To commemorate David Bowie's birthday, Alex Larman, author of LAZARUS: The Second Coming of David Bowie, shared a beautiful essay in @washingtonpost.com. Read about the Starman below:

"A full-throated memoir. Quintessentially human." @trinamoyles.bsky.social's BLACK BEAR was given a praiseworthy review this week by @washingtonpost.com! Check it out below:

"Mr. Corera is well-versed in the cloak-and-dagger world. His experience with the material lends weight to a thoroughly engrossing tale." Congratulations to @gordoncorera.bsky.social and THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE for this incredible review in @wsj.com! Check it out:

Always Carry Salt is out today in the US with the amazing @pegasus-books.bsky.social!

"Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who underwrote empires in Asia and North Africa." Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful and comprehensive review of Justin Marozzi's CAPTIVES AND COMPANIONS.

Looking for your first read of 2026? @nytimes.com recommends THE BURNING GROUNDS by @radiomukhers.bsky.social!

We are thrilled that STILL AS BRIGHT by Christopher Cokinos has been awarded Artists of Utah's 15 Bytes Book Award for Creative Nonfiction! Congratulations! 🌕

"Jay brings clarity to a usually muddled story, shedding particular light on the French who collaborated to betray their Jewish compatriots." Congratulations to John Jay's NINETTE'S WAR for being named one of @newyorker.com's BEST BOOKS of 2025!

Congratulations to Samantha Ellis' ALWAYS CARRY SALT (UK Title - CHOPPING ONIONS ON MY HEART) for being shortlisted for @thewingateprize.bsky.social 2026. Take a look at the rest of the amazing winners here:

Thanks much for telling the truth about trace fossils (which are indeed lovable & the best fossils), & for suggesting folks read 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014, @pegasus-books.bsky.social) as an introduction to ichnology (one of the original sciences). 😎🐾🦖🦕 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dinosa...

Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Biography

Thank you to @bookcritics.bsky.social for featuring WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEA MONSTERS OF LOVE on the longlist for their 2025 Biography Award! Check out the rest of the amazing list below:

We are excited to share that THE POET'S GAME by @paulvidich.bsky.social was named one of @crimereads.bsky.social Best Espionage Fiction Books of 2025! Take a look at the rest of these heart-pounding, mysterious reads below:

Town&Country have released their perfect books for the royally obsessed this Christmas, and we are thrilled to see THE MOUNTBATTENS by Andrew Lownie on the list! 👑

Need a heart pounding, comfy mystery to read by the fire this holiday season? @nytimes.com just named GLORY DAZE by Danielle Arceneaux one of the BEST mystery novels of 2025! Check it out!

"The joy of exploring ancient landscapes." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author Fiona Robertson & @pegasus-books.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEA MONSTERS OF LOVE by @philiphoare.bsky.social has been named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2025 by @newyorker.com! Take a look at the amazing list below:

“Janice Page is salt, blunt, and self-deprecating. The peace she experiences at the end of Year of the Water Horse is hard-earned, and a pleasure to share with its resilient author.”—@nytimes.com on YEAR OF THE WATER HORSE by Janice Page. Read their full review below:

We are thrilled that THE WINDSOR LEGACY by Robert Jobson has been named one of the 25 Must-Read Books of Winter 2026 by Town & Country Magazine!

Check out this thoughtful, meaningful article and how-to guide by ALWAYS CARRY SALT author Samantha Ellis on her journey creating a family archive.

Did you celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday in style? Author of THE ELOPEMENT, Gill Hornby, certainly did! 🍰 🕯️ See what she had to say in this article from @nytimes.com:

We are thrilled that ALWAYS CARRY SALT by Samantha Ellis has been chosen by @jwaonline.bsky.social as a Winter 2025 Book Club Pick! See more of their fantastic picks below:

THREE RIVERS by Robert Winder has been named one of the "Best Books of 2025" by @financialtimes.com! To be published by Pegasus in the US in August 2026: www.ft.com/content/8419...

30 years ago today, the BBC aired Princess Diana's famed Panorama interview. Today, journalist Andy Webb, author of DIANARAMA seeks to reveal the true extent of the deception the Princess experienced at the hands of key players working at the network. Watch his interview with GMA here:

THE GOOD DAUGHTERS author Brigitte Dale stopped by @cbsnewyork.bsky.social to chat all things writing and women's suffrage with Club Calvi! 🗳️🎇 Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqc-...

