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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jul 9

We spy THE FROZEN PEOPLE by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social on this list!

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Jul 2

It's a BIG month for SFF-crossover stories!

You can find a half-orc romance, a ravenous university faculty, and an ex who "happens" to "maybe" be the antichrist in this list of all 42 (!) SFF-adjacent books coming out July 2025!

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All the New Horror, Romantasy, and Other SFF Crossover Books Arriving in July 2025 - Reactor

Monsters, assassins, sorceresses, at least one silent film star's malevolent ghost, and many others appear in July's 42 (!) new crossover titles.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Jul 2

It's a BIG month for SFF-crossover stories!

You can find a half-orc romance, a ravenous university faculty, and an ex who "happens" to "maybe" be the antichrist in this list of all 42 (!) SFF-adjacent books coming out July 2025!

reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...

All the New Horror, Romantasy, and Other SFF Crossover Books Arriving in July 2025 - Reactor

Monsters, assassins, sorceresses, at least one silent film star's malevolent ghost, and many others appear in July's 42 (!) new crossover titles.

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jul 8

THE FROZEN PEOPLE by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social is on sale TODAY!

A historical fiction novel, gripping detective mystery, and time-travel story all wrapped into one, THE FROZEN PEOPLE is "a pleasure from finish to start." (@anthonyhorowitz.com) 🕰️✨

Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/44P6KIC

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Debutiful @debutiful.bsky.social · Jun 28

The first 2026 debut book to land at Debutiful HQ is SCAVENGERS by Kathleen Boland!

It arrived January 13th from @vikingbooks.bsky.social

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · Jun 30

20 Books Coming in July via The New York Times
Twisty summer thrillers, magical romances, a true story of a marriage pushed to the brink and more.

The Aviator and the Showman @vikingbooks.bsky.social @nytimes.com

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations @mollyjongfast.bsky.social! HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! 🎉🍾💫

Learn more about the book and start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp

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Dwyer Murphy @dwyermurphy.bsky.social · Jun 11

2 weeks until pub and a few places have said nice things about THE HOUSE ON BUZZARDS BAY and the good people @vikingbooks.bsky.social put those statements on a backdrop of murderous seagulls and osprey, for which I'm very grateful.

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 10

Nothing keeps a village together like secrets.

From the creator of Broadchurch @chrischibnall.bsky.social, DEATH AT THE WHITE HART is a brilliant new detective story following one man’s death and the secrets that unravel in a coastal English village.

On sale now! 👉 bit.ly/4mV8RS6

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jun 1

I’m sorry to be that person but please please please buy my book or come to my reading or request at your local library. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jun 3

That dog, the one in the book died this weekend

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Molly Jong-Fast on Human Frailty and Unlearning Erica Jong’s Lessons

It was a week that felt like a year, one of those weeks that contained all the scary things you might spend your life worrying about, the things that might never happen. Our very elderly diabetic d…

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 3

"[Jong-Fast] fights her way through the grief and rage with sharp self-awareness and a sense of humor that never deserts her."

On sale today, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is one of Oprah Daily's Best Summer Reads! ☀️📚 Get your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 3

The wait is over! Maggie Stiefvater's "mesmeric, original, and stunning" (Chris Whitaker) debut novel THE LISTENERS is on sale TODAY!

Dive into this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril now 👉 bit.ly/3FGOJT1

Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 3

“Grief and rage coincide with comedy and uptown-literati charm" (New York Times) in @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's memoir HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, on sale today!

Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp

Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 3

“With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social achieves the memoir’s transformative work of alchemy."

Read @washingtonpost.com's review of HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, on sale now! 👇

Review | Molly Jong-Fast’s memoir about her famous mom is sad, dishy and relatable

In “How to Lose Your Mother,” Jong-Fast lays bare a terrible time in her life, when she put her mother, the writer Erica Jong, into a memory-care facility.

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

"Roughly twenty hours after the Electra took off, it went down somewhere in the Pacific. The location is still unknown. The ocean has kept its secret."

Read an excerpt of @lauriestories.bsky.social's THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN, on sale July 15! (via @newyorker.com)

Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · Jun 2

My @newyorker.com excerpt of The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon just went up—and I’m thrilled to finally share it. June 9 print for magazine - @vikingbooks.bsky.social book out July 15

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Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

"This raw, intimate memoir is a stunning portrait of difficult relationships and how we survive them."

HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (on sale tomorrow) is one of PEOPLE's Best Nonfiction Books of Summer 2025! 👉 bit.ly/3ZFt0li

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

On sale tomorrow, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's memoir HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER is "mesmerizing, intimate, wise, unputdownable... beautiful and painful at the same time, just like real life." (@annelamott.bsky.social)

Learn more and preorder your copy now 👉 bit.ly/451tkyp

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Hamilton Cain @hamiltoncain.bsky.social · May 17

Yet another literary jewel from the Emerald Isle! Here's my review of Donal Ryan's "Heart, Be at Peace" for @nytimes.com. Out next week from @vikingbooks.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/b...

A Noirish Tale of an Irish Town on Edge, Told in 21 Voices

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · May 22

OMG OMGGGGG

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · May 22

HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (on sale June 3) was included in the @nytimes.com roundup of 21 Non-fiction Books Coming This Summer!

21 Nonfiction Books Coming this Summer

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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · May 15

Here is a ten-minute sample of the audiobook edition of *Freedom Ship*, just published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social. It is narrated by my friend and former student Cornell Womack.

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Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping… by Marcus Rediker · Audiobook preview

YouTube video by Google Play Books

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · May 14

💖🥂 THE NAMES by Florence Knapp is a New York Times bestseller! 🥂💖

Thank you to all the folks who have read, loved, and shared their support for this "truly mesmerizing and profound" (@alisonespach.bsky.social) debut novel!

Get your copy 👉 bit.ly/3SBQzaF

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · May 9

Congratulations to Donal Ryan! 🎉 HEART, BE AT PEACE (on sale May 20) is a finalist for the 2025 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award!

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/43nuuTp

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Viking Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social · May 9

Congratulations to Ana Raquel Minian! ✨🎉 IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY is the WINNER of the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction!

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4iXuG0e

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