What books will be the talk of this year’s fair? American agents, many of whom are returning to Frankfurt for their first time since the pandemic started, will be pushing to get buzz for works by, among others, Jhumpa Lahiri, Salman Rushdie, Quentin Tarantino, and former Bangles frontwoman Susanna Hoffs. (All publishers and pub dates given are for the U.S.)
Aevitas Creative Management
Age Strong
Elizabeth Poynor. Simon Element, fall 2024
This wellness book from doctor and women’s health expert Poynor aims to be, says the agency, “the first comprehensive, scientifically driven guide for women entering into midlife (between ages 35 and 65) to understand and successfully navigate their health.”
Bonesmith
Nicki Pau Preto. McElderry, summer 2023
“Gideon the Ninth meets The Cruel Prince,” says the agency of this children’s fantasy “in which a failed ghost-fighting warrior must journey into the haunted wasteland of the breach to redeem herself and rescue a kidnapped prince.”
How to Say Babylon
Safiya Sinclair. Simon & Schuster, Aug. 2023
This memoir, which the agency likens to Tara Westover’s Educated and Jeannette Walls’s The Glass Castle, explores the author’s childhood in a strict Rastafarian family in Jamaica and her “extraordinary journey to selfhood” and independence.
Lungfish
Meghan Gilliss. Catapult, Sept.
In this literary fiction debut, a woman squats with her family on a rough island off the coast of Maine, where she lives, says the agency, “moment by moment through the absurdity, beauty, paranoia, and hunger that shoots through her life as her husband struggles to detox.”
Baror International
Good in a Room
Yulin Kuang. Avon, summer 2023
Thirteen years after the death of her sister, a woman still haunted by the past moves to L.A. to work as a TV writer and reconnects with an old friend from high school who’s just as “charming, funny, popular, and lovable,” per the agency, as she remembers.
Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond. Crown, Mar. 2023
A nonfiction work from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted that, according to the agency, “reimagines the debate on poverty, making a sweeping argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.”
Starling House
Alix E. Harrow. Tor, fall 2023
This “modern-day gothic fairy tale,” per the agency, concerns “a sinister old house and its last heir.” As Opal Gravely soon discovers, “there is something beneath Starling House, clamoring to escape and wreak havoc upon the town.”
The Stolen Heir
Holly Black. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Jan. 2023
The first book in a “captivating new duology,” according to the agency, that returns fans of Black (the Spiderwick Chronicles series) “to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous desires.”
The Book Group (handled by Jenny Meyer Literary)
Blood Sisters
Vanessa Lillie. Berkley, Sept. 2023
A thriller about an archaeologist and member of the Cherokee Tribe of Oklahoma who returns to the “lunar-like landscape of her hometown scarred by abandoned mines and a mounting opioid crisis,” per the agency, after her sister goes missing.
Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson. Viking, Mar. 2023
“Set in late-capitalist America,” per the agency, this novel follows three women in the Stockton family who are conflicted about wealth: “Darley, who was born with money; Sasha, who married into money; and Georgiana, the baby of the family who wants to give all her money away.”
The Rewind
Allison Winn Scotch. Berkley, Nov.
In this rom-com, a pair of execs wake up in bed the morning after a friend’s wedding, possibly married to each other, with no memory of how they got there, and now, per the agency, “must put aside old grievances to figure out what happened.”
Sam
Allegra Goodman. Dial, Jan. 2023
This coming-of-age novel about an insecure teen girl named Sam and her journey to womanhood is a “powerful reflection on class, addiction, parenthood, longing, and ambition,” says the agency.
The Cheney Agency
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets
Burkhard Bilger. Random House, Apr. 2023
In this memoir by New Yorker staff writer Bilger, he “investigates his grandfather, a Nazi party chief,” per the agency.
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
Kieran Setiya. Riverhead, Oct.