Longer nights mean more books to read by candlelight! Historical fiction what your looking for? THE RUSH and LOVE, SEX, AND FRANKENSTEIN are featured in @nytimes.com today:

Look no further for your holiday read! "Cordani is an expert at misdirection. She leads you in one direction and then, slamming the door in your face, sends you down another path entirely."—Sarah Lyall, @nytimes.com 🎄🎅🗡️

Drops today: this week's ARB podcast features host Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Justin Marozzi, author of “Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery & the Slave Trade in the Islamic World” @penguinukbooks.bsky.social @pegasus-books.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

BRINGING UP BEAVER by John Aberth has been issued a praiseworthy review in @wsj.com! “Fascinating and deeply humbling. It’s a rollicking animal story; it’s also a tale of indefatigable love.” Take a look here:

Dear readers, we are enchanted by this review of SWIFTERATURE in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! Put on your favorite album and check it out below✨❤️‍🔥

Just finished A DEFIANT WOMAN by Karen E.Olson, and wow, is this fun. The author takes the characters from Henry VIII’s court, transplants them to the modern US, and writes mysteries about the deaths that surrounded him. #Tudorsforever #ewgc @pegasus-books.bsky.social

Check out this interesting interview with @folger.edu and Dr. Jade Scott on CAPTIVE QUEEN and Mary, Queen of Scots!

Drops today: this week's ARB @NewBooksNetwork podcasts features co-hosts Nicholas Gordon and Prarthana Prakash talk to Harini Nagendra, author of “Into the Leopard’s Den”, the latest novel in the Bangalore Detective Club series @pegasus-books.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

📅 Mark your calendars! On 12/4, bestselling author Anthony M. Amore will be joined in conversation with Kelly Horan, a member of the Boston Globe team, at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social to discuss his new book THE REMBRANDT HEIST at 7PM. Learn more here: www.harvard.com/event/anthon...

"No other historian has mined American Indian accounts of a war with the U.S. government more thoroughly than Mr. Hedren has here."— @wsj.com Read this eye-opening review of SITTING BULL'S WAR by Paul L. Hedren in The Wall Street Journal here:

All of us at Pegasus Books are heartbroken to hear about the passing of Maria Riva, not only an iconic performer, but also a fantastic novelist. We are lucky to have had the opportunity to publish her autobiography on her mother and her book YOU WERE THERE BEFORE MY EYES.

THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE by @gordoncorera.bsky.social has received a gripping review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! Read more about this incredible narrative non-fiction and the fascinating life of Vasili Mitrokhin here:

Author of ELEPHANTS IN THE HOURGLASS Kim Frank has written a fantastic piece in Travel Weekly US about her latest expedition: to find evidence that elephants still live in a forest in a remote corner of India. 🐘

We are loving this episode of The History of Literature podcast all about LOVE, SEX, AND FRANKENSTEIN! Listen on your favorite podcast app now🪦🥀

"Corera, a former security correspondent for the BBC, tells the enthralling story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an unsuccessful Soviet spy whom the KGB demoted in 1956 to the role of archivist." Check out this informative review of THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE by @gordoncorera.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com!

We are thrilled by this thoughtful and comprehensive review of THE BOOK OF MEMORY by Mark Rowlands that was featured on the front page of @wsj.com over the weekend. Stretch your brain and check out the feature below:

Paul Hedren will be signing copies of SITTING BULL'S WAR on at The Bookworm in Omaha, NE on November 8th at 2 pm!

The holidays are right around the corner! Do you need some great bookish gift ideas? Check out this 2025 Gift Guide from @publisherswkly.bsky.social, featuring MURDER AT THE CHRISTMAS EMPORIUM by @andreinacordani.bsky.social! 🎄🩸

We are thrilled by this informative review of Justin Marozzi's CAPTIVES AND COMPANIONS featured in @wsj.com!

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE by @jennymustard.bsky.social was chosen as a @nytimes.com editor's choice pick for the week! Check it out:

Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b... Titles/authors in alt-text. Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment #Booksky

"A nuanced look at the uneven playing fields of friendship and love." @nytimes.com reviewed WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE by @jennymustard.bsky.social! 🔥

"You couldn’t have extracted me from these pages with the jaws of life." — @roncharles.bsky.social, @washingtonpost.com We are blown away by this thrilling review of LOVE, SEX, AND FRANKENSTEIN by Caroline Lea! 📜 🪦

Deeply thoughtful review of THE BOOK OF MEMORY by Mark Rowlands in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Check it out below! 🧠💭

Take a look at this excerpt from our new book SEVEN RIVERS by Vanessa Taylor, out today with @bigthink.com 🌊 🛶