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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.

07/11/2025

Well this is a delightful surprise! So grateful to Love Island star Jeremiah Brown for choosing our beloved Song of Achilles for his book club. ❤️ 🤩📚

07/11/2025

COVER REVEAL 🤩 we’re so excited to share the beautiful new cover for Dog Person from and …!!! Coming April 2026 🎉

07/11/2025

🌟 NYC book lovers, mark your calendars! 🌟

Join us for an unforgettable author event with Abraham Chang as he discusses his captivating new novel “888 Love & Divine Burden Numbers” 📚✨

🗓️ Saturday, July 12th at 4PM
📍 Barnes & Noble Union Plaza

Come discover the magic behind the numbers and dive into a story that blends love, spirituality, and the mysteries of numerology.

Don’t miss this chance to meet the author and get your hands on what’s sure to be your next favorite read 📖💫

07/10/2025

📚✨ Nothing beats a cozy morning with “This Is a Love Story” by Jessica Soffer and some gorgeous cookies (and setup!) by 🌷☕️

This beautiful novel has been capturing hearts since its release earlier this year - have you added it to your reading list yet?

07/02/2025

Liane Moriarty’s blockbuster #1 NYT bestseller HERE ONE MOMENT is out in paperback! And you don’t have to take our word for it, more than 160,000 readers have given it 4 and 5 star reviews on Goodreads! Dive into this brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel.

07/02/2025

Tita Ramírez’s TELL IT TO ME SINGING is out now in paperback!

Ramírez’s blend of novel and telenovela, family secrets and sweeping historical narratives is “so fantastic and funny, so full of life, and so full of genuine heart that, like your favorite binge-worthy show, you’ll have trouble pulling yourself away” (Cristina Henríquez, author of The Great Divide). This “rich portrait” (Kirkus Reviews) of a family takes readers from Miami to Cuba to the jungles of Costa Rica and, along the way, explores the question of how and to whom we belong, how a life is built, and how we know we’re home.

Get a copy today at your favorite independent bookstore!

07/01/2025

Peachaloo in Bloom is out today!

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✨Waiting for Guffman meets Parks and Recreation for middle grade readers, in this one-of-a-kind illustrated novel from Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka, where a wasp sting grants Peachaloo a useful new superpower. ✨  Two very large things have just happened to Peachaloo Piccolozampa. First, she’s discovered a plot to ruin her favorite swimming hole and replace it with a golf course. Second, a wasp sting has given her the superpower to understand the truth behind what people say.   Peachaloo knows a golf course is not the destiny for the grounds of the Ajax Mansion, a former monastery whose jump-roping denizens proclaimed it freely open to all. But the mansion’s new owner has other ideas—and has managed to bury the evidence of the Brothers and Sisters’ wishes. Now it’s up to Peachaloo to use her superpower to prove this villain a liar, star in the annual pageant, and somehow get her town back the way it’s supposed to be.  Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka proves as deft with pen as paintbrush in this sizzlingly witty tale of Extraordinary Wasp Perception, oyster-slinging bank robbers, and a community standing strong against the forces of greed and real estate. Illustrations sprinkled throughout paint a small town entirely unique and yet all too familiar to readers across the U.S. Readers of all ages won’t want to miss the next train to the big-hearted, peculiar, one-of-a-kind town of Fourwords.  ✨A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection✨

07/01/2025

Daisy Rewilds is out today!

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✨A young, curious, science-loving environmentalist named Daisy proves to her community the importance of conservation in this whimsical and hopeful story. ✨  Daisy was born with a green thumb. As an infant, she composted her own baby food. As a toddler, she slept on a bed of leaves. Now she’s embarking on her most important experiment: she’ll plant herself on her manicured front lawn, stay put, and let nature take over.  What happens is a blooming miracle.  With a little help from expert gardener Auntie Betsy, Daisy thrives. Sunflowers grow in her hair, moss grows between her toes, hummingbirds buzz in her bee balm. Soon Daisy’s front yard is a haven for native grasses and flowers, for pollinating insects, for birds, even for lowly worms. And that’s when her real work begins.  In this funny and whimsical story about restoring natural habitats, one tenacious girl passionately leads her own conservation efforts, helping the land heal itself, and teaching her community about the importance of nurturing wild places.

07/01/2025

A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart is out today!

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✨Named a Summer Read by: New York Times * Los Angeles Times * Minneapolis Star Tribune ✨
✨An expansive and poignant novel of love, radical ambition, and intellectual rebirth set at the dawn of World War I✨

At a party near Stanford University’s campus in 1917, Cora Trent, a graduate student raised in the rugged mining towns of the American West, meets Indra Mukherjee, an Indian revolutionary newly arrived in California. Indra is grieving the recent loss of a friend and unsure of the place violence has in the cause of national liberation, while Cora is seeking a new life that stays true to her aspirations as a writer and an idealist. They spark an instant connection, and their passionate romance deepens as they attend protests alongside anticolonial dissidents and socialize with eccentric thinkers in Berkeley and Palo Alto. All the while, Indra awaits orders from a mysterious German spymaster.

Cora and Indra quickly marry, even as the United States is drawn into the conflict in Europe and wartime patriotism begins to give way to increasing intolerance. When news of arrests threatens their future together, they are forced to flee to New York City with the hope that they can avoid the attention of the British and American authorities. Trying to find footing in their new life, Cora and Indra must reckon with divergent ambitions that challenge the foundations of their hasty marriage—and their freedom.

Profound, immersive, tenderly written, and with finely wrought characters drawn from the forgotten archives of American history, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart is an extraordinary story of a marriage caught at the intersection of radical politics and everyday life.

06/30/2025

We’re so excited for ‘A Rather Peculiar Poisoning’ from to hit shelves on September 2! 📖

A Rather Peculiar Poisoning is a multi-pov mystery set at a turn-of-the-century manor where a weeklong engagement celebration takes a deadly twist 🪦 Think Knives Out meets Bridgerton! From &

06/27/2025

📚✨ Weekend reading rec for Pride Month! “Bed and Breakup” by Susie Dumond is giving us all the cozy romance vibes we need to close out June. 🏳️‍🌈

Who else is adding this to their Pride reading list? Drop your current q***r book recs in the comments! 👇

06/26/2025

Emma Pattee’s debut novel TILT has earned a spot on NPR’s Favorite Fiction Reads of 2025 So Far – what an incredible achievement! This captivating story weaves together earthquakes, Ikea, and the complexities of modern motherhood into something truly special.

If you’re looking for your next compelling read, TILT deserves a place on your reading list. Join us in celebrating this remarkable milestone for a talented author!

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