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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 11h

Happy publication day to Amber Sparks, whose thrilling and hilarious debut novel HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE is in stores *today* wherever booooooooks (get it... ghosts) are sold! 👻

Catch Amber on tour nationwide at a superb bookseller near you! wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 22d

Know what I'll be reading tonight! @ambersparks.bsky.social

A plush Baby Zilla holds Happy People Don't Live Here by Amber Sparks

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 18h

Thursday night at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social I'll be in conversation with @ambersparks.bsky.social. Hope to see you there! www.harvard.com/event/amber-...

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you, @debutiful.bsky.social! debutiful.net/2025/10/01/1...

12 noteworthy debut books you should read this October

Debutiful’s Adam Vitcavage recommends noteworthy debut books for readers to discover each month.

debutiful.net

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 7d

ONE WEEK! DC! Come to the launch party in Adams Morgan! @rvoronacote.bsky.social and me at Lost City Books and a few fun surprises, and a very spooky party www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-peop...

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Kurt Baumeister @kurtbaumeister.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks to @tobiascarroll.bsky.social and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social! Please check out my interview with @ambersparks.bsky.social which ran initially at The Brooklyn Rail. Boom.

www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/09/a...

Afternoon Bites: Amber Sparks on Writing, Kirkus Prize Winner, California Books, and More

In our afternoon reading; an interview with Amber Sparks, an essay by Sasha Frere-Jones, and more.

www.vol1brooklyn.com

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Steve Fox @stevefoxwrites.com · 3d

Weekend read with @ambersparks.bsky.social , Happy People Don’t Live Here,
Her debut novel.
Open up and get lost.

Cover image of Happy People Don’t Live Here, by Amber Sparks.

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 18h

And if you are in the DC area, please come to the launch tonight at Lost City Books! 7pm! It’s literally perfect weather today for the book, too! I’ll be in convo with the fabulous @rvoronacote.bsky.social so you should come plz do www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-peop...

Happy People Don't Live Here by Amber Sparks

A Halloween-themed event for Amber Sparks' debut novel, Happy People Don't Live Here.

www.eventbrite.com

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 18h

My book comes out today! It’s sad and funny and a little spooky and a lot mysterious and very weird, and you can buy it wherever fine books are sold in indie stores bookshop.org/p/books/happ...

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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Featured Book. From Gordon Lightfoot's song to watching sister lake freighters pass through the Soo Locks, this tragedy has always fascinated me. Published by @liveright.bsky.social

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 7d

Happy publication day to Georgi Gospodinov,
whose new novel DEATH AND THE GARDENER is in stores now! wwnorton.com/books/978132...

“Intimate.... A consolation rather than a provocation... darkly funny.... It might have you mulling your own pithy epitaph.”
—Alexandra Jacobs, @nytimes.com

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · 9d

THE GALES OF NOVEMBER is a definitive account of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck that movingly draws on contemporary observations of the colossal 1975 tragedy. @liveright.bsky.social

www.bookpage.com

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 12d

“My father was a gardener. Now he’s a garden.” Read from Georgi Gospodinov’s novel Death and the Gardener, translated by Angela Rodel.

Death and the Gardener

My father was a gardener. Now he’s a garden. * I don’t know where to begin. Let that be the beginning. Yes, we’re talking about an end, of course, but where does the end begin? I think I wet myself…

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W. W. Norton Library Mktg @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social · 12d

I've been updating our folder with the Winter 2026 #LibraryReads suggestions. Here's February! Bsrat Mezghebe will be at LJDOD later this month. #ewgc #catalogIDs.plus/#catalogID=5270937&page=1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.edelweiss.plus/#catalogID=5...

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 12d

Coming 11/25: a Ltd. Signed Edition of WINGS: THE STORY OF A BAND ON THE RUN, w/ screen printing, booklet of Wings-era album/single artwork, exclusive color vinyl of the forthcoming WINGS LP, enamel pin + embroidered patch — numbered and signed by Paul McCartney! Preorder: medium.com/@LiverightPu...

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Linford Fisher @linford.bsky.social · 14d

Galleys! Very excited to receive these from @liveright.bsky.social, even if the official pub date is a long way off (April 28, 2026). Pre-order it now! a.co/d/4ZdEjXu

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Jeremy Miller @jeremyjmiller.bsky.social · 13d

Overjoyed to announce the sale of my first book, Into the Dark Sky, to @liveright.bsky.social The book is a scientific adventure to find the last dark places on Earth and chronicle the people striving to protect them. It's also a love story about the night & our home planet✨🔭🌎 #darkskies #astronomy

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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 15d

Just because we’ve written [the laws] down doesn’t mean that we can’t aspire to make things better.” Harvard law professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, Jill Lepore, joins Jon Stewart to discuss her new bestselling book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.

Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Jms Dnns @jmsdnns.bsky.social · 15d

im a big fan of Jill Lepore. I loved her book, These Truths. i will definitely read her new book youtu.be/8LkX8lj8SWQ

Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Nanorider426 @nanorider426.bsky.social · 14d

Jon Stewart interviews Jill Lepore, history and law professor at Harvard, about her new book: We the People.
Jon Stewart thinks it's worth a read, so I'm going to get it.
youtube.com/watch?v=8LkX...

Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social · 14d

📅 Mon. 10/6 at 7PM: We are excited to welcome Jill Lepore―bestselling author of "These Truths", staff writer at "The New Yorker"―to First Parish Church for a discussion of her highly anticipated book "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution". Get tickets here: buff.ly/dbOnhfq

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 14d

So I went to the bookstore to get the new Mary Roach book.

But there was a new Sam Kean book right next to it.

And a new Jill Lepore book about the US Constitution.

And a biography of Fulvia.

And a book about the CIA’s smuggling banned books into the USSR.

Bookstores are dangerous.

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 14d

"Normally... I can skim. Your writing is so vivid and so interesting that I actually had to pay attention." @thedailyshow.com's Jon Stewart talks w/ Jill Lepore about her @nytimes.com Bestseller WE THE PEOPLE: A HISTORY OF THE U.S CONSTITUTION, in stores now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LkX...

Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 18d

What was Augustine’s Africa?

In her new book, Augustine the African, Catherine Conybeare reveals Augustine’s internal map, where Roman power defined the center.

Read Allen Callahan’s review for Book Post: books.substack.com/p/review-all...

@liveright.bsky.social

Review: Allen Callahan on Augustine the African

A new book offers insight on how Christianity coalesced around the imperial center

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Liveright @liveright.bsky.social · 18d

Jill Lepore's stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution —perfect for a troubling new era, "land[ing] at the right moment, like a life buoy, as our ship of state takes on water" (Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times)— is now a @nytimes.com Bestseller! Discover WE THE PEOPLE wherever books are sold!

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