Harper Perennial

09/02/2021

Bonnie Friedman on the Pleasure of Diving into Details

"Transcendence is not fleeting, not an absence, but a most attractive presence. To write well we must sink into the silt of this world."

Literary Hub features a piercing excerpt of Bonnie Friedman's WRITING PAST DARK.

https://lithub.com/bonnie-friedman-on-the-pleasure-of-diving-into-details/

The following is excerpted from Bonnie Friedman’s Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction, and Other Dilemmas in the Writer’s Life and first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newslett…

09/01/2021

AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

From the bestselling co-author of Welcome to Night Vale, New York Times bestseller ALICE ISN’T DEAD by Joseph Fink of Welcome to Night Vale is a "rare example of supernatural fiction with both bite and heart," says San Francisco Chronicle.

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/alice-isnt-dead-joseph-fink?variant=32951336894498

AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

From the bestselling co-author of Welcome to Night Vale, New York Times bestseller ALICE ISN’T DEAD by Joseph Fink of Welcome to Night Vale is a "rare example of supernatural fiction with both bite and heart," says San Francisco Chronicle.

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/alice-isnt-dead-joseph-fink?variant=32951336894498

08/31/2021

Happy pub day to THE SISTERS OF AUSCHWITZ by Roxane Van Iperen! Sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper, who were put on the last train to Auschwitz with Anne Frank and her family, joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save dozen of lives, and ultimately survived the Holocaust.

This is a reminder of the power each of us has to change the world.
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-sisters-of-auschwitz-roxane-van-iperen?variant=33021704798242

Happy pub day to THE SISTERS OF AUSCHWITZ by Roxane Van Iperen! Sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper, who were put on the last train to Auschwitz with Anne Frank and her family, joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save dozen of lives, and ultimately survived the Holocaust.

This is a reminder of the power each of us has to change the world.
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-sisters-of-auschwitz-roxane-van-iperen?variant=33021704798242

08/30/2021

Stephen B. Oates, Civil War Historian, Dies at 85

We’re sorry to hear of the passing of Civil War historian, biographer, and Harper Perennial author Stephen B. Oates, our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/books/stephen-b-oates-civil-war-historian-dies-at-85.html

In a quartet of biographies, he explored how slavery and racial oppression could exist in a land based on the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

08/27/2021

A delicious rom-com to wrap up Read-A-Romance Month! 🌿

A TASTE OF SAGE by Yaffa S. Santos is an unforgettable and heartwarming debut romance novel about two NYC chefs of Dominican and French cuisine—a hint of magic to wrap up your summer 🥭✨ https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-taste-of-sage-yaffa-s-santos?variant=32131155755042

A delicious rom-com to wrap up Read-A-Romance Month! 🌿

A TASTE OF SAGE by Yaffa S. Santos is an unforgettable and heartwarming debut romance novel about two NYC chefs of Dominican and French cuisine—a hint of magic to wrap up your summer 🥭✨ https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-taste-of-sage-yaffa-s-santos?variant=32131155755042

08/26/2021

✨ Presenting to you our 2021 Olive Editions—our favorite stack of the year ✨ Aren’t they stunning? Comment below what you think of this year’s collection of renowned and distinct voices! 💐https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/oliveeditions

✨ Presenting to you our 2021 Olive Editions—our favorite stack of the year ✨ Aren’t they stunning? Comment below what you think of this year’s collection of renowned and distinct voices! 💐https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/oliveeditions

08/24/2021

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists, Louise Erdrich for The Night Watchman and Elizabeth Wetmore for Valentine! Read the full list here: https://lithub.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-dayton-literary-peace-prize/

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists, Louise Erdrich for The Night Watchman and Elizabeth Wetmore for Valentine! Read the full list here: https://lithub.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-dayton-literary-peace-prize/

08/10/2021

🌺✨BLACK GIRLS MUST DIE EXHAUSTED by Jayne Allen is on sale September 28! 🌺✨ New York Times bestselling authors Emily Henry calls this debut, “smart and sophisticated” and Jayneallenwrites as “an author to watch!”, while Tia Williams gushes, “impossible-to-put-down… sign me up for the trilogy!”

Pre-order now: bit.ly/BGMDE928

🌺✨BLACK GIRLS MUST DIE EXHAUSTED by Jayne Allen is on sale September 28! 🌺✨ New York Times bestselling authors Emily Henry calls this debut, “smart and sophisticated” and Jayneallenwrites as “an author to watch!”, while Tia Williams gushes, “impossible-to-put-down… sign me up for the trilogy!”

Pre-order now: bit.ly/BGMDE928

08/09/2021

Yeah, you guessed it—it’s time for our 2021 Olive Editions!!🌿✨ From Richard Wright to Thrity Umrigar, this year’s collection features powerful, must-read fictions from some of the most renowned and distinct voices in literature. Available 9/7 + you can check them out here right now! harpercollins.com/oliveeditions

Also, happy #NationalBookLoversDay 😉

Yeah, you guessed it—it’s time for our 2021 Olive Editions!!🌿✨ From Richard Wright to Thrity Umrigar, this year’s collection features powerful, must-read fictions from some of the most renowned and distinct voices in literature. Available 9/7 + you can check them out here right now! harpercollins.com/oliveeditions

Also, happy #NationalBookLoversDay 😉

08/06/2021

Everything changed the night she disappeared . . .

