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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.

11/26/2025

✨AUTHOR FEATURE✨

Carla Kaplan is an award-winning professor and writer who holds the Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Davis Distinguished Professorship in American Literature at Northeastern University. She has published seven books, including Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters and Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, both New York Times Notable Books. A recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities “Public Scholar” fellowships, Kaplan has been a fellow in residence at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute; is a fellow of the Society of American Historians; and serves on the board of Biographers International. She divides her time between Boston and Cape Cod.

Carla Kaplan’s vivid, riveting biography of Jessica Mitford, TROUBLEMAKER, is out now!

Photo by Robin Hultgren

11/25/2025

Georgia Hunter’s ONE GOOD THING is now available in paperback!

“A stunning story of survival.”
—People

“Gripping . . . At once a riveting wartime story and a tender tribute to friendship, One Good Thing considers the small acts of kindness and the undergirding love that can sustain people through difficult times.”
-Shelf Awareness

Hunter’s propulsive story of friendship, romance, and motherhood amid the chaos of WWII is at once a window into history and a timeless celebration of “hope and love and all the things that matter most” (Ariel Lawhon, author of The Frozen River). Get a copy at your favorite independent bookstore today!

11/25/2025

Troublemaker is out today!

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✨Troublemaker tells the wild and unlikely story of Jessica Mitford, fifth of the six famous Mitford Girls, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist, famous for exposés like The American Way of Death; this biography brings her astonishing self-transformation to life with a riveting, often hilarious account of trading wealth and status for a life of radical activism.✨

Who could predict that a British aristocrat would so energize American antifascist and civil rights struggles that Time magazine would crown her “Queen of the Muckrakers”? Jessica Mitford, always known as Decca, was brought up by an eccentric English family to marry well and reproduce her wealth and privilege, not to advocate for the rights of others. Her beautiful sisters have been subjects of books and movies dedicated to their naughty, glamorous lives. Decca ran away to America to forge a rebel’s life. As this richly researched book details, Decca broke the Mitford mold.

Instead of settling for life as a professional Beauty, she fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War, became an American Communist and pioneered witty, hugely popular journalism, including her 1963 blockbuster The American Way of Death. Decca dedicated her life to social justice and proved herself an immensely effective ally, but she also injected laughter into all her political work, annoying some activists with her relentless antics but encouraging many others to find joy in the struggle.

From famed baby doctor Benjamin Spock to best friend Maya Angelou, her anti-authoritarian irreverence had a profound impact on American culture. Mining extensive, untapped sources, and with nearly fifty new interviews, Kaplan’s passionate biography beautifully illuminates how Decca’s hard-won and self-taught social empathy offers a powerful example of female freedom, the dramatic, novelistic story of an extraordinary woman of her time who is remarkably relevant and resonant today.

11/25/2025

The Memory Gardener is out today!

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✨An enchanting tale of the power of memory and the nourishing magic of gardens from the USA TODAY bestselling author of the “sparkling, witty” (Katie Crouch, New York Times bestselling author) How to Eat a Cupcake. ✨

Lucy Barnes is a gardener with an uncanny ability to know exactly which scent among her flowers will illuminate to a person a key from their past that might change their future. Sadly, after a tragedy ten years ago, she no longer uses her gift and has fled her hometown.

But six months after her mother’s death, Lucy awakens to find her mother’s unmistakable scent drifting over her, and she knows that she is being called home. And when a mysterious note leads her to take a job as the gardener at the Oceanview Home, a senior-living residence, Lucy finds herself wondering if there is more to her gift—and her mother’s past—than she ever knew.

Her work among the lush gardens of Oceanview Home soon awakens the entire community, unearthing memories that will forever change all who cross Lucy’s path. But not everyone is happy to see how her presence has transformed the Oceanview Home, and when a secret comes to light that threatens to shatter the entire community, the future suddenly looks uncertain. Have the memories that Lucy has unearthed awakened something wonderful…or are some memories better left buried?

