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Praise for Dickens and Prince
Smart, witty and weirdly convincing… Pop culture is political to Hornby. Beneath this latest book’s stocking-filler-light surface, you can sense a subtle sort of crusade. By pairing these two artists, he’s making a couple of implicit assertions — that Prince is as important as Dickens and that Dickens is as fun as Prince.
The Times (London)

Praise for The Last Chairlift
Irving has become the incarnation of the ‘great American novelist’ par excellence with his fabulous gift as a storyteller and ability to give food for thought.
L’Express, Paris

Praise for Mad Honey
This timely and absorbing read will make readers glad these two powerful writers decided to collaborate.
Booklist, starred review

Praise for The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover
Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of religion in the modern United States.
Judith Weisenfeld, author of New World A-Coming

Praise for Earth's The Right Place For Love
I so loved this story. Few authors write with more heart, wisdom, and human insight than Elizabeth Berg.
Debbie Macomber, bestselling author

Praise for The Ferryman
The Ferryman is next to impossible to put down once you’ve read the first few pages.
Stephen King

Praise for The House of Lincoln
“Brimming with a rich and unforgettable array of imagined and real historical figures who helped to shape Springfield, Illinois and the nation beyond during the turbulent time of slavery and the Civil War, The House of Lincoln is storytelling at its best.
Gail Tsukiyama, author of The Color of Air, The Samurai’s Garden, and Women of the Silk

Praise for The Humble Lover
“Audacious… As ever, White is a master of social comedy and wry observations.”
Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)

Praise for The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Jeff Goodell brings a mix of fantastic storytelling, lucid science communication, and eternal optimism in detailing the profound threat we face with the climate crisis and what we can still do about it.
Michael Mann, author of The New Climate War