THEN SHE VANISHES by international bestselling author Claire Douglas is out now! Two sisters, a disappearance, a double murder, and a reporter determined to find the truth. This twisty thriller is FULL of jolting shocks, startling secrets, and “asks chilling questions about friendship, loyalty, love, and obsession,” adds New York Times bestselling author Gilly Macmillan.

Read now: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/then-she-vanishes-claire-douglas?variant=32959308759074

Everything changed the night she disappeared . . .

THEN SHE VANISHES by international bestselling author Claire Douglas is out now! Two sisters, a disappearance, a double murder, and a reporter determined to find the truth. This twisty thriller is FULL of jolting shocks, startling secrets, and “asks chilling questions about friendship, loyalty, love, and obsession,” adds New York Times bestselling author Gilly Macmillan.

Read now: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/then-she-vanishes-claire-douglas?variant=32959308759074

08/03/2021

HORSE GIRLS is out today! “For anyone who loved something as a child, who felt they didn't fit in, who looked for freedom outside themselves,” says author Halimah Marcus.

This beautiful essay collection is for the divine feminine and equine. https://bit.ly/3ym5Ctm

HORSE GIRLS is out today! “For anyone who loved something as a child, who felt they didn't fit in, who looked for freedom outside themselves,” says author Halimah Marcus.

This beautiful essay collection is for the divine feminine and equine. https://bit.ly/3ym5Ctm

08/03/2021

Happy pub day to WHEN THE RECKONING COMES by LaTanya McQueen—the perfect pick for Octavia Butler or Jordan Peele fanatics! 🥀

This haunting, mesmerizing debut follows a young Black woman’s return to the blood-soaked grounds of her hometown for her friend's plantation wedding. . . and the horror that ensues. “This book is a wonder,” says PEN/Bingham award-winning author Rion Amilcar Scott. https://bit.ly/3fKqjIr

Happy pub day to WHEN THE RECKONING COMES by LaTanya McQueen—the perfect pick for Octavia Butler or Jordan Peele fanatics! 🥀

This haunting, mesmerizing debut follows a young Black woman’s return to the blood-soaked grounds of her hometown for her friend's plantation wedding. . . and the horror that ensues. “This book is a wonder,” says PEN/Bingham award-winning author Rion Amilcar Scott. https://bit.ly/3fKqjIr

07/27/2021

Our Kind of People (FOX TV) - Teaser Trailer

Every family has a secret. 🤫

Don’t miss the series premiere of Our Kind of People, based on the bestselling book by Lawrence Otis Graham, Tuesday, September 21 at 9/8c on FOX.

07/23/2021

Quentin Tarantino has written a novel: a conversation

Quentin Tarantino Has Written a Novel: a Conversation between #Tarantino and
Amazon Books Editor Chris Schluep
https://www.amazon.com/amazonbookreview/read/B09B14ZCDQ?ref_=sin_abr_mr_hero&theme=light

We caught up with Tarantino to discuss his move from screen to book.

07/20/2021

Sapiens 2: A Graphic History, Volume 2

🔹🔶Coming this October🔶🔹 SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY, VOLUME 2 - THE PILLARS OF CIVILIZATION, the second installment of the hit graphic adaptation of The New York Times bestseller Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, in collaboration with comic artists David Vandermeulen and Daniel Casanave. Who's excited!?💥

07/19/2021

Coming January 2022—we’re so excited to share this stunning cover of 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐒 by Author Jillian Cantor, a reimagining of The Great Gatsby, highlighting the points of view of the women characters, at last!

Be one of the first to read an excerpt over on Oprah Daily now at bit.ly/BeautifulLittleFools ⚜️

07/19/2021

Coming this October—the second installment of the hit graphic adaptation of #1 New York Times bestseller #Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY, VOL. 2 - THE PILLARS OF CIVILIZATION.

Who’s pumped for this new volume?? 😍⚡️

Coming this October—the second installment of the hit graphic adaptation of #1 New York Times bestseller #Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY, VOL. 2 - THE PILLARS OF CIVILIZATION.