This “philosophical guide to facing life’s inevitable hardships,” per the agency, asks whether it’s possible to find “solace—and even hope—in acknowledging the hardships of the human condition.”
The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible
Luke Mogelson. Penguin Press, out now
The New Yorker’s international war correspondent chronicles “a story of mounting civic breakdown and violent disorder” in America, per the agency.
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide
Tahir Hamut Izgil, trans. from the Uyghur by Joshua L. Freeman. Penguin Press, June 2023
This first memoir of the Xinjiang crisis by a major Uyghur writer, according to the agency, offers “a remarkable tale of survival and a beacon of light in an ongoing crisis.”
The Clegg Agency
I Will Greet the Sun Again
Khashayar Khabushani. Hogarth, summer 2023
A debut novel “about the journey an Iranian-American son must make in order to find his place in the world, from San Fernando Valley to Iran and eventually to New York,” according to the agency, and an examination of “queer identity and belonging.”
Land of Milk and Honey
C. Pam Zhang. Riverhead, 2023
The latest from Zhang (How Much of These Hills Is Gold) concerns “a Chinese-American chef in a near future wracked by climate disaster who is lured into private service at a remote ‘research community,’” according to the agency.
The Road to the Country
Chigozie Obioma. Hogarth, 2024
According to the agency, this “sweeping epic” from Nigerian-born Obioma concerns “a fledgling Nigerian student whose mission to find his disabled brother changes when he’s forcibly enlisted onto the losing side of his country’s civil war.”
Solito
Javier Zamora. Hogarth, out now
“A powerful memoir of the poet’s nine-week migration from El Salvador to the United States,” per the agency, “made when he was nine years old.”
Creative Artists Agency & International Creative Management
American Ravens
Tomi Adeyemi. Grand Central, 2024
The adult debut from Nigerian-American writer Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone), pitched as The Secret History meets The Craft, centers on “a troubled Dartmouth freshman,” per the agency, “who stumbles across an alluring secret society and is determined to become a member, regardless of the cost.”
Family Lore
Elizabeth Acevedo. Ecco, Aug. 2023
National Book Award winner Acevedo’s first novel for adults is “the story of one Dominican-American family told through the voices of its women as they await a gathering that will forever change their lives,” per the agency.
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
Tom Hanks. Knopf, May 2023
This debut novel from actor Hanks is, according to the agency, “a wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all.”
The Passenger and Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy. Knopf, Oct.
McCarthy’s first new work in over a decade comes in two volumes. “Traversing the American South, from the garrulous barrooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science,” says the agency. And Stella Maris is “an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence.”
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity-Centered
Donald A. Norman. MIT, Mar. 2023
This nonfiction book from “design guru” Norman, per the agency, is an “eye-opening diagnosis of where we’ve gone wrong, and how our world has ended up in a dire predicament.” Norman “lays out a clear prescription for making things better, through meaning, sustainability, and humanity-centeredness.”
Hour of the Heart: Empathy and Connection in the Here-and-Now
Irvin Yalom. Harper, no pub date at press time
From the “father of group therapy,” a collection of stories, per the agency, “of patients’ life-changing moments in one-hour, one-time sessions with him which tap into the power of authentic human connection.”
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
Lisa See. Scribner, June 2023
A historical novel inspired, says the agency, “by the true story of a woman physician and writer from 15th-century China—perfect for fans of See’s classic Snowflower and the Secret Fan and her recent bestseller Island of Sea Women.”
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Roshani Chokshi. Morrow, Feb. 2023
A “gothic-infused story,” says the agency, “about a marriage that is unraveled by dark secrets, a friendship cursed to end in tragedy, and the danger of believing in fairy tales.”
Fletcher & Co.
North Woods
Daniel Mason. Random House, fall 2023
This “propulsive, immersive novel,” per the agency, from Pulitzer Prize nominee Mason, incorporates “a rich variety of narrative modes” as it tells the story of “a single house in Western Massachusetts and its inhabitants over a period spanning nearly 400 years.”
