Wednesday shelfie time! Our new arrivals shelf features @omarhussain10.bsky.social's Thousand Natural Shocks @brandonsanderson.com's Tailored Realities, The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social, Wearing the Lion by @wiswell.bsky.social, and The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao.

Super honored that my debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, was named to the longlist for Cabell’s First Novelist Award. Thank you to VCU Libraries and the Cabell team!

Pretty big news: The Washington Post named my debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, as one of the 10 Best Thrillers of 2025. @washingtonpost.com

Pretty big news: The Washington Post named my debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, as one of the 10 Best Thrillers of 2025. @washingtonpost.com

Want to thank @locusmag.bsky.social and @gabino.bsky.social for the review of my book. For anyone living under a rock, Gabino is a fantastic writer himself. Check out The Devil Takes You Home and House of Bone and Rain if you haven't read him yet!

Explore as @Gabino_Iglesias reviews A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS by @omarhussain10.bsky.social: “The result is a cohesive and very entertaining novel that hopefully kicks off the career of a new and very exciting voice in speculative fiction.”

Hard to believe it's been more than three months since my debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, came out. Here are some highlights (thread)... www.amazon.com/Thousand-Nat...

🎤 *taps* ... is this thing on? Hello, writers and music fans! We're stoked to announce we are finally launching NEXT WEEK, and we're celebrating with an in-person writing workshop at @seattlein2025.org! Come and find out some methods of writing to music, free-write with us, and get badge ribbons!

Hey, I recognize that book on the left!

Book review #4 A Thousand Natural Shocks, by Omar Hussein Thought this would just be a run-of-the-mill psychological thriller, but it turned into an absolute gut punch of feeling underpinned by gripping prose. Easy contender for my favorite fiction I’ve read this year.

Thank you for reading it!

Thank you for reading!

Favorite books from July include: ⭐ The Message - Ta-Nehisi Coates ⭐ A Thousand Natural Shocks - @omarhussain10.bsky.social ⭐ Babel - R.F. Kuang ⭐ Agents of Change - @christinahillsberg.bsky.social ⭐ John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community - Raymond Arsenault 💙📚🔥 #BookSky #BookClub

Folks in Los Angeles: join me and author Rick Wartzman for a book event at Diesal Bookstore in Santa Monica! I’ll be talking about my debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS! dieselbookstore.com/event/2025-0...

⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Thousand Natural Shocks by @omarhussain10.bsky.social This surprised me in the BEST way! It's a thriller, but also kind of a family drama, and has scenes reminiscent of Saw movies, with sci-fi elements... WHAT a ride! 📚💙🔥 #BookSky #BookClub #ReadThis Read my review on @thestorygraph.com

reviewed omar hussain's new book for @reactorsff.bsky.social! went into it slightly suspicious and really enjoyed it, love it when that happens reactormag.com/book-review-...

My book, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, was featured in The Washington Post this past Sunday. Check it out! @blackstonepub.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

My debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, was named as a book to read this summer by USA Today. Check it out! @usatoday.com @blackstonepub.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

For those in Seattle, I’m doing a book event tomorrow at Third Place Books in Ravenna. Join us! www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/omar-h...

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But Dash — the lead character in Omar Hussain's speculative / literary fiction thriller novel "A Thousand Natural Shocks" — clearly doesn't agree because he's trying real hard to forget. To learn more, check out this Q&A. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧠

Thanks to Paul Semel for the author interview. Check it out! paulsemel.com/exclusive-in...

Goodreads has named my debut, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, to its hottest summer reads. Check it out! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

Happy to share that my debut, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, has been named as one of the 9 best of May by Storizen! www.storizen.com/books/9-best...

Really happy with this piece in the SF Post on the best thrillers of the year. In it, they name my debut, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, to the list. sanfranciscopost.com/compelling-h...

Tonight is the night, NYC folks. Come on out to @mysteriousbookshop.com for a reading & signing of my debut book, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS. It's a literary-leading, speculative thriller and has cults and killers and crazy pills. Join us tonight at 6 pm! www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/oma...

My latest piece about my debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, explores my favorite bit about the book. Hint: It’s the last 80 pages. Don’t worry, no spoilers. maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...

Less than a week away from an author event at @mysteriousbookshop.com in NYC. Hope to see you there!

Want to give a shout out to @pulp.aadl.org for the great article by Shaun Manning. It was great to talk with him about A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS. pulp.aadl.org/node/642129

Cult of Personality:    @omarhussain10.bsky.social's psychological thriller, "A Thousand Natural Shocks," explores how far people will go to forget their pasts. The Ann Arbor author will read from his debut novel at @literatibookstore.bsky.social on Tue., May 13, 6:30 pm.  pulp.aadl.org/node/642129

#AThousandNaturalShocks by @omarhussain10.bsky.social is featured in today's #newbooks haul on YouTube! Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/_v2wIB7wwBs Buy the books here: bookshop.org/lists/n... Fundraiser here: igg.me/at/locusmag2025#AThousandNaturalShocks#newbooksll links in bio!!

Only two weeks out from my book event at @mysteriousbookshop.com on May 21. I’ll be there with Darin Strauss. If you’re in the area, stop by!

Yesterday was a huge day. My novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, came out. It’s available wherever books are sold. www.amazon.com/Thousand-Nat... #athousandnaturalshocks

Take a look at how music shaped my writing in A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS... whatever.scalzi.com/2025/05/07/t...

Folks in Indianapolis (or nearby), come on over to Tomorrow Bookstore on May 15. I’ll be doing a book event starting at 7:30. Grab a ticket and join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/author-tal...

Thrilled that my novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, was named to The Strand’s Best of the Spring list! www.mysterycenter.com/2025/04/24/2...

For folks in Ann Arbor, I’ll be at @literatibookstore.bsky.social on May 13. Join us!

Barnes and Noble is running a 25% off sale on A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS from now until Friday. Use the code preorder25 when checking out. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-thousand...

Very grateful for the Seattle Times and their review of A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS. “Part noir, part existential trip, this is an incisive thriller that asks: If you could forget everything, would you? Should you?” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Happy to announce that I'll be doing an event at the amazing Literati Bookstore on May 13 from 6:30-7:30. I'll be reading from my debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS. Come and join! @literatibookstore.bsky.social @blackstonepub.bsky.social

I contributed a piece for Crime Reads this month. It's about the real-life serial killers that influenced my thinking while developing the fictional serial killer for A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, my debut novel (available for pre-order). @crimereads.bsky.social crimereads.com/constructing...

Friends in NYC—I’ll be doing an author event at The Mysterious Bookshop on May 21 from 6-7 pm. I’ll be joined by the amazing Darin Strauss. Come check it out! @mysteriousbookshop.com

Very happy to announce that my debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS, was named to BookBub’s “Best of the Spring” list! www.bookbub.com/blog/best-my...

Hey, @omarhussain10.bsky.social in da house!

Thank you! Hope you enjoy it!

★ Omar Hussain debuts with an unconventional thriller that powerfully probes questions of family, death, and memory. He effectively channels the surreal paranoia of Philip K. Dick and the dark absurdity of Thomas Pynchon. buff.ly/lhWAwOC

Stephen MARKLEY, author of Ohio and The Deluge (great books), had this to say about my book…

I’d like to send a huge thank you to Murder & Mayhem for naming A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS as one of the 8 Most Anticipated Mystery, Thriller, and Crime Books of 2025! murder-mayhem.com/most-anticip...

A special thanks to Matthew Thomas, author of WE ARE NOT OURSELVES (fantastic book), for the amazing book blurb. My debut novel, A THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS is available for pre-order now. shorturl.at/pAfc3