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Celebrating 100 years of publishing great books. Here are some posts about them.
INVERTEBRATE OF THE YEAR CONTEST! I love the immortal jelly pick. In my book about Spineless Superpowers (The Oceans Menagerie @vikingbooks.bsky.social and on Amazon), I chose Jellyfish Bioluminescence; Green fluorescent Protein won the 2008 Nobel prize for its immense value as a live cell tracker.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoSix mind-bendingly amazing facts about invertebrates
Congrats to @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social and Justine Larbalestier on The Mortons, their newest (and terrific!) novel. Scott and Justine have been my pals forever and singly and together they are two of my favorite writers. This is a fun one. Check it out! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/787326...
The Mortons by Justine Larbalestier, Scott Westerfeld: 9798217059492 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“Slippery, sinister, and so much fun.” —Charlotte McConaghy, New York Times bestselling author of Wild Dark Shore Meet the Mortons: In this family, murder is currency—and business...
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Mary Roach called it "hilarious," Booklist called it "captivating," and Audubon magazine says it's "A delightful read that will make you think and feel." Order THE CREATURES' GUIDE TO CARING wherever you like to buy books: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741329... 🧪
I super appreciate this thoughtful review of THE LONG GAME by @salazar.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com. He really got what I was trying to do with the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/b...
Want to Truly Understand the World Cup? Check Out These Books.
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*chuckles awkwardly* Well... um... want to understand why the United States men's national team is the way it is? I can offer a 300-page explainer: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
The Long Game by Leander Schaerlaeckens: 9780593653876 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“Engrossing, insightful . . . [The Long Game] pulls no punches when describing the critiques and failures of the U.S. soccer system over the past few decades.” —Miguel Salazar, The New...
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"A delightful read that will make you think and feel." Thanks to Audubon magazine for including THE CREATURES' GUIDE TO CARING in this roundup of birdy books! www.audubon.org/magazine/add... 🧪
Add These 6 Birdy Books to Your Summer Reading List
From deep dives into dinosaur life to a celebration of animal parenting, these recent releases for bookish bird-lovers are here just in time for summer vacation.
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You can read more about poison frog parenting, and other science shenanigans, in my book! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741329... 🧪
The Creatures' Guide to Caring by Elizabeth Preston: 9780593657102 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A lively and revelatory journey through the evolution of caretaking on Earth, from animal parents to modern-day humans, making the case that caring for children and one another made us who we are Poi...
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Are these the animal kingdom's worst moms? Or doing their best, like all of us? By me for Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... For more animal parents who are inspiring, upsetting, and everything in between, check out my book! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741329... 🧪
These animal mothers expect other species to raise their young
Some birds and other animals are 'brood parasites' whose mothers leave their offspring with other species.
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"Humans, Preston reminds us, have a tremendous capacity to care. If we are a little more like animals than we care to admit, right now would be a good time to double down on co-operating." Thank you @thetimes.com for this kind and extremely thoughtful book review! www.thetimes.com/culture/book... 🧪
Are humans the best parents? Tips from the animal kingdom
In The Creatures’ Guide to Caring, Elizabeth Preston explores many different parenting styles, from hands-on monkey dads to matriarchal hyenas
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The second excerpt is now up at @defector.com. It's from a chapter on Bora Milutinovic, the mad scientist USMNT manager who had the impossible task of making sure a bunch of semi-pros didn't embarrass themselves at the 1994 World Cup. (Gift link, but you should subscribe to the excellent Defector.)
When Team USA Needed To Get World Cup Ready, It Needed Boraball | Defector
The following is excerpted from The Long Game by Leander Schaerlaeckens, to be published on May 12, 2026 by Viking. It is available for purchase now. Velibor Milutinović, or Bora to both friend and fo...
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My book, THE LONG GAME: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts, is out today by @vikingbooks.bsky.social. I found a ton of fresh stories. I think both hardcore fans and the USMNT-curious will like it. I'm really proud of the book and hope you'll read it.
The Long Game by Leander Schaerlaeckens: 9780593653876 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The gripping account of the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026 For almost half a century,...
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🚨🚨You can now pre-order my book, THE LONG GAME, on the United States men's national soccer team and its messy rise from total international irrelevance to, well, TBD!🚨🚨 I spoke to ~150 players/coaches/etc. and got fresh stories and unprecedented access! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
The Long Game by Leander Schaerlaeckens: 9780593653876 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The gripping account of the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026. For almost half a century,...
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We spy THE FROZEN PEOPLE by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social on this list!
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · last yr.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...
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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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
The first 2026 debut book to land at Debutiful HQ is SCAVENGERS by Kathleen Boland! It arrived January 13th from @vikingbooks.bsky.social
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
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
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.
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
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. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
That dog, the one in the book died this weekend lithub.com/molly-jong-f...
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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"[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
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
“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
“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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"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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