Once More from the Top
Emily Layden. Mariner, spring 2024
This novel about “a mega pop star whose best friend and creative partner vanished when they were both in high school, only to be discovered dead 15 years later,” is being pitched, says the agency, as Gillian Flynn meets Daisy Jones & the Six.
Truly Human
Fei-Fei Li, with Alex Varanese.
Moment of Lift, fall 2023
In a “dual coming-of-age narrative,” per the agency, AI expert Li discusses “her coming of age as a young female scientist and immigrant, and the coming of age of artificial intelligence—from a very human perspective on a field that often seems devoid of humanity.”
Folio Literary Management
The Cure for Burnout
Emily Ballesteros. Dial, fall 2023
Burnout management coach Ballesteros ruminates on “how to defeat burnout, exploring how it has become ingrained in our daily lives,” notes the agency, and offers tools on achieving work-life balance and fulfillment.
The Origins of You
Vienna Pharaon. Putnam, Feb. 2023
Instagram relationship expert Pharaon delivers, according to the agency, “a profound guide to understanding and overcoming wounds from your family of origin—the foundation of how we relate to others, ourselves, and the world around us.”
Symphony of Secrets
Brendan Slocumb. Anchor, Apr. 2023
In this “gripping page-turner,” per the agency, a professor uncovers “a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time—that his music was stolen from a young Black composer.”
The Woman with the Cure
Lynn Cullen. Berkley, Feb. 2023
From the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe comes a novel “based on the true story of the woman who stopped the polio pandemic,” per the agency, who was “interested less in beating her colleagues than on finding the world a cure.”
The Gernert Company
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Pantheon, Apr. 2023
“Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far removed from America’s own,” per the agency, in this novel from the bestselling author of Friday Black.
The Hopeful Skeptic: Escaping Cynicism in a World Overwhelmed It
Jamil Zaki. Grand Central, winter 2024
Psychology professor Zaki “explores cynicism through the lens of hope,” per the agency, “walking us through its history and current place in society.” The book seeks to “challenge people to envision a society that honors trust and connection, and to play a role in creating it.”
This Bird Has Flown
Susanna Hoffs. Little, Brown, Apr. 2023
A “delightfully funny and romantic” debut novel, per the agency, from a cofounder of the 1980s pop group the Bangles.
Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work—Now and in an Uncertain Future
Gabriella Kellerman and Martin Seligman. Atria, Jan. 2023
This nonfiction book about maintaining a happy career offers, according to the agency, “a revolutionary, future-proofed approach to work in a world where automation, globalization, and downsizing are an urgent and threatening reality.”
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
Happy
Celina Baljeet Basra. Astra House, fall 2023
This debut literary novel follows “a charming young gourmand and cinephile,” according to the agency, “who leaves his rural village in Punjab with big dreams, only to toil in restaurant kitchens and farms across Southern Europe.”
An Officer’s Daughter
Douglas Day Stewart. Blackstone, 2024
This debut novel—a sequel to Academy Award–nominated screenwriter Stewart’s An Officer and a Gentleman—“picks up the story 35 years later when Shannon, the daughter of Zack Mayo and Paula Pokrifki, shows up unexpectedly at the school that trains Navy jet pilots,” per the agency, and finds her father standing “in the path of her dreams.”
We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism
Andy Campbell. Hachette Books, Sept.
An expert on American extremism, Campbell delivers, per the agency, “a gripping investigation into the nation’s most notorious far-right group,” the Proud Boys, “revealing how they created a new blueprint for extremism.”
Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul
Evette Dionne. Ecco, Dec.
A nonfiction debut that explores “the daily minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate,” says the agency, and offers an “unmissable portrait of a woman on a journey toward understanding our society and herself.”
