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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Day two of Banned Books Week, and we’re starting with a stack that says it all. 📚

This week (and every week) we stand by the books that make us confront history—and the artists who refuse to look away.

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🎉 56K+ followers in Instagram?! We’re officially the cool kids 😝

To celebrate, we’re giving away 10 books to 10 winners—because what’s cooler than sharing a seriously stacked TBR?

To enter head over to Instagram! You have until 10/11

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Black Speculative Fiction Month starts now—and CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS is required reading.

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s brutal, brilliant debut imagines a near-future prison system built on bloodsport.

📸 credit: literary_lys

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

. @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social is going on tour! 🚗📚

Join us in celebrating QUEEN MOTHER—the definitive biography of Audley Moore, trailblazer in the fight for reparations and mother of modern Black Nationalism.

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Spooky season starts now—and A LAND SO WIDE is the perfect read to begin it. 🌲🦇

Erin A. Craig's gothic fairy tale is romantic, haunting, and national bestseller for a reason.

The Bright-Eyeds are watching. Will you dare cross the Warding Stones?

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

🪾 Something wild is coming…

A viral tree scandal sparks a feral feminist eco-revolution in Hexes of the Deadwood Forest by Agnieszka Szpila (trans. Scotia Gilroy).

Olga Tokarczuk calls it “a torpedo of a book.”

Out 4.7.26

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Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social · 6d

Announcing the QUEEN MOTHER book tour, celebrating the life and legacy of Audley Moore—trailblazer, activist, and mother of modern Black Nationalism.⁣
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RSVP and more information: ashleydfarmer.com/events

Pre-order today: lnkd.in/g9_gC2UA

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Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social · 7d

“An excellent, comprehensive study of an unjustly forgotten civil rights legend.” — Library Journal Another

Queen Mother received another starred review! 🌟

I am grateful to all reviewers who are taking the time to read my biography of Audley Moore. 🙏🏾💙

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 9d

A queer anthropologist, a Catskills cult, and a monster named The Lamentation walk into a graphic novel… 😈🌲📚

National bestseller SIMPLICITY by @mattielubchansky.com is queer folk horror meets dystopian satire—and it’s gloriously weird.

Now available!

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Thinking about writing a nonfiction book? Start here.

TAKE IT FROM ME by literary agent Alia Hanna Habib is packed with real talk about the path to publishing.

Writers, your publishing roadmap has arrived and is available for preorder now.

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Ever feel like the news isn’t telling the full story?

MANUFACTURING CONSENT by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky remains a must-read for understanding how power shapes the media—and how to read between the lines.

Swipe to learn more!

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 14d

To understand Iran’s past and present, start here.

KING OF KINGS traces the 1979 revolution.

FOR THE SUN AFTER LONG NIGHTS—a National Book Award longlist title—follows two journalists amid the 2022 women-led protests. cc: @ntabrizy.bsky.social

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Author Erin A. Craig wrote a gothic romance about cursed towns and monster-human love—so we asked her to rate iconic monster kisses. 💋👹

Watch the full video on YouTube & tell us your favorite. A LAND SO WIDE is out now!

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Erin A. Craig Reacts to Top Monster Kiss Scenes 🦇

YouTube video by Penguin Random House

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 14d

She and her sister killed their uncle. And they blame the British.

Set in 1980s Wyoming, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder is a bold, unforgettable debut from Nina McConigley.

💫 "I loved it all the way." - Andrea Jones, Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, VT

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 14d

🌟 “Dr. Farmer's book pays homage not just to Queen Mother Moore, but also to the scores of Black women who have built movements and dreamt of transforming their worlds."

—Marcia Chatelain, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Franchise

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME 🎉

Two unforgettable books. One lucky winner 😝 Head over to Instagram to enter! You have until 9/29.

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Happy fall, readers! The leaves are changing, the tea is steeping, and Ali Smith’s AUTUMN, the first in her acclaimed seasonal quartet, is waiting on the nightstand.

Let’s settle in. 🍂📖

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 14d

We’re celebrating Latin American Heritage Month with a stack of unforgettable reads—from timeless folktales to bold contemporary voices. 📚✨

What’s a book by a Latin American or Latine author that’s stayed with you?

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Alissa Quart @alissaquart.bsky.social · 17d

Nice personal news to share among all of this political misery. Just sold my new book Terra Infirma to @pantheonbooks.bsky.social & editor @deniseoswald.bsky.social, Squeezed's editor. Thanks @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social and @economichardship.bsky.social Read about it in @publisherswkly.bsky.social

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 23d

THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU hits just as hard in your ears as it does on the page.

🌟 “Rounds up crackling, hilarious and often rage-tinged insights from some of the best Black writers and performers today. . . . You won’t want to miss it.”—People

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 23d

MetaMaus is Art Spiegelman’s intimate, visually rich deep dive into the making of Maus—now in paperback.

Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? This companion answers it all.

What book changed how you think about storytelling?

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 23d

Enter for your chance to win a paperback copy of DEFECTORS by @paoramos.bsky.social! Ends 9.22

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 23d

🔥 ON FIRE FOR GOD is a powerful exvangelical memoir and cultural reckoning.

Josiah Hesse unpacks how fundamentalist Christianity shaped his faith, politics, and escape—and what that says about America today.

Coming January 2026.

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 23d

🎉 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉

From MJ Ccorey—creator of Kardashian Kolloquium—comes Dekonstructing the Kardashians, a sharp, funny deep dive into the family that shaped the media age.

On sale 3.17.26. Preorder now!

Cover designer: Maddie Partner

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 23d

Enter to win an early finished copy of the epic western TOM'S CROSSING, from the inimitable author of HOUSE OF LEAVES, Mark Danielewski. Ends 9/29

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