centuries, the country was ‘the world's greatest melting pot'. Today, it stands at a crossroads
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December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"This fine account does well to remind that the best history is about fact, not fiction."
MEXICO receives a rave review in @telegraph.co.uk!
MEXICO receives a rave review in @telegraph.co.uk!
Kirkus Reviews calls THE GLORIANS "an impassioned defense of interconnectedness."
Read the full review here:
Read the full review here:
THE GLORIANS | Kirkus Reviews
Hope in a time of grief.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Kirkus Reviews calls THE GLORIANS "an impassioned defense of interconnectedness."
Read the full review here:
Read the full review here: