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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 4d

My new book, UNABRIDGED, published by @groveatlantic.bsky.social, is out! It took a long time to report and write and I'm proud of it and would be grateful if you bought it and would love to see people when I'm traveling to promote it. Consider this an official book thread

Jacket cover of Stefan Fatsis's new book, Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 17h

With help from his doting mom, a gay Lebanese man comes of age. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @groveatlantic.bsky.social @rabihalameddine.bsky.social #booksky

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother): A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 11h

Discomfort and Unreliability In Antarctica: @klaxoncomms.com reviews Quan Barry's THE UNVEILING, out now from @groveatlantic.bsky.social!

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Discomfort and Unreliability In Antarctica: Review of Quan Barry’s The Unveiling

Christine D. Baker Under Review:Under Review: The Unveiling. Quan Barry. Grove, October 2025. Quan Barry’s The Unveiling is not a book with easy answers. Not even to basic questions like “Wait, wha…

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 5d

HEART THE LOVER is a @nytimes.com bestseller!! Get a copy now to discover why so many readers are falling in love with Lily King's newest!

Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times

The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children's books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 7d

Happy pub day! QUEER ENLIGHTENMENTS and the paperback of THE ELEMENTS OF MARIE CURIE are now out 🩵

Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 7d

Somebody pinch us, THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) is a @nationalbook.bsky.social National Book Award finalist!🥳

Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 10d

“[T]his affecting novel…questions whether a person can inhabit any moment other than the present.”

See HEART THE LOVER on Briefly Noted in @newyorker.com!

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Short reviews of recent releases.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 10d

"Rishøi finds light amid the darkness of a Norwegian winter.”

WINTER STORIES receives a fantastic starred review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social!

Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 11d

“Fans of Kent Haruf’s Our Souls at Night and Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again will appreciate the dignity O’Nan affords his characters as they navigate both the dramatic and the mundane moments in their lives."

@ala-booklist.bsky.social on EVENSONG by Stewart O'Nan!

Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 11d

"Levine serves up a bizarre and mordantly funny tale of a six-year-old who might be possessed by a dead corgi. A vibrant portrait of childhood wonder and adult anxiety."

@publisherswkly.bsky.social on Sara Levine's upcoming novel, THE HITCH!

The Hitch by Sara Levine

Levine (Treasure Island!!!) serves up a bizarre and mordantly funny tale of a six-year-old who might be possessed by a dead corg...

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 14d

Resistance to the Atlantic slave system constituted “perhaps the largest, longest-running, and most diverse ongoing insurrection the world has ever known,” according to this magisterial account from historian Carrie Gibson. Expansive and elegant, this is a marvel. @groveatlantic.bsky.social

The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in America by Carrie Gibson

Resistance to the Atlantic slave system constituted “perhaps the largest, longest-running, and most diverse ongoing insurrection...

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 14d

What a great interview with Rabih Alameddine in @nytimes.com!

Rabih Alameddine Is Done With Dostoyevsky

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 15d

THE STOLEN CROWN by Tracy Borman is "an enthralling and detailed window into royal family drama" according to this great review on @publisherswkly.bsky.social!

www.publishersweekly.com/9780802165909

The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty by Tracy Borman

Historians have long considered the ascension of Elizabeth I’s successor, James I, a relatively settled matter ahead of Elizabet...

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 25d

Kelly Sundberg, author of THE ANSWER IS IN THE WOUND, has an interview in @psychologytoday.com that you don't want to miss!

An Answer in the Wound: What Escaping Abuse Can Teach Us

Kelly Sundberg escaped an abusive marriage. In her luminous new work, The Answer is in the Wound, she gives a radiant gift rendered from harrowing, lasting imprints of oppression.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 25d

Linguistics fans will have a blast listening to this fantastic episode of @lingthusiasm.bsky.social that discusses Ross Perlin's LANGUAGE CITY!

Transcript Episode 107: Urban Multilingualism

This is a transcript for Lingthusiasm episode ‘Urban Multilingualism’. It’s been lightly edited for readability. Listen to the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts. Links to studies mentione...

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 28d

The paperback of FRIGHEN THE HORSES is now out so go give this interview with @oliverradclyffe.bsky.social on the Virtual Memories Show!

Episode 647 – Oliver Radclyffe

Virtual Memories Show 647: Oliver Radclyffe “I’m slightly staggered that the impetus to transition was so strong that even despite knowing what I was going to lose from it, I couldn&#82…

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 28d

Read this @nytimes.com profile on Kiran Desai and then read HULLABALOO IN THE GUAVA ORCHARD and THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS!

She Won the Booker Prize. Then She Disappeared for 20 Years.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 28d

"Thank goodness it’s Barry (“We Ride Upon Sticks”) who has, with her signature blend of ironic humor, supernatural whispers and historical context, created a horror story worthy of 21st-century concerns."

@latimes.com on THE UNVEILING.

30 books to read this fall

The season's literary offerings are as varied and complex as a cast of Thomas Pynchon characters ... and include Thomas Pynchon's return. Here's a sampling of the most anticipated books of fall.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · 28d

"'Heart the Lover' (Sept. 30) returns Lily King to what she does better than anyone these days: fast-moving romances that only slow unexpectedly for a sock in the gut." @chicagotribune.com

Books for fall 2025: Luigi, Ozzy and the great beyond

The endless to-be-read list on your phone, the ready-to-be-read stack on your bedside table, should expect company, regardless of whether you read cozy mysteries or harrowing memoirs.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · Sep 12

We're so excited to announce that THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) by Rabih Alameddine is on the @nationalbook.bsky.social National Book Awards for Fiction longlist!

Read about it in @newyorker.com here:
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The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist

The New Yorker presents the longlists for Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction.

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · Sep 11

We're so excited to announce and share the cover of THE GLORIANS with you!

From the acclaimed nature writer Terry Tempest Williams comes a revelatory work of narrative nonfiction exploring beauty, climate change, and transformative moments of hope in a world beset by uncertainty.

Out 3/3!

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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social · Sep 9

Come see @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social at Voices for Gaza on 9/21 at 7:30pm!

Get your tickets here: www.thetownhall.org/event/voices...

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · Sep 2

Rabih Alameddine’s edgy charm always leaves room for compassion, which readers will find in abundance in this challenging but exceptional book. @groveatlantic.bsky.social

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · Sep 4

Long-awaited memoirs from Arundhati Roy and Miriam Toews top our list of the best releases of September. @groveatlantic.bsky.social @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · Sep 5

Eshani Surya debuts with an incendiary chronicle of two Indian American siblings who go to drastic lengths to improve their lives. This one hits hard. @groveatlantic.bsky.social

Ravishing by Eshani Surya

Surya debuts with an incendiary chronicle of two Indian American siblings who go to drastic lengths to improve their lives. Kash...

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