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Celebrating 100 years of publishing great books. Here are some posts about them.
THE THINKING MACHINE author Stephen Witt on the risks of AI:
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A destructive A.I., like a nuclear bomb, is now a concrete possibility. The question is whether anyone will be reckless enough to build one,” Stephen Witt writes.
“A destructive A.I., like a nuclear bomb, is now a concrete possibility. The question is whether anyone will be reckless enough to build one,” Stephen Witt writes.
Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
A destructive A.I., like a nuclear bomb, is now a concrete possibility; the question is whether anyone will be reckless enough to build one.
nyti.ms
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
THE THINKING MACHINE author Stephen Witt on the risks of AI:
We spy THE FROZEN PEOPLE by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social on this list!
It's a BIG month for SFF-crossover stories!
You can find a half-orc romance, a ravenous university faculty, and an ex who "happens" to "maybe" be the antichrist in this list of all 42 (!) SFF-adjacent books coming out July 2025!
reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...
You can find a half-orc romance, a ravenous university faculty, and an ex who "happens" to "maybe" be the antichrist in this list of all 42 (!) SFF-adjacent books coming out July 2025!
reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...
All the New Horror, Romantasy, and Other SFF Crossover Books Arriving in July 2025 - Reactor
Monsters, assassins, sorceresses, at least one silent film star's malevolent ghost, and many others appear in July's 42 (!) new crossover titles.
reactormag.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We spy THE FROZEN PEOPLE by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social on this list!
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It's a BIG month for SFF-crossover stories!
You can find a half-orc romance, a ravenous university faculty, and an ex who "happens" to "maybe" be the antichrist in this list of all 42 (!) SFF-adjacent books coming out July 2025!
reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...
You can find a half-orc romance, a ravenous university faculty, and an ex who "happens" to "maybe" be the antichrist in this list of all 42 (!) SFF-adjacent books coming out July 2025!
reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...
All the New Horror, Romantasy, and Other SFF Crossover Books Arriving in July 2025 - Reactor
Monsters, assassins, sorceresses, at least one silent film star's malevolent ghost, and many others appear in July's 42 (!) new crossover titles.
reactormag.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's a BIG month for SFF-crossover stories!
You can find a half-orc romance, a ravenous university faculty, and an ex who "happens" to "maybe" be the antichrist in this list of all 42 (!) SFF-adjacent books coming out July 2025!
reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...
You can find a half-orc romance, a ravenous university faculty, and an ex who "happens" to "maybe" be the antichrist in this list of all 42 (!) SFF-adjacent books coming out July 2025!
reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...
THE FROZEN PEOPLE by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social is on sale TODAY!
A historical fiction novel, gripping detective mystery, and time-travel story all wrapped into one, THE FROZEN PEOPLE is "a pleasure from finish to start." (@anthonyhorowitz.com) 🕰️✨
Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/44P6KIC
A historical fiction novel, gripping detective mystery, and time-travel story all wrapped into one, THE FROZEN PEOPLE is "a pleasure from finish to start." (@anthonyhorowitz.com) 🕰️✨
Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/44P6KIC
July 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
THE FROZEN PEOPLE by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social is on sale TODAY!
A historical fiction novel, gripping detective mystery, and time-travel story all wrapped into one, THE FROZEN PEOPLE is "a pleasure from finish to start." (@anthonyhorowitz.com) 🕰️✨
Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/44P6KIC
A historical fiction novel, gripping detective mystery, and time-travel story all wrapped into one, THE FROZEN PEOPLE is "a pleasure from finish to start." (@anthonyhorowitz.com) 🕰️✨
Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/44P6KIC
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The first 2026 debut book to land at Debutiful HQ is SCAVENGERS by Kathleen Boland!
It arrived January 13th from @vikingbooks.bsky.social
It arrived January 13th from @vikingbooks.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The first 2026 debut book to land at Debutiful HQ is SCAVENGERS by Kathleen Boland!
It arrived January 13th from @vikingbooks.bsky.social
It arrived January 13th from @vikingbooks.bsky.social
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20 Books Coming in July via The New York Times
Twisty summer thrillers, magical romances, a true story of a marriage pushed to the brink and more.
The Aviator and the Showman @vikingbooks.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Twisty summer thrillers, magical romances, a true story of a marriage pushed to the brink and more.
The Aviator and the Showman @vikingbooks.bsky.social @nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
20 Books Coming in July via The New York Times
Twisty summer thrillers, magical romances, a true story of a marriage pushed to the brink and more.