Inkwell Management
10 to 25: The New Science of Motivating Young People
David Yeager. Avid Reader, 2024
Psychology professor Yeager teaches adults to communicate with and mentor young people, ages 10 to 25, in a book that, the agency says, combines “cutting-edge science, wise observations, great stories, and actionable advice.”
Anam Cara (25th anniversary ed.)
John O’Donohue. HarperCollins, Nov.
A 25th anniversary edition of “the classic work of Celtic spirituality and mysticism,” per the agency, by the late poet and scholar. This “timeless collection of ancient Celtic wisdom, poetry, stories, and blessings” features an introduction by Irish president Michael D. Higgins.
On the Rooftop
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Ecco, out now
Set in a gentrifying 1950s San Francisco, this novel, which the agency compares to Fiddler on the Roof, concerns “a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters’ ambitions.”
Night Will Find You
Julie Heaberlin. Flatiron, June 2023
This psychological thriller about an astrophysicist with possible psychic powers who’s asked to solve a cold case “explores the insidious nature of conspiracy theories and our urge to believe them,” per the agency.
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
Quinn Slobodian. Metropolitan, spring 2023
This “dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism,” says the agency, shows “how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy.”
The Persuaders
Anand Giridharadas. Knopf, Oct.
“An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy,” per the agency.
Real Americans
Rachel Khong. Knopf, spring 2024
A novel about three members of a Chinese-American family that, the agency notes, “stretches from Communist China to Silicon Valley in the near future.”
Same Bed, Different Dreams
Ed Park. Random House, Oct. 2023
Cloud Atlas meets Squid Game, says the agency, in this novel “loaded with assassins and mad poets, role-playing games and slasher movies, art and technology—that explores the secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present.”
Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
The Art Thief
Michael Finkel. Knopf, June 2023
A portrait of Stephane Breitweiser, “the world’s most prolific art thief,” notes the agency, who “stole over 300 priceless works of art from museums in broad daylight” and was “ultimately destroyed by his own passions.”
Fire Weather
John Vaillant. Knopf, May 2023
American-Canadian journalist Vaillant tells the “multifaceted story,” per the agency, “of the 2016 fire that destroyed the remote city of Ft. McMurray, Alberta—the seat of the Canadian tar-sands oil industry, from which the U.S. derives nearly half its oil imports.”
Promises of Gold
José Olivarez. Holt, Feb. 2023
According to the agency, this poetry book is “what happens when you try to write a book of love poems for the homies amid a global pandemic that has laid bare all the other pandemics that we’ve been living through: capitalism, the police state, colonialism, toxic masculinity, etc.”
When the Heavens Went on Sale
Ashlee Vance. Ecco, May 2023
This nonfiction book offers a “momentous look at the private companies driving a revolutionary new economy in space,” says the agency, and reveals what happens when “the idealistic, ambitious minds of Silicon Valley turn their unbridled vision toward the limitless expanse of the stars.”
Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency
American Mermaid
Julia Langbein. Doubleday, fall 2023
When a woman is lured to L.A. to cowrite the screenplay adaptation of her novel about a wheelchair-using scientist named Sylvia “who discovers that her withered legs are the vestiges of a powerful tail,” per the agency, “strange things start to happen.”
The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
Jonathan Abrams. Crown, Oct.
“The essential oral history of hip-hop,” says the agency, “from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerful force in pop culture,” from a staff reporter for the New York Times.
The (Mostly) True Story of Tanner and Louise
Colleen Oakley. Berkley, spring 2023
The agency describes this book as “a hilarious novel about an unsuspecting old woman and an aimless young girl who—if they can outrun the mistakes of their past—might just have the greatest adventure of their lives.”
Stay Organized: The Home Edit’s Guide to Making Systems Stick
Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin. Clarkson Potter, Dec. 2023
This guide to staying organized, from the hosts of the Netflix show Get Organized with the Home Edit, addresses, the agency says, the question the authors are asked the most: “how to maintain your organized systems.”
