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• The newly released paperback edition of Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. (Doubleday) appeared on The New York Times bestseller list and the Indie bestseller list. The book has been translated into 31 languages.

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• Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (Grove) is on Broadway! The play is currently in previews and will officially open on September 28th. It stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who co-starred in the cult classic film, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and was directed by Jamie Lloyd. Tickets are on sale now and the show will be running until January 4th, 2026.

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• Deborah Taffa’s Whiskey Tender (Harper) won second place in the Santa Fe Reporter's "Best of Santa Fe" Reader's Contest in the "Book by a New Mexico Author" category. It is also a finalist for the International Latino Book Award for Best First Book--Non-Fiction.​

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• Justine Champine's Knife River Dial) was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association ILP John Creasey Award

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• The Strand Bookstore selected Anna Bruno's Fine Young People (Algonquin) as their July "Pick of the Month." Electric Literature also featured it on a list of "Books That Show There's No Place Like Pittsburgh to Come of Age."

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• Lydi Conklin's Songs of No Provenance (Catapult) was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. The shortlist will be announced later this fall.

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• The Wall Street Journal included Carolyn Burke's Lee Miller (U. Chicago Press) on a list of the "Five Best Books on Trailblazing Women in Art."

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• Richard Mabey's The Accidental Garden (NYRB) was shortlisted for Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.

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• Carrie R. Moore's Make Your Way Home (Tin House) was featured on Ebony's "Stories to Read by Black Authors" list and was a Debutiful July "Noteworthy Debut Book." It was also featured on Lit Hub's list of "Best Book Covers of July" and was on the July Indie Next List. Teatime Pictures selected the book as their book club pick for August.

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• Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties (Astra) won the 2025 PEN/Hemingway Debut Novel Award. His short story, "The Pleasure of a Working Life," which appeared in Harper's, won the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction.

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• Michael Roth won the PEN Benenson Courage Award in recognition of his unwavering commitment to defending academic freedom.

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• Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. (Doubleday) won the Premio Strega for International Non-Fiction. The book was longlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.

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• Deborah Taffa's Whiskey Tender (Harper) won the Reading the West Book Award in the Memoir/Biography category. It's also been selected to receive a Southwest Book Award and was chosen as a Pima County Public Library "Southwest Book of the Year."

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• LaToya Watkins' Holler, Child (Tiny Reparations) earned an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Kempner Family Book Prize.

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• Amina Gautier's The Best That You Can Do (Soft Skull) was longlisted for the Story Prize.

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• Maggie Su's Blos (Harper) is a New York Times Editor's Choice and ABA Indie Introduce pick.

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• The College Art Association selected Jack Flam as their 2025 Distinguished Scholar. 

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• Arlie Hochschild’s Stolen Pride (New Press) was selected as one of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2024. It also made Katie Couric’s list, and was one of the New York Times Book Review’s “100 Notable Books of the Year.”

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• Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy, Inc. (Doubleday) was named a “Best Book of 2024” by The Times, Financial Times, The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Waterstones.

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• Lily Tuck’s The Rest Is Memory (Liveright) is an Esquire “Best Book of Fall 2024” pick and was a New York Times “Editor’s Choice” selection. It was also featured in a New York Times opinion piece called, “Short Books Are Perfect for Our Distracted Age.”

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• Chelsea Bieker’s bestseller Madwoman (Little, Brown) was an NPR “Best Book of 2024.”

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• Michael Deagler’s Early Sobrieties (Astra) was longlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

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• Lydi Conklin’s Songs of No Provenance (Catapult, June 3rd) has been named a “Most Anticipated Book of 2025” by Literary Hub, Chicago Review of Books, Debutiful, and LGBTQ+ Reads. 

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• Sandor Katz’s The Art of Fermentation (Chelsea Green) earned a spot on The New York Times’ list of “The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks from the Last 100 Years.”

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• The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature awarded Camille Dungy the Paul Engle Prize.

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• The Korean edition of the Brave New World graphic novel by Aldous Huxley has been selected as one of “50 Great Graphic Novels of the Year” by KOMACON (Korea Manwha Content Agency).

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• Amina Gautier’s The Best That You Can Do (Soft Skull) was longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

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• Casey Michel, author of Foreign Agents (St. Martin’s) was asked by Senator Bernie Sanders’ office to put together a video highlighting the deluge of foreign financing flooding Washington from dictatorships across the world. Senator Sanders shared the video on social media to bring attention to the danger of global oligarchy in the U.S.

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• Carrie Moore’s Make Your Way Home (Tin House) is a Debutiful “Most Anticipated Debut Book of 2025.”

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• Ian McEwan’s Atonement (Anchor) has been adapted into a ballet, which had its premiere U.S. performance in October, performed by The Joffrey Ballet. The Chicago Tribune gave four stars, calling it, “a tale of passion and big questions” and Broadway World called it a “remarkable feat… The U.S. premiere of Atonement has captivated audiences and demonstrated the potential of ballet to tell modern stories.”

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• Ian McEwan’s Atonement (Anchor) is on The New York Times list of “The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.” It entered its 44th printing this past July.

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•  Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy, Inc. is a New York Times bestseller and has sold over 50,000 copies since its publication less than two months ago. It appeared on the list for four weeks, debuting at #2. It also debuted at #2 on the Indie Bestsellers list, where it has remained on the list since publication, and debuted at #2 on the Sunday Times bestseller list in the UK. The book was a Lit Hub “Most Anticipated Book of 2024” and “Best Reviewed Book of July.” It was on The Los Angeles Times’ July reading list and is a Bookshop.org Indie Champion. Foreign rights for Autocracy, Inc. have been sold in the UK, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and the Ukraine. Applebaum was awarded the prestigious 2024 German Book Trade Peace Prize.

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• Deborah Taffa’s Whiskey Tender (Harper) is a National Book Award finalist in the Nonfiction category.

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• Sol Yurick’s The Warriors (Grove), which was previously adapted into a film by Paramount, is now being set to music. Lin-Manuel Miranda has been working with the playwright Eisa Davis on a concept album inspired by The Warriors, which will be released by Atlantic Records on October 18th. The album's executive producer is the rapper Nas.

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