11/24/2025

✨AUTHOR FEATURE✨

Meg Donohue is the USA Today bestselling author of The Memory Gardener (coming 11/25/25 from Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster), You, Me, and the Sea, Every Wild Heart, Dog Crazy, All the Summer Girls, and How to Eat a Cupcake. Her novels have been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. Meg has an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she now lives in San Francisco with her husband, three daughters, and dog. She is working on her next novel.

Meg writes with warmth and humor about love, hope, family, friendship, loss, and forgiveness. She has a deep affinity for animals, especially dogs and horses, and she’s never stepped into a garden or onto a beach she doesn’t love.

Meg’s debut novel, How to Eat a Cupcake (2012), hit number 1 on the NookBook bestseller list and was a Boston Globe bestseller. Her second novel, All the Summer Girls (2013), was a USA Today, Amazon, and Apple Books bestseller and was hailed as a great summer read by People magazine. A mass-market edition of All the Summer Girls was published in 2020. Meg’s third novel, Dog Crazy (2015), an Amazon bestseller, was reissued as a mass-market paperback in 2018. Her fourth novel, Every Wild Heart (2017), was named a Top 10 Women’s Fiction Novel of 2017 by the American Library Association and received a starred review in Booklist. Publishers Weekly called Meg’s fifth novel, You, Me, and the Sea (2019), “first-rate women’s fiction” and Parade magazine hailed it as 1 of 12 Big Fiction Reads Every Book Club Will Love.

11/21/2025

We love to see Isola and Heart the Lover included in 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025!

Congrats & 🎉

11/20/2025

✨AUTHOR FEATURE✨

Margot Fisher (she/her) is a writer of q***r books for young adults, a roller derby athlete, and a Capricorn, among other things. She was selected as a Reese’s Book Club LitUp fellow in 2023. Margot writes from Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her girlfriend, a dog, and a garden that’s always a little out of control.

Margot’s debut novel, Leave It On the Track, from Dutton Children’s Books is out now!

11/18/2025

Leave It on the Track is out now!

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✨From Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow Margot Fisher, a moving debut about healing, self-acceptance, and q***r first love, set on a roller derby team✨

Morgan “Moose” Shaker barely survived the fire that killed her fathers in their beloved roller rink in small-town Utah. Now she has to move to Portland, Oregon to live with her much older half sister, Eden. Eden’s doing her best, but she’s hardly ready to be a parent to a sixteen-year-old she hasn’t seen in years. Plus, barely-out-of-the-closet Moose worries that she’s not ready for super-affirming, rainbow-flags-everywhere Portland. Her anxiety and frustration are at peak levels.

Fortunately, Moose finds an outlet for her emotions and a surprising group of friends in roller derby. Her teammates help her grieve her dads and confront her q***r imposter syndrome. And even though it’s against league rules, she might be falling for a teammate.

Heartfelt, funny, and romantic, this debut will make you want to lace up your skates, pull on your pads, and hit the track.

11/13/2025

So excited to see these novels on The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 according to 🎉👏🏻

Heart the Lover by
Isola by
Run for The Hills by
Scorched Earth by
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11/12/2025

We’re delighted that these four novels are first round picks in the Goodreads Choice Awards! 🏆📖

Favorite Fiction: Heart the Lover by Lily King
Favorite Historical Fiction: Isola by Allegra Goodman
Favorite Science Fiction: The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace
Favorite Young Adult Fiction: Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley

Vote for these at the link in our stories! Congratulations to all the nominees 🤩🎉🥳👏🏻

11/10/2025

✨ Coming January 27, 2026 ✨

Why do women carry so much guilt—and what would life look like without it? In Guilt Free, psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Reid explores how guilt shapes our choices, relationships, and sense of self—and how to finally let it go.

Filled with science, compassion, and practical tools, this book is your roadmap to reclaiming joy, agency, and peace from unreasonable expectations.

💛 Preorder your copy today and start imagining a guilt-free life.

11/07/2025

Weekend escape essentials: cozy sweater, hot coffee, and Heart the Lover by Lily King ❤️ At under 300 pages, it’s the perfect book to toss in your bag for a mountain getaway — quick to finish, hard to forget. 🏔️📖

Who else loves a compact read for their fall trips? 🍂

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