Jenny Meyer Literary
(handling titles for Chris Calhoun Agency, Helm Literary Agency, Nelson Literary Agency, Wendy Sherman Associates, and the Williams Company)
The Curator
Owen King. Scribner, Mar. 2023
A “Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm” from King, per the agency, “where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine.”
The Half Moon
Mary Beth Keane. Scribner, May 2023
Set over the course of a week, this novel about a bar owner and his wife explores, says the agency, “a marriage in crisis, what it means to make a life with another person, and what it means to be a family.”
The House of Eve
Sadeqa Johnson. Simon & Schuster, 2023
This novel from Johnson (Yellow Wife) explores, according to the agency, “what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal.”
White Snake
Sher Lee. Quill Tree, fall 2024
A magic-infused YA love story in which, according to the agency, “a white snake spirit transforms into a teen boy and must hide his identity when he meets and falls for a headstrong prince.”
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
The Daughter Ship
Boo Trundle. Pantheon, spring 2023
This “darkly comic” debut novel about a woman and her unlikely connection to an old submarine is “an exploration of the legacies of trauma,” per the agency.
Hollow Beasts
Alisa Lynn Valdés. Thomas & Mercer, Apr. 2023
A wilderness thriller “about a kick-ass Latina game warden,” per the agency, “who takes on a white supremacist terrorist group in rugged New Mexico, where they are kidnapping and hunting women of color,” from the bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club.
Marvelous
Molly Greeley. Morrow, Feb. 2023
This novel, per the agency, is set in the French royal court of Catherine de’ Medici during the Renaissance and offers “an unforgettable reimagining of one of the world’s most beloved fairytales”: “Beauty and the Beast.”
My Father, the Panda Killer
Jamie Jo Hoang. Crown Books for Young Readers, Sept. 2023
Hoang’s YA debut “follows a teenage girl as she navigates the complicated relationship between her and her father, a Vietnamese refugee deeply affected by his perilous journey across the Pacific,” says the agency.
Jane Rotrosen Agency
A Little Ray of Sunshine
Kristan Higgins. Berkley, June 2023
Harlow Smith, “boring sister of the Smith clan,” has her life turned upside-down, per the agency, when her son resurfaces after 17 years, during a summer that proves that “the best of everything is yet to come.”
Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen. St. Martin’s, out now
For fans of Alice Hoffman and Matt Haig, per the agency, “an enchanting tale of lost souls, lonely strangers, the secrets that shape us, and how the right flock can guide you home.”
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Patti Callahan Henry. Atria, May 2023
A novel about a woman who, after discovering a mysterious children’s book, uncovers “long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II,” per the agency.
The Wishing Game
Meg Shaffer. Ballantine, July 2023
In this novel, a reclusive children’s author resurfaces “with a Willy Wonka–style contest,” according to the agency, “and invites four of his most devoted fans to compete for the only copy of his final book.”
Trident Media Group
Loyalty
Lisa Scottoline. Putnam, Mar. 2023
Bestselling thriller writer Scottoline’s second historical novel is an “emotional, action-packed epic of love and justice,” says the agency, “set during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily in the 1800s.”
The Magic Kingdom
Russell Banks. Knopf, Nov.
From two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Banks comes a novel about a property speculator who recalls his upbringing in a Shaker colony, “as well as his first love and the mysterious death that tore the community apart,” per the agency.
Spiritual Anatomy
Kamlesh D. Patel. Grand Central Balance, fall 2023
The spiritual leader known as Daaji “presents a collection of maps of the 16 chakras,” according to the agency, “outlining a path that leads us to the heart, the seat of life and the source of love.”
Vanishing Maps
Cristina García. Knopf, fall 2023
This novel from García (Dreaming in Cuban) “follows three generations of a divided family,” says the agency, and is set against “the tumultuous backdrops of Cuba, America, Germany, and Russia in the new millennium.”