The Aviator and the Showman @vikingbooks.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Twisty summer thrillers, magical romances, a true story of a marriage pushed to the brink and more.
The Aviator and the Showman @vikingbooks.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Congratulations @mollyjongfast.bsky.social! HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! 🎉🍾💫
Learn more about the book and start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
Learn more about the book and start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
June 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Congratulations @mollyjongfast.bsky.social! HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! 🎉🍾💫
Learn more about the book and start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
Learn more about the book and start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
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2 weeks until pub and a few places have said nice things about THE HOUSE ON BUZZARDS BAY and the good people @vikingbooks.bsky.social put those statements on a backdrop of murderous seagulls and osprey, for which I'm very grateful.
June 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
2 weeks until pub and a few places have said nice things about THE HOUSE ON BUZZARDS BAY and the good people @vikingbooks.bsky.social put those statements on a backdrop of murderous seagulls and osprey, for which I'm very grateful.
Nothing keeps a village together like secrets.
From the creator of Broadchurch @chrischibnall.bsky.social, DEATH AT THE WHITE HART is a brilliant new detective story following one man’s death and the secrets that unravel in a coastal English village.
On sale now! 👉 bit.ly/4mV8RS6
From the creator of Broadchurch @chrischibnall.bsky.social, DEATH AT THE WHITE HART is a brilliant new detective story following one man’s death and the secrets that unravel in a coastal English village.
On sale now! 👉 bit.ly/4mV8RS6
June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Nothing keeps a village together like secrets.
From the creator of Broadchurch @chrischibnall.bsky.social, DEATH AT THE WHITE HART is a brilliant new detective story following one man’s death and the secrets that unravel in a coastal English village.
On sale now! 👉 bit.ly/4mV8RS6
From the creator of Broadchurch @chrischibnall.bsky.social, DEATH AT THE WHITE HART is a brilliant new detective story following one man’s death and the secrets that unravel in a coastal English village.
On sale now! 👉 bit.ly/4mV8RS6
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I’m sorry to be that person but please please please buy my book or come to my reading or request at your local library. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
June 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m sorry to be that person but please please please buy my book or come to my reading or request at your local library. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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"[Jong-Fast] fights her way through the grief and rage with sharp self-awareness and a sense of humor that never deserts her."
On sale today, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is one of Oprah Daily's Best Summer Reads! ☀️📚 Get your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
On sale today, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is one of Oprah Daily's Best Summer Reads! ☀️📚 Get your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"[Jong-Fast] fights her way through the grief and rage with sharp self-awareness and a sense of humor that never deserts her."
On sale today, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is one of Oprah Daily's Best Summer Reads! ☀️📚 Get your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
On sale today, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is one of Oprah Daily's Best Summer Reads! ☀️📚 Get your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
The wait is over! Maggie Stiefvater's "mesmeric, original, and stunning" (Chris Whitaker) debut novel THE LISTENERS is on sale TODAY!
Dive into this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril now 👉 bit.ly/3FGOJT1
Dive into this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril now 👉 bit.ly/3FGOJT1
June 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The wait is over! Maggie Stiefvater's "mesmeric, original, and stunning" (Chris Whitaker) debut novel THE LISTENERS is on sale TODAY!
Dive into this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril now 👉 bit.ly/3FGOJT1
Dive into this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril now 👉 bit.ly/3FGOJT1
“Grief and rage coincide with comedy and uptown-literati charm" (New York Times) in @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's memoir HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, on sale today!
Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
June 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Grief and rage coincide with comedy and uptown-literati charm" (New York Times) in @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's memoir HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, on sale today!
Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
“With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social achieves the memoir’s transformative work of alchemy."
Read @washingtonpost.com's review of HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, on sale now! 👇
Read @washingtonpost.com's review of HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, on sale now! 👇
Review | Molly Jong-Fast’s memoir about her famous mom is sad, dishy and relatable
In “How to Lose Your Mother,” Jong-Fast lays bare a terrible time in her life, when she put her mother, the writer Erica Jong, into a memory-care facility.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social achieves the memoir’s transformative work of alchemy."
Read @washingtonpost.com's review of HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, on sale now! 👇
Read @washingtonpost.com's review of HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, on sale now! 👇
"Roughly twenty hours after the Electra took off, it went down somewhere in the Pacific. The location is still unknown. The ocean has kept its secret."
