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Two War Reporter Brothers, 60 Countries and Now a Pair of New Books

From @nytimes.com, war reporters and brothers Jon Lee Anderson and Scott Anderson are both publishing books this month.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/b...

How much do we lose of ourselves when we bargain with the devil?⁠ ⁠London. 1985. A city rife with possibility and one young man who wants it all.⁠ In a thrilling twist on Doctor Faustus, success comes at a price, but is Kristian prepared to pay it? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760316...

"As a long-time fan of games, I was delighted to find a philosophical look at how we make choices in life. If you love gaming, this is the best book on the topic you’ll ever find." —Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple

Are you playing the game you want to be playing?⁠
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From philosophy professor @add-hawk.bsky.social comes THE SCORE, a bold call to reclaim our values from the grip of rankings, ratings, and point systems, and find our passions again. Learn more:https://shorturl.at/INkbZ

🌟Jessica Francis Kane is going on tour 🌟 Join her on the road to promote her upcoming novel, Fonseca! For full details, visit: www.jessicafranciskane.com/events ☀️📖✨

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A City on Mars book jacket Now in Paperback Penguin Logo

The brilliant, hilarious, bestselling investigation into space settlement is now in paperback! Leaving Earth and settling Mars feels tempting these days, but have we thought this through? A CITY ON MARS has answers. Learn more:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639449...

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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Why Hope Takes Courage, And What It Means To Be Selected For Oprah's Book Club - Ocean Vuong

Author Ocean Vuong joined @colbertlateshow.bsky.social with Stephen Colbert last night! Watch the full clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy9n...

From one of our most eminent historians, a penetrating and timely examination of how the meaning of antisemitism has evolved.

Learn more: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768066...

Review | ‘Pan’ is funny, insightful and a little unhinged Michael Clune’s debut novel perfectly captures adolescence with the story of a teenager who’s convinced his panic attacks are caused by a Greek god.

“Pan is saturated with a grand, psychedelic spirit. . . . For those who wonder if the American novel has anything new to offer . . . Pan is exhilarating, a pure joy—and a sheer, nerve-curdling terror—from end to end.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Washington, DC: Join Michael Clune in conversation tonight with Jordan Castro at @politicsprose.bsky.social! RSVP: politics-prose.com/michael-clune

The Seasons Start Inside You MAX CALLIMANOPULOS – Michael Clune’s first novel 'Pan' translates adolescent panic into a hallucinatory study of thought and perception.

"Pan, [Clune's] first novel, is as funny and unconventional as his memoir was; it’s a book one might do well to steal language and ideas from… Clune’s language, as Lerner hinted, is undeniably lovely and his ideas worth lingering over.” —Oxford Review of Books www.the-orb.org/post/the-sea...

From acclaimed historian Jochen Hellbeck comes a new book that reframes WWII and the Holocaust in a new light, revealing how Nazi Germany's war on Judeo-Bolshevism made the Soviet Union, not the West, the true epicenter of the war. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/742338...

👀⁠ Happy pub day to one of this summer's most-anticipated novels, PAN by Michael Clune! Hailed as "invigorating" (@nytimes.com), "remarkable" (@theguardian.com), & "hypnotizing" (Harper's Bazaar), PAN is a psychedelic novel of panic attacks & rituals, a timeless coming-of-age story.⁠ www.prh.com/pan

Someday We’ll All Love Ocean Vuong Fresh off a tour for his second novel — an Oprah’s Book Club pick — the author is learning to live with being seen as a translator of the immigrant experience.

"Vuong is a great American novelist in perhaps the most American way possible—imperfectly, personally, shamelessly.” —@bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A Year in the Life (and Mind) of a Precocious Teenager

“Deliciously observed, ferociously strange fragments of consciousness and the social kabuki of the tragicomic teenage bildungsroman... Reading his experience of these raptures is invigorating and often hilarious.” @nytimes.com on PAN by Michael Clune www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/b...

Sam Sussman in here! His novel THE BOY FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is incredible.

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Join author William Finnegan in conversation with Alexander Sammon at McNally Jackson Seaport on July 22nd at 7 PM to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Barbarian Days!
Learn more: mcnallyjackson.com/event/barbar...

Pan by Michael Clune review – a stunning debut of teen psychosis This wild ride of a novel is remarkable for the honesty of its treatment of both mental illness and adolescence

"A wild ride of a debut novel... Pan is remarkable for the honesty of its treatment of both mental illness and adolescence... when we close the book, we find ourselves in a larger world." @theguardian.com on Michael Clune's novel, PAN. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Veterans may have left WWII upon the war’s end, but the war never left them. From bestselling author David Nasaw comes a brilliant re-examination of post-World War II America that looks beyond the victory parades, into the unhealed traumas of the nation. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672253...

Your Face Tomorrow, by Michael W. Clune The puzzle of AI facial recognition

Michael Clune, author of WHITE OUT and the forthcoming debut novel PAN (on sale July 22) writes for @harpers.bsky.social on AI's facial recognition and how surveillance relates to interior life. harpers.org/archive/2025...

We’re thrilled to share the jacket for Thomas Pynchon’s highly anticipated new novel Shadow Ticket, coming October 7, 2025!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...

Thanks to our friends at @penguinpress.bsky.social‬, we're giving away 200 copies of THE JAILHOUSE LAWYER by Calvin Duncan & Sophie Cull to lucky stewards in the U.S.! An intimate portrait of a heroic man’s resilience in the face of injustice. https://lflib.org/books

Join Michael Clune on tour to celebrate the publication of his debut novel PAN! He'll be at POWERHOUSE Arena
in conversation with Christian Lorentzen! RSVP: powerhouse-books.ticketleap.com/book-launch-...

"A compelling fresco of American literary life spanning a century . . . Howard’s sharply individualized portraits of all the players, major and minor, makes this a living drama, breathtaking in its grasp of sweeping change occurring over a single lifetime" —Geoffrey O'Brien⁠

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"[The] glorious capstone to Gerald Howard’s half century as a publishing powerhouse and literary tastemaker. . . . The Insider will go down as a classic work of American literary history, that belongs on the shelf of anyone who truly loves books." —Debby Applegate

The early praise is pouring in:

“The Insider brings to life—through the key figure of Malcolm Cowley and with a remarkable amount of warmth and tenderness—a thrilling piece of social history.” —Vivian Gornick⁠

Announcing The Insider by @ghoward1950.bsky.social, which chronicles the ascent of American literature from the 1920s to 1960s, and the editor responsible for bringing us household names like Hemingway, Faulkner, and Kerouac: Malcolm Cowley. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561292...

The Best Books of 2025 (So Far) Including memoirs about sex — both having lots and going without.

@vulture.com names MURDERLAND by @calfraser.bsky.social a best book of 2025 so far! "Murderland reads like Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring meets Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, told through the hypnotic, unwavering gaze that is entirely Fraser’s own." www.vulture.com/article/reco...

The Best New Book Releases This July This month’s buzziest books live up to the hype. From Michael Clune’s mind-bending Pan to the s

@dualipa.bsky.social's Service 95 reviews PAN by Michael Clune: “A staggering coming-of-age novel… It’s wild, strange and savagely funny.” www.service95.com/best-new-boo...

The Millions’ Great Summer 2025 Book Preview Here you’ll find just over 100 titles out this summer that we’re excited about here at The Millions.

PAN by Michael Clune and Where Are You Really From? by @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social are included in The Millions' Great Summer Book Preview! themillions.com/2025/07/the-...