United Talent Agency
Matriarch
Tina Knowles. One World, spring 2024
A memoir “by the mother of global superstars Beyoncé and Solange Knowles,” per the agency, that sold in a 14-way auction.
The Sicilian Inheritance
Jo Piazza. (No U.S. publisher at press time.)
This work of “upmarket commercial fiction with two strands—one contemporary, one historical,” according to the agency, is set in rural Sicily in 1925 and features a “multigenerational murder mystery” that concerns “two headstrong women separated by a century, both trying to forge their own paths in a world dominated by men.”
The Wealth Lie
Sahil Bloom. (No U.S. publisher at press time.)
A self-help book by a former private equity banker that argues, according to the agency, that “financial wealth is only one of five types of wealth needed to live a rich life” and that teaches readers how to live a life “rich in all areas.”
William Morris Endeavor
Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino. HarperCollins, Nov.
The first work of nonfiction from the Hollywood director is, according to the agency, “a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.”
The Critic’s Daughter
Priscilla Gilman. Norton, Feb. 2023
A memoir from the daughter of literary and drama critic Richard Gilman, in which she recalls, per the agency, “an adolescence shuffling between bitterly divorced parents and trying to find her own voice without dimming her father’s shine.”
Hang the Moon
Jeannette Walls. Simon & Schuster, Mar. 2023
From the bestselling author of The Glass Castle, “a riveting new novel” per the agency, “about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition.”
Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri. Knopf, 2023
Originally written in Italian, this collection of short stories is “filled with new insight into Lahiri’s relationship with the Italian language,” notes the agency.
Writers House
The Curse of Pietro Houdini
Derek B. Miller. Simon & Schuster, spring 2024
Set in Italy during World War II, this “epic war story and old-fashioned heist” focuses on “an eccentric ensemble of characters,” according to the agency, who are smuggling three Renaissance paintings that they stole from the Nazis.
House of Marionne
J. Elle. Razorbill, fall 2023
This first book in a YA trilogy, described by the agency as a “magic-filled Bridgerton,” concerns 17-year-old Quell, “who is reluctantly inducted into a magical debutante society of social elites.”
How Not to Kill Yourself
Clancy Martin. Pantheon, Mar. 2023
A survivor of suicide and a recovering alcoholic, Martin “chronicles his multiple suicide attempts in an intimate depiction of the mindset of someone obsessed with self-destruction,” according to the agency, “while showing those presently struggling with suicidal thoughts that they are not alone.”
No Two Persons
Erica Bauermeister. St. Martin’s, May 2023
A book of interconnected stories that, explains the agency, concerns “nine characters with disparate lives—among them an intimacy coordinator, a freediver, a bookseller, and the caretaker of a ghost town.”
Wylie Agency
The Card-Players
Orhan Pamuk. (No U.S. publisher at press time.)
Set in Turkey in 1942, as Istanbul braces for a possible Nazi attack, Nobel Prize winner Pamuk’s novel concerns five protagonists and explores “the ironies of history and romantic love, and themes of adultery, betrayal, and belonging,” per the agency.
Marigold and Rose
Louise Glück. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Oct.
Nobel laureate Glück delivers an “astonishing chronicle of the first year in the life of twin girls,” per the agency. “Imagine a fairy tale that is also a multigenerational saga” and “a poem that is also, in the spirit of Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis,’ an incandescent act of autobiography.”
Revolutionary Spring
Christopher Clark. Crown, May 2023
Australian historian Clark offers “a magisterial account of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe from France to Denmark to Moldavia,” says the agency, and “the charismatic actors who propelled them forward.”
Victory City
Salman Rushdie. Random House,
Feb. 2023
From Booker Prize winner Rushdie, an “epic tale,” per the agency, “of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries.”
Elaine Szewczyk’s writing has appeared in McSweeney’s and other publications. She’s the author of the novel I’m with Stupid.
Correction: This article initially referred to Cristina García as Adriana Garcia.
