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IT'S FINALLY HERE... let’s talk dead people 🪦

The wildly popular podcast Marlon & Jake Read Dead People, hosted by internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, returns for Season 4 on July 7. Available wherever you listen to podcasts 🎙️

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The next addition to our contemporary Chinese-language literature series is an award-winning sensation in Taiwan!

Presenting: A Perfect Day to Put Your Head in the Oven by Lee Chia-Ying, translated by @linkinglionking 💚

Available Jan 12, 2027: https://t.co/wAriWO2MPn

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All Them Dogs, the debut by Djamel White that's been lauded by the likes of Roddy Doyle, Marlon James, and Anne Enright, is now available! 💙

Don't miss this book that @NPR calls “a fast-paced tale of underworld revenge and star-crossed love.”

https://t.co/PIJP60sEeW

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Don't miss out on this fascinating discussion with historian Dr. Richard Bell! 🤓📚

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Prominent historian of the early United States, Dr. Richard Bell, explores the monumental impact of the Declaration of Independence on the occasion of its 250th anniversary in 2026.

Register here: https://t.co/JJwTjbcnZq

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🐠🦀🌊Join us tomorrow at Music for the Ocean! 🐠🦀🌊

This immersive concert brings the sea to the stage through musical composition by an Emmy-nominated composer, immersive sound design, and vibrant animation. The concert is followed by a Q&A and book signing with LIFE ON THE ROCKS author Juli Berwald. A portion of the proceeds goes to Tela Coral, a nonprofit working to protect coral reefs in Honduras.

https://t.co/kk4YALJpwT

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👑 LOOK WHO IS A PULTIZER PRIZE FINALIST!!! 👑

We could not be more proud of @katiekitamura and her acclaimed novel Audition, “a tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thriller” @NPR.

Join us in toasting Audition and cheering on Katie! 🍾🥂👑🔥👑🥂🍾

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Huge congratulations to @mashagessen, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Opinion Writing! 🥳 Riverhead is proud to publish five books by Gessen.

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🐠🪸🌊Join us May 6 at Symphony Space for Music for the Ocean! 🐠🪸🌊

This immersive concert brings the sea to the stage through musical composition by an Emmy-nominated composer and vibrant animation. A portion of the proceeds goes to Tela Coral, a nonprofit working to protect coral reefs in Honduras.

We'll ~sea~ you there!

https://t.co/CeyWHmJQKg...

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We've got so many amazing book club picks (the LA Times thinks so too 😉)!

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Spring has sprung and what better way to celebrate that than to reconnect with the outside world? 🌷☀️

Cathy Haynes's book, THE FULLNESS OF TIME, can teach you how to tune into nature's inner clock w/ birdsongs, flowers, shadows, stars, and more this season: https://t.co/Lf83iR5JQP

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The water's fine! Dive right into Music for the Ocean on May 6.

Join author of LIFE ON THE ROCKS Juli Berwald at this immersive concert that brings the sea to the stage through musical composition. A portion of the proceeds goes to Tela Coral, a nonprofit working to protect coral reefs in Honduras. The concert is followed by a Q&A with Juli and a book signing!

https://t.co/kk4YALJXmr

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☀️ The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and AMERICAN FANTASY IS OUT IN THE WORLD! ☀️ Emma Straub's latest "blends humor, nostalgia and emotional insight in ways that make her books irresistible.” (Parade) Start reading this perfect, "fizzy escapist thrill ride" (@OprahDaily) now: https://t.co/Sv5qjXpnl1

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Join author of LIFE ON THE ROCKS @juliberwald at Music for the Ocean--an immersive concert that brings the sea to the stage through original musical compositions and vibrant animation. The concert is followed by a Q&A with Juli and a book signing!

A portion of the proceeds goes to Tela Coral, a nonprofit working to protect coral reefs in Honduras. So secure your tickets now and thank us later!

https://t.co/kk4YALJpwT

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One of the @nytimesbooks's Best Thrillers of 2025 is now out in paperback! 📚

Start reading DISSOLUTION by @BingeWriting today: https://t.co/I4wjIE7QUu

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THE POWER OF LIFE by Jessica Riskin—which melds together biography, history, politics, and science—tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's life and his struggle to answer the questions: What is a living being, and what is science? 🦒

Start reading today: https://t.co/xUPLdgSzRQ

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🤩🌟 Once again, our incredible authors being nominated for incredible awards! 🤩🌟

If you haven't read COLORED TELEVISION or AUDITION yet, what are you waiting for?! Jump on it:

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📖 COVER REVEAL! 📖

From Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'Trust,' comes 'Ply' — a Dickensian odyssey set in the future. Out September 2026 from @riverheadbooks.

Add it to your Want to Read shelf here! https://t.co/4cUAVi5qL1

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📖 COVER REVEAL 📖

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Hernan Diaz returns! Combining Dickensian odyssey, family drama, and futuristic thriller, PLY charts the boundaries of selfhood and the distance that stands between us and those we love. Coming September 29: https://t.co/gFuWBGVwKh

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🍊COMING THIS SUMMER!🧡

THE FUTURE PERFECT by Cay Kim is a portrait of a young woman who grows up between two cultures, a love letter to girlhood and family, and about the great dreams we hold for ourselves, no matter where we’re from.

Start reading 06/23: https://t.co/b37PfD0bBT

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This morning @people revealed the cover of Louise Kennedy's latest novel! "Stations is about love and loyalty and the choices we blithely make when we are young, unaware that the consequences will reverberate through our lives.”

Read more from Kennedy here: https://t.co/xo8wpUKyut