Read an excerpt of @lauriestories.bsky.social's THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN, on sale July 15! (via @newyorker.com)
Read an excerpt of @lauriestories.bsky.social's THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN, on sale July 15! (via @newyorker.com)
Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights
The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.
www.newyorker.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Roughly twenty hours after the Electra took off, it went down somewhere in the Pacific. The location is still unknown. The ocean has kept its secret."
Read an excerpt of @lauriestories.bsky.social's THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN, on sale July 15! (via @newyorker.com)
Read an excerpt of @lauriestories.bsky.social's THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN, on sale July 15! (via @newyorker.com)
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My @newyorker.com excerpt of The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon just went up—and I’m thrilled to finally share it. June 9 print for magazine - @vikingbooks.bsky.social book out July 15
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights
The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.
www.newyorker.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
My @newyorker.com excerpt of The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon just went up—and I’m thrilled to finally share it. June 9 print for magazine - @vikingbooks.bsky.social book out July 15
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"This raw, intimate memoir is a stunning portrait of difficult relationships and how we survive them."
HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (on sale tomorrow) is one of PEOPLE's Best Nonfiction Books of Summer 2025! 👉 bit.ly/3ZFt0li
HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (on sale tomorrow) is one of PEOPLE's Best Nonfiction Books of Summer 2025! 👉 bit.ly/3ZFt0li
June 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"This raw, intimate memoir is a stunning portrait of difficult relationships and how we survive them."
HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (on sale tomorrow) is one of PEOPLE's Best Nonfiction Books of Summer 2025! 👉 bit.ly/3ZFt0li
HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (on sale tomorrow) is one of PEOPLE's Best Nonfiction Books of Summer 2025! 👉 bit.ly/3ZFt0li
On sale tomorrow, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's memoir HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is "mesmerizing, intimate, wise, unputdownable... beautiful and painful at the same time, just like real life." (@annelamott.bsky.social)
Learn more and preorder your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
Learn more and preorder your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
On sale tomorrow, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's memoir HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is "mesmerizing, intimate, wise, unputdownable... beautiful and painful at the same time, just like real life." (@annelamott.bsky.social)
Learn more and preorder your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
Learn more and preorder your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp
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Yet another literary jewel from the Emerald Isle! Here's my review of Donal Ryan's "Heart, Be at Peace" for @nytimes.com. Out next week from @vikingbooks.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/b...
A Noirish Tale of an Irish Town on Edge, Told in 21 Voices
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Yet another literary jewel from the Emerald Isle! Here's my review of Donal Ryan's "Heart, Be at Peace" for @nytimes.com. Out next week from @vikingbooks.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/b...
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May 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (on sale June 3) was included in the @nytimes.com roundup of 21 Non-fiction Books Coming This Summer!
21 Nonfiction Books Coming this Summer
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (on sale June 3) was included in the @nytimes.com roundup of 21 Non-fiction Books Coming This Summer!
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Here is a ten-minute sample of the audiobook edition of *Freedom Ship*, just published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social. It is narrated by my friend and former student Cornell Womack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JRh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JRh...
Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping… by Marcus Rediker · Audiobook preview
YouTube video by Google Play Books
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May 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Here is a ten-minute sample of the audiobook edition of *Freedom Ship*, just published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social. It is narrated by my friend and former student Cornell Womack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JRh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JRh...
💖🥂 THE NAMES by Florence Knapp is a New York Times bestseller! 🥂💖
Thank you to all the folks who have read, loved, and shared their support for this "truly mesmerizing and profound" (@alisonespach.bsky.social) debut novel!
Get your copy 👉 bit.ly/3SBQzaF
Thank you to all the folks who have read, loved, and shared their support for this "truly mesmerizing and profound" (@alisonespach.bsky.social) debut novel!
Get your copy 👉 bit.ly/3SBQzaF
May 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
💖🥂 THE NAMES by Florence Knapp is a New York Times bestseller! 🥂💖
Thank you to all the folks who have read, loved, and shared their support for this "truly mesmerizing and profound" (@alisonespach.bsky.social) debut novel!
Get your copy 👉 bit.ly/3SBQzaF
Thank you to all the folks who have read, loved, and shared their support for this "truly mesmerizing and profound" (@alisonespach.bsky.social) debut novel!
Get your copy 👉 bit.ly/3SBQzaF
Congratulations to Donal Ryan! 🎉 HEART, BE AT PEACE (on sale May 20) is a finalist for the 2025 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award!
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/43nuuTp
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/43nuuTp
May 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Congratulations to Donal Ryan! 🎉 HEART, BE AT PEACE (on sale May 20) is a finalist for the 2025 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award!
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/43nuuTp
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/43nuuTp