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The Human Cost of Javier Milei’s Assault on Science and History - a @nytimes opinion essay by Haley Cohen Gilliland, author of A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