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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 21h

Do you struggle with screen fatigue? Feel overwhelmed by technology and daily apps? You may be digitally exhausted, but Paul Leonardi is here to help 🧠🔋

Start reading DIGITAL EXHAUSTION to see how you can recover (and reclaim your life) today: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760833...

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 22h

What a beautiful review. Thank you for your support and for reading it again and again <3

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"Taylor is onto something rich and appealing—a story unafraid to foreground love and lust, and that treats emotional ambiguity as a starting point, not as the fuzzy ending common in literary fiction." -Kirkus Reviews

Read this gorgeous novel NEXT WEEK! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671349...

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 1d

🎉🎉🎉 WE'RE SHOUTING FROM THE ROOFTOPS! 🎉🎉🎉

...because Jordan Thomas's incredible book, WHEN IT ALL BURNS, is a finalist for the @nationalbook.bsky.social's National Book Award!!! Congrats to both!

sites.prh.com/when-it-all-...

Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all Brandon Taylor fans! Don't miss your fave on tour starting NEXT WEEK for the release of MINOR BLACK FIGURES 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Check below to see if Brandon will be at a store near you 👇

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 2d

What if we told you your next great "fiction" read is a true story?! 😲 A MARRIAGE AT SEA is the electrifying account of a young shipwrecked couple, battling obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits.

Read this whale of a tale now 🐳 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771662...

Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 5d

We're working on it 👀

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 5d

We're so excited to share that #AppleBooks chose MINOR BLACK FIGURES as one of the #BestBooks of October! 🤩 Check it out here: apple.co/bestbooks

MINOR BLACK FIGURES is coming soon. Pick up Brandon Taylor's latest novel on Oct 14th ✨

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Calling all SoCal readers! See Jordan Thomas at #BurbankPublicLibrary (Buena Vista Branch) on Wednesday, October 8th, from 7-8:30PM. He'll be talking about his National Book Award-nominated debut, WHEN IT ALL BURNS 🔥

Registration is free. See more details here: burbank.libnet.info/event/14147763

Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 19d

"I can hardly remember the last time I read anything that brought me such pure joy.”—Ann Patchett

🚢 EMMA STRAUB RETURNS! 🚢 In an exclusive cover reveal with @goodreads, we are beyond thrilled to announce AMERICAN FANTASY! Coming in spring of 2026: bit.ly/americanfant...

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 23d

We couldn't have said it better than @gqmagazine.bsky.social 😌

Brandon Taylor's latest book, MINOR BLACK FIGURES, lands on shelves October 14. We promise you've never read anything like it before, so pre-order your copy today: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671349...

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 27d

"A magisterial and moving novel about love and grief . . . extraordinarily tender." 💛 -Kevin Wilson

What would you sacrifice for more time with the people you love? See how far some would go in @ajagabel.bsky.social's sophomore novel, LIGHTBREAKERS, on shelves November 4th: bit.ly/3HkWWx6

Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 27d

🎉Today we're celebrating two Riverhead titles on the @nationalbook.bsky.social Nonfiction Longlist! 🎉

CONGRATULATIONS to @calebgayle.bsky.social and Jordan Thomas on this recognition of their incredible and important books!!!

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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 28d

here are the tour cards for my US stops! seems uh sort of insane in retrospect but we’re doing it

tour dates: brooklyn, DC, st. paul, new orleans, oxford, jackson

tour dates: birmingham, atlanta, gainesville, st. pete’s, savannah, iowa city, chicago, minneapolis

tour dates: st. louis, salt lake city, san francisco, portland, austin, charleston, seattle, miami, key west

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 29d

Congrats Liz!!! 🥳💖

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Elizabeth Gilbert @lizgilbert.bsky.social · 29d

OH MY LORD!! Surprise! All the Way to the River is Oprah's September Book Club pick! I had such a wonderful time talking to the iconic pairing of Gayle King and Oprah this morning. At this moment, with this generous gift, I feel that the book has officially launched. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 29d

Did anyone else watch @cbsmornings.bsky.social today?! They announced ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER as the September Oprah Book Club pick — and we loved tuning in to Oprah, Gayle King and @lizgilbert.bsky.social discussion.

Start reading "the memoir of all memoirs" (Oprah Winfrey) now: bit.ly/4ggETVN

Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

INDIE BOOKSELLERS HAVE SPOKEN!!! 🗣😻

@tricialockwood.bsky.social’s WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU is an October Indie Next pick! Coming to shelves on 9/23: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747467...

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

Get excited, because Brandon Taylor is returning with a novel THIS OCTOBER! 🤩

MINOR BLACK FIGURES follows Wyeth, a Black painter trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. You'll laugh, cry, and feel all the emotions in-between.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671349...

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · Aug 25

Read the full @newyorker.com profile to learn how author Patricia Lockwood (@tricialockwood.bsky.social) lost her mind, body, and art to COVID—and how she tried to get them back 👇

Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · Aug 25

peeing cupid and Corn Man.

Patricia Lockwood Goes Viral

The writer’s new novel, “Will There Ever Be Another You,” is a singular account of losing her mind, body, and art to COVID—and of trying to get them back.

www.newyorker.com

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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · Aug 22

ok so if you preorder my new novel you will get this pin, which will mark you as a member of the *~chaos collective~* that runs the streets and is exempt from the rule of law. participating indie bookstore locations here! sites.prh.com/will-there-e...

an image of a fluorescent cat pin staring at you next to the cover of my new novel WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · Aug 19

What if we told you that triangles are what make our lives possible? In his humorous + lovely #1 Bestseller, @standupmaths.bsky.social proves why we should all show more appreciation for this 3-sided polygon 🥰📐

Read LOVE TRIANGLE, now in paperback! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672455...

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Jeremy Tiang @jeremytiang.bsky.social · Aug 19

"For a long time, the perception of Chinese literature among Western readers has been quite fixed. It's often seen as either heavily influenced by Chinese culture, or focused on people living rural, impoverished lives. Which has nothing to do with our lives today."

www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...

Chinese literature is tough to find in English. One editor hopes to change that

The novel Women Seated is a thriller about a nanny for a rich family and a kidnapping gone awry. It's the first in a new effort to redefine the types of Chinese literature get translated into English.

www.npr.org

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Jeremy Tiang @jeremytiang.bsky.social · Aug 19

“I’ve always been interested in writing about nannies, perhaps because their existence is a study in contrasts.”
～Zhang Yueran

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A Study in Constrasts: On Nannying and Implicit Trust

Translated by Jeremy Tiang. I’ve always been interested in writing about nannies, perhaps because their existence is a study in contrasts. In China, a nanny’s life is difficult: usually she gets ma…

lithub.com

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Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · Aug 14

THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE is now in paperback—AND back on the #NewYorkTimesBestseller list!!!

Pick up James McBride's latest TODAY: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691602...

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