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The Editor

Steven Rowley · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a funny, poignant, and highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever--both as a writer and a son.After years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James...
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A Wonderful Stroke of Luck: A Novel

Ann Beattie · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A razor-sharp, deeply felt new novel about the complicated relationship between a charismatic teacher and his students, and the secrets we keep from those we loveAs a member of the Honor Society at Bailey Academy, one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the country, Ben falls under...
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The Peacock Emporium: A Novel

Jojo Moyes · Penguin Books
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

Now published in the US for the first time, an early novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.
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Savage News

Jessica Yellin · MIRA
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Be noisy. Natalie Savage grew up hearing these words from her beloved father, who admired Walter Cronkite so much he named the family dog after him. Natalie - who spent her twenties missing out on life's benchmarks - finally sees her efforts pay off when she's assigned to cover...
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Park Avenue Summer

Renée Rosen · Berkley
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada as Renée Rosen draws readers into the glamorous New York City of 1965 and Cosmopolitan magazine, where a brazen new editor-in-chief--Helen Gurley Brown--shocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women about all things off-limits...New...
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The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green

Erica Boyce · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Sometimes wonder is found not beyond the stars, but a few feet from your own front door...Daniel Green makes crop circles. As a member of a secret organization, he travels across the country creating strange works of art that leave communities mystified. He's always been alone; in fact,...
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The Summer Cottage

Viola Shipman · Graydon House
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

Advance Praise for THE SUMMER COTTAGE"Every now and then a new voice in fiction arrives to completely charm, entertain and remind us what matters. Viola Shipman is that voice and The Summer Cottage is that absolutely irresistible and necessary novel." - New York Times Bestselling...
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Courting Mr. Lincoln: A Novel

Louis Bayard · Algonquin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"A miracle; an exquisite story exquisitely told . . . If you love Jane Austen, or Hamilton, or fiction - of any era - that transports and transforms in equal measure, look no further." - A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window From the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy...
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