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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 1d

Happy pub day! QUEER ENLIGHTENMENTS and the paperback of THE ELEMENTS OF MARIE CURIE are now out 🩵

Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 1d

Somebody pinch us, THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) is a @nationalbook.bsky.social National Book Award finalist!🥳

Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 4d

“[T]his affecting novel…questions whether a person can inhabit any moment other than the present.”

See HEART THE LOVER on Briefly Noted in @newyorker.com!

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Short reviews of recent releases.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 4d

"Rishøi finds light amid the darkness of a Norwegian winter.”

WINTER STORIES receives a fantastic starred review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social!

Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 5d

“Fans of Kent Haruf’s Our Souls at Night and Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again will appreciate the dignity O’Nan affords his characters as they navigate both the dramatic and the mundane moments in their lives."

@ala-booklist.bsky.social on EVENSONG by Stewart O'Nan!

Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 5d

"Levine serves up a bizarre and mordantly funny tale of a six-year-old who might be possessed by a dead corgi. A vibrant portrait of childhood wonder and adult anxiety."

@publisherswkly.bsky.social on Sara Levine's upcoming novel, THE HITCH!

The Hitch by Sara Levine

Levine (Treasure Island!!!) serves up a bizarre and mordantly funny tale of a six-year-old who might be possessed by a dead corg...

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 8d

Resistance to the Atlantic slave system constituted “perhaps the largest, longest-running, and most diverse ongoing insurrection the world has ever known,” according to this magisterial account from historian Carrie Gibson. Expansive and elegant, this is a marvel. @groveatlantic.bsky.social

The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in America by Carrie Gibson

Resistance to the Atlantic slave system constituted “perhaps the largest, longest-running, and most diverse ongoing insurrection...

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 8d

What a great interview with Rabih Alameddine in @nytimes.com!

Rabih Alameddine Is Done With Dostoyevsky

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 9d

THE STOLEN CROWN by Tracy Borman is "an enthralling and detailed window into royal family drama" according to this great review on @publisherswkly.bsky.social!

www.publishersweekly.com/9780802165909

The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty by Tracy Borman

Historians have long considered the ascension of Elizabeth I’s successor, James I, a relatively settled matter ahead of Elizabet...

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 19d

Kelly Sundberg, author of THE ANSWER IS IN THE WOUND, has an interview in @psychologytoday.com that you don't want to miss!

An Answer in the Wound: What Escaping Abuse Can Teach Us

Kelly Sundberg escaped an abusive marriage. In her luminous new work, The Answer is in the Wound, she gives a radiant gift rendered from harrowing, lasting imprints of oppression.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 19d

Linguistics fans will have a blast listening to this fantastic episode of @lingthusiasm.bsky.social that discusses Ross Perlin's LANGUAGE CITY!

Transcript Episode 107: Urban Multilingualism

This is a transcript for Lingthusiasm episode ‘Urban Multilingualism’. It’s been lightly edited for readability. Listen to the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts. Links to studies mentione...

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 22d

The paperback of FRIGHEN THE HORSES is now out so go give this interview with @oliverradclyffe.bsky.social on the Virtual Memories Show!

Episode 647 – Oliver Radclyffe

Virtual Memories Show 647: Oliver Radclyffe “I’m slightly staggered that the impetus to transition was so strong that even despite knowing what I was going to lose from it, I couldn&#82…

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 22d

Read this @nytimes.com profile on Kiran Desai and then read HULLABALOO IN THE GUAVA ORCHARD and THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS!

She Won the Booker Prize. Then She Disappeared for 20 Years.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 22d

"Thank goodness it’s Barry (“We Ride Upon Sticks”) who has, with her signature blend of ironic humor, supernatural whispers and historical context, created a horror story worthy of 21st-century concerns."

@latimes.com on THE UNVEILING.

30 books to read this fall

The season's literary offerings are as varied and complex as a cast of Thomas Pynchon characters ... and include Thomas Pynchon's return. Here's a sampling of the most anticipated books of fall.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 22d

"'Heart the Lover' (Sept. 30) returns Lily King to what she does better than anyone these days: fast-moving romances that only slow unexpectedly for a sock in the gut." @chicagotribune.com

Books for fall 2025: Luigi, Ozzy and the great beyond

The endless to-be-read list on your phone, the ready-to-be-read stack on your bedside table, should expect company, regardless of whether you read cozy mysteries or harrowing memoirs.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 26d

We're so excited to announce that THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) by Rabih Alameddine is on the @nationalbook.bsky.social National Book Awards for Fiction longlist!

Read about it in @newyorker.com here:
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist

The New Yorker presents the longlists for Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction.

www.newyorker.com

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 27d

We're so excited to announce and share the cover of THE GLORIANS with you!

From the acclaimed nature writer Terry Tempest Williams comes a revelatory work of narrative nonfiction exploring beauty, climate change, and transformative moments of hope in a world beset by uncertainty.

Out 3/3!

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 29d

Come see @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social at Voices for Gaza on 9/21 at 7:30pm!

Get your tickets here: www.thetownhall.org/event/voices...

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · Sep 2

Rabih Alameddine’s edgy charm always leaves room for compassion, which readers will find in abundance in this challenging but exceptional book. @groveatlantic.bsky.social

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · Sep 4

Long-awaited memoirs from Arundhati Roy and Miriam Toews top our list of the best releases of September. @groveatlantic.bsky.social @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · Sep 5

Eshani Surya debuts with an incendiary chronicle of two Indian American siblings who go to drastic lengths to improve their lives. This one hits hard. @groveatlantic.bsky.social

Ravishing by Eshani Surya

Surya debuts with an incendiary chronicle of two Indian American siblings who go to drastic lengths to improve their lives. Kash...

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 29d

Michael Thomas is heading to @loyaltybooks.bsky.social this Thursday (9/11) at 7PM. RSVP now so you don't miss it!

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Thomas has rendered beautifully an excruciating existence from which it is impossible to turn away."

Read this wonderful review of THE BROKEN KING by Michael Thomas in @nytimes.com 💙

A Life of Rage and Despair, Told in a Memoir Full of Beauty

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · Aug 29

“A book of willful delirium, one that deconstructs its own narrative…the shape of this new work of fiction highlights both the insufficiency of memory, of story, and their utter necessity.”

@altajournal.bsky.social on THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE

Rabih Alameddine’s New Novel Is a Puzzle Worth Solving

In The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), Rabih Alameddine spins a tale within a tale within a tale.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · Aug 28

HEART THE LOVER and THE UNVEILING are some of @bookshop.org's best books of the fall, and they'll be yours too! 🧡🧊

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Best New Literary Books Fall 2025

Stock your shelves for cozy reading season with 20% off the books you can’t wait to read! Use code FALLBOOKS* at checkout.

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