The Book Group

The Book Group Launched by four publishing industry veterans in 2015, The Book Group is a full-service literary age

Welcome to The Book Group, a full-service literary agency located in the heart of Manhattan. Launched in 2015 by publishing industry veterans Julie Barer, Faye Bender, Brettne Bloom, and Elisabeth W**d, The Book Group shares a singular passion: to seek out and cultivate writers, and to serve as their champions throughout their careers. We represent a wide range of distinguished authors, including

critically acclaimed and bestselling novelists, celebrated writers of children's literature, and award-winning historians, food writers, memoirists and journalists. With our hands-on approach at every stage of the publication process, our exceptional subsidiary rights team, and our commitment to helping each client reach his or her fullest potential, we provide the benefits of a larger agency alongside the personalized attention and collegial spirit offered by a boutique group.

12/18/2025

A glorious year in books!!! ✨📚

We’re thrilled that SKYLARK is a LibraryReads Hall of Fame pick for January!Paula McLain’s newest hits shelves January 6...
12/17/2025

We’re thrilled that SKYLARK is a LibraryReads Hall of Fame pick for January!

Paula McLain’s newest hits shelves January 6th, 2026, her fourth LibraryReads title alongside WHEN THE STARS GO DARK, LOVE & RUIN, and CIRCLING THE SUN. We’re grateful to all the amazing librarians for their support over the years!

💥Want to win this beautiful SKYLARK blanket?💥Pre-order your copy of Paula McLain’s new novel SKYLARK and enter to win us...
12/16/2025

💥Want to win this beautiful SKYLARK blanket?💥

Pre-order your copy of Paula McLain’s new novel SKYLARK and enter to win using the link in stories! One lucky winner will receive this custom blanket AND a Zoom with Paula for you and your book club.

Five runner ups will also receive a Zoom call from Paula for their book club. US only. Must be 18+ to enter. Giveaway ends at midnight on Jan. 6.

12/15/2025

Happy Holidays from The Book Group! 🎁🎉🫶🏻

✨Author Feature✨ Gareth Russell is a Northern Irish historian, author, and broadcaster. Educated at St Peter’s College, ...
12/10/2025

✨Author Feature✨

Gareth Russell is a Northern Irish historian, author, and broadcaster. Educated at St Peter’s College, Oxford, and Queen’s University, Belfast, he specialises in European and royal history.

Young and Damned and Fair, his biography of Queen Catherine Howard, was based on his postgraduate research and was published to critical acclaim in 2017. His account of the Titanic disaster, The Ship of Dreams, was a Daily Telegraph Best History Book (2019). Do Let’s Have Another Drink, his affectionate biography of the late Queen Mother, was named a Book of the Year (2022) by The Times. In 2023, his bestselling The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court was named a BBC History Book of the Year.
 
His most recent book is a biography of James VI & I. Praised as “a stellar example of how to write historical biography,” it was published in February 2025 in the UK and Ireland as Queen James (a contemporary nickname for James). It will be published in Canada and the United States in time for Christmas as The Six Loves of James I. The audio book is narrated by Gareth. 
 
He frequently contributes to documentaries and news reports in Britain and America. He provided commentary on Elizabeth II’s funeral and Charles III’s coronation for BBC Northern Ireland.
 
Russell divides his time between Belfast and London.

🎭✨ Congratulations to Jordan Harrison on the Broadway premiere of MARJORIE PRIME! With a powerhouse cast including June ...
12/09/2025

🎭✨ Congratulations to Jordan Harrison on the Broadway premiere of MARJORIE PRIME! With a powerhouse cast including June Squibb, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Burstein, and Christopher Lowell, this heart-achingly beautiful production proves why Jordan is one of today’s most prescient playwrights. Can’t wait to see what’s next - the highly anticipated debut novel MISS ARCHER, coming from Morrow in 2027! 🌟📚

THE WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER, by Nicholas Day, is a finalist for the YALSA 2026 Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction. The awa...
12/08/2025

THE WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER, by Nicholas Day, is a finalist for the YALSA 2026 Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction. The award honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) in the past twelve months. Nicholas Day is no stranger to ALA awards: His first book for young readers, THE MONA LISA VANISHES, won the Sibert Medal in 2024. Nick’s next narrative nonfiction title is about a con-artist who took in a trusting populace and rose to dizzying heights. Look for it in 2027 from

THE WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER, by Nicholas Day, is a finalist for the YALSA 2026 Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction. The awa...
12/05/2025

THE WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER, by Nicholas Day, is a finalist for the YALSA 2026 Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction. The award honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) in the past twelve months. Nicholas Day is no stranger to ALA awards: His first book for young readers, THE MONA LISA VANISHES, won the Sibert Medal in 2024. Nick’s next narrative nonfiction title is about a con-artist who took in a trusting populace and rose to dizzying heights. Look for it in 2027 from 🎉

Love to see this profile of Allegra Goodman in the recent issue of Publisher’s Weekly! 🤩ISOLA is just out in paperback, ...
12/03/2025

Love to see this profile of Allegra Goodman in the recent issue of Publisher’s Weekly! 🤩

ISOLA is just out in paperback, and her new work of fiction, THIS IS NOT ABOUT US, hits stores in February.

Isola by Allegra Goodman is out in paperback!Named Best of 2025 by The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Washington Pos...
12/02/2025

Isola by Allegra Goodman is out in paperback!

Named Best of 2025 by The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, NPR, and Vogue
A Kirkus Prize Finalist, and longlisted for the American Library in Paris Book Award Reese’s February Book Club Pick

“I was enthralled, first to last... It’s language and dialogue... cohere to swallow us whole.” – Joan Frank, The Washington Post

“Goodman is as resourceful as her heroine in developing Marguerite’s interior life; she conjures sublime expressions of nature that sustain Marguerite even when her faith abandons her.” – The New York Times

“A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a thriller, written with the care of the most delicate psychological and historical fiction.” – Vogue

The Six Loves of James I is out now! ✨ 📖 ✨ 📖 ✨✨A groundbreaking and insightful exploration of King James I, enigmatic su...
12/02/2025

The Six Loves of James I is out now!

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✨A groundbreaking and insightful exploration of King James I, enigmatic successor to Queen Elizabeth I, from the “meticulous researcher” (The Wall Street Journal) and author of the “enjoyable and readable” (Philippa Gregory, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Palace.✨

From the assassination of his father to the explosive political and personal intrigues of his reign, this fresh biography reveals as never before the passions that drove King James I.

Gareth Russell’s “rollicking, gossipy” (Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets), and scholarly voice invites us into James’s world, revealing a monarch whose reign was defined by both his public power and personal vulnerabilities. For too long, historians have shied away from or condemned the exploration of his sexuality. Now, Russell offers a candid narrative that not only reveals James’s relationships with five prominent men but also challenges the historical standards applied to the examination of royal intimacies.

This biography stands as a significant contribution to the understanding of royal history, illuminating the personal experiences that shaped James’s political decisions and his philosophical views on masculinity and sexuality.

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