Who’s pumped for this new volume?? 😍⚡️

07/13/2021

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD by Quentin Tarantino, instant New York Times bestseller, is on The New York Times "10 New Books We Recommend This Week!" 😊📚

Have you picked up a copy yet? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/books/review/10-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

07/11/2021

😻*sniff sniff* What's your favorite book + food combo? 📚🍪

😻*sniff sniff* What's your favorite book + food combo? 📚🍪

07/10/2021

Quentin Tarantino — Armchair Expert

Kick start the weekend by listening to Armchair Expert Podcast's interview of Quentin Tarantino, who just released his new #1 New York Times bestselling novel, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, based on his Oscar-winning film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Trust us, it's a good one. https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/quentin-tarantino

Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time of Hollywood, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs) is an Academy-Award winning & Golden Globe-Award winning film director, screenwriter, producer, author, and actor. Quentin sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss how movie crews have a military aspect to t

07/07/2021

🎬 Congrats to Quentin Tarantino whose book ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, based on his Oscar-winning film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood from Sony Pictures, is an instant New York Times bestseller!! 🥂✨ https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/

07/07/2021

WANDERING IN STRANGE LANDS by New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins is now in paperback! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wandering-in-strange-lands-morgan-jerkins?variant=32915510820898&utm_source=aps&utm_medium=hc&utm_campaign=aps

“By exploring the truth of that past with such integrity, this memoir enriches our future." — The New York Times Books. One of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of 2020, Morgan Jerkins' powerful story of displacement, history, and identity from the Great Migration is a must-read to understand America’s past and present.

WANDERING IN STRANGE LANDS by New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins is now in paperback! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wandering-in-strange-lands-morgan-jerkins?variant=32915510820898&utm_source=aps&utm_medium=hc&utm_campaign=aps

“By exploring the truth of that past with such integrity, this memoir enriches our future." — The New York Times Books. One of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of 2020, Morgan Jerkins' powerful story of displacement, history, and identity from the Great Migration is a must-read to understand America’s past and present.

07/06/2021

Happy book birthday to internationally bestselling author, Trent Dalton's ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES, a brilliantly imagined novel of true love and grave danger. Think The Wizard of Oz directed by Baz Luhrmann. . . set in World War II Australia. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/all-our-shimmering-skies-trent-dalton?variant=33007252766754

“A clever, thrilling plot. . . . unputdownable,” raves The Sydney Morning Herald.

Happy book birthday to internationally bestselling author, Trent Dalton's ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES, a brilliantly imagined novel of true love and grave danger. Think The Wizard of Oz directed by Baz Luhrmann. . . set in World War II Australia. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/all-our-shimmering-skies-trent-dalton?variant=33007252766754

“A clever, thrilling plot. . . . unputdownable,” raves The Sydney Morning Herald.

07/06/2021

Happy pub day to LIGHTS OUT IN LINCOLNWOOD by Geoff Rodkey, an oh-so-very-real apocalypse summer novel, perfect for fans of dark comedy!

It’s Tuesday morning in Lincolnwood, New Jersey, and a suburban American family finds themselves in the wake of a global calamity. Normal life, as everyone else knew it, is over. Or is it? Read to find out! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lights-out-in-lincolnwood-geoff-rodkey?variant=32915560726562

Happy pub day to LIGHTS OUT IN LINCOLNWOOD by Geoff Rodkey, an oh-so-very-real apocalypse summer novel, perfect for fans of dark comedy!

It’s Tuesday morning in Lincolnwood, New Jersey, and a suburban American family finds themselves in the wake of a global calamity. Normal life, as everyone else knew it, is over. Or is it? Read to find out! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lights-out-in-lincolnwood-geoff-rodkey?variant=32915560726562

07/02/2021

Heart eyes over these beautifully repackaged editions of Laurie Colwin’s GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING and A BIG STORM KNOCKED IT OVER published by us and Vintage Books & Anchor Books’s FAMILY HAPPINESS, ANOTHER MARVELOUS THINGS, THE LONE PILGRIM, and HAPPY ALL THE TIME—Available now! 💝

A big thank you to our very own Olivia McGiff who painted the cover art for all of these beauties 🍃 https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/books-by-laurie-colwin

Heart eyes over these beautifully repackaged editions of Laurie Colwin’s GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING and A BIG STORM KNOCKED IT OVER published by us and Vintage Books & Anchor Books’s FAMILY HAPPINESS, ANOTHER MARVELOUS THINGS, THE LONE PILGRIM, and HAPPY ALL THE TIME—Available now! 💝

A big thank you to our very own Olivia McGiff who painted the cover art for all of these beauties 🍃 https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/books-by-laurie-colwin

06/29/2021

Hollywood 1969… You shoulda been there!

Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited novel, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, based on his Oscar-winning film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is here 🎉✨ Sony Pictures

Buy it today through the link in our bio. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/once-upon-a-timein-hollywood-quentin-tarantino?variant=32968578695202

Hollywood 1969… You shoulda been there!

Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited novel, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, based on his Oscar-winning film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is here 🎉✨ Sony Pictures

Buy it today through the link in our bio. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/once-upon-a-timein-hollywood-quentin-tarantino?variant=32968578695202

06/29/2021

Happy book birthday to THE FIANCÉE by New York Times bestselling suspense novelist Kate White. A family vacation on a bucolic estate goes horribly awry when a brutal murder occurs.

Could it be the new beautiful but cunning fiancée? You’ll need to read it to find out! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-fiance-kate-white?variant=32919643553826

Happy book birthday to THE FIANCÉE by New York Times bestselling suspense novelist Kate White. A family vacation on a bucolic estate goes horribly awry when a brutal murder occurs.

Could it be the new beautiful but cunning fiancée? You’ll need to read it to find out! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-fiance-kate-white?variant=32919643553826