Debuts
Summer 2022 and Fall 2022 For a complete list of formats and ISBNs for each title, view or download the excel spreadsheet here.
We Do What We Do in the Dark
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
HC: 978-0-593-32967-2 Ri v erhead Books | 50,000 On Sal e May 3, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s
HC: 978-1-63910-007-1 Crooked Lan e Books | 25,000 On Sal e June 7, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook Edition
Michelle Hart
A n ov el about a you ng wom an's lifeal tering affair with a much older, m arried woman. Requ est a n eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est a n eGalley on NetGalley.
T he Midcoast
T he Mutual Friend
HC: 978-0-593-24315-2 Hogarth | 20,000 On Sal e June 7, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi ti ons
TR: 978-0-593-18676-3 Du tton | 75,000 On Sal e June 7, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi ti ons
Adam White
Kate Khavari
Carter Bays
From th e co-creator of How I Me t Your Th e story of a family of lobstermen The Lost Apothecary meets De ad De ad Mothe r, a hilarious and thoughtwh o sky rocket from pov erty to Girls i n this fast-paced, STEMinist prov oki ng debut nov el set i n New York weal th, a local writer obsessed with adv en ture. Debu t author Kate Khavari Ci ty , following a sprawling cast of th ei r rise, and the small-town secrets deftl y entwines a pulse-pounding ch aracters as they navigate l ife, lov e, th at bind them all together. m y stery with the struggles of a woman in a m ale-dominated field i n 1923 Lon don. Requ est a n eGalley on Edelweiss. l oss, ambition, and spirituality — without ev er l ooking up from their phon es. Requ est a n eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est a n eGalley on NetGalley. Requ est a n eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est a n eGalley on NetGalley. Requ est a n eGalley on NetGalley.
Elizabeth’s 3 in 3 Staff Pick!
T his Place That Place
T he Catch
Nandita Dines h
Alis on Fairbrother
TR: 978-1-61219-949-8 Mel v i lle Hou se | 30,000 On Sal e June 14, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook Edition
HC: 978-0-593-13429-0 Ran dom Hou se | 100,000 On Sal e June 21, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, Large Print, an d DN Edition s
A n i mpassion ed and i nventive debut n ov el about two people earnestly searching for a way to preserve their fri endship across seemingly i n surmountable political divides.
A y ou ng woman searches for the truth abou t her father and the secrets of h er fam ily in this electric debut nov el.
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T he Scent of Burnt Flowers Blitz Baz aw ule
HC: 978-0-593-49623-7 Bal lantine Books | 30,000 On Sal e June 28, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s Fl eei ng persecution in 1960s America, a Bl ack cou ple seeks asylum i n Ghana, bu t fresh dangers and ol d secrets th reaten their newfound freedom in th i s hypnotic debut novel. Requ est a n eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est a n eGalley on NetGalley.
Dele Weds Destiny Tom i Obaro
HC: 978-0-593-32029-7 Kn opf | 125,000 On Sal e June 28, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, Large Print, an d DN Edition s Th e story of three on ce-inseparable col l ege friends in Nigeria who reunite i n Lagos for the first time in thirty y ears-a sparkling debut novel about m oth ers and daughters, culture and cl ass, sex and l ove, and the extraordinary resilience of female fri endship. Requ est a n eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est a n eGalley on NetGalley.
Elizabeth’s 3 in 3 Staff Pick!
What Lies Beneath J. G. Hetherton
HC: 978-1-64385-020-7 Crooked Lan e Books | 25,000 On Sal e July 12, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook Edition Lau ra Chambers finds herself caught i n a deadly web of small-town secrets as sh e hunts for the truth about h er father, who mysteriously disappeared. Requ est a n eGalley on NetGalley.
An Honest Living
Mademoiselle Revolution
T he Rabbit Hutch
HC: 978-0-593-33603-8 Berkl ey | 75,000 On Sal e August 2, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s
HC: 978-0-593-53466-3 Kn opf | 50,000 On Sal e August 2, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s
A powerful, engrossing story of a bi racial heiress who escapes to Paris wh en the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works h er way i nto the inner circle of Robespi erre and his mistress, she l earns that not even oceans can stop th e flames of revolution .
The Rabbit Hutch i s stunning debut n ov el about the qu est for transcendence and the desire for lov e, set i n a crumbling apartment building i n the post-industrial Midwest.
Zoe Sivak
Dw yer Murphy
HC: 978-0-593-48924-6 V i king | 50,000 On Sal e July 26, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s A sh arp and stylish debut from the edi tor-in-chief of CrimeReads in wh i ch an unwitting private ey e gets cau ght up in a crime of obsession between a reclusive literary superstar an d h er bookseller husband, paying h om age to the noir genre just as sm artly as it reinvents it.
Tes s Gunty
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Elizabeth’s 3 in 3 Staff Pick!
A Map for the Missing
Perish
Belinda Huijuan Tang
LaToya Watk ins
HC: 978-0-593-30066-4 Pen guin Press | 50,000 On Sal e August 9, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s
HC: 978-0-593-18591-9 Ti n y Reparations Books | 50,000 On Sal e August 23, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s
A n epi c, mesmerizing debut nov el set against a rapidly changing post-Cu l tural Revolution China, A Map for the Missing reckons with the costs of pu rsuing on e's dreams and th e l ives we leave behind.
From a stunning n ew voi ce, comes a powerful and m oving debut nov el and sweepi ng family saga, Perish, abou t a Bl ack Texan family, exploring the effects of inherited trauma and i n tragenerational violence as the fam ily comes together to say goodbye to th ei r matriarch on her deathbed.
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Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Jackal
Erin E. Adam s
Laura Warrell
HC: 978-0-593-31644-3 Pan theon | 125,000 On Sal e September 20, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s A th rilling debut nov el about the peren nial temptation s of dangerous l ov e, following a jazz musician and an en semble cast of women—some ch armed by him, others scorn ed—who discov er the power of th ei r own v oices.
HC: 978-0-593-49930-6 Ban tam | 30,000 On Sal e October 4, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi tion s A y ou ng Black girl goes m issing i n the woods ou tsi de h er white Rust Belt town . Bu t she's not the first—and she m ay not be the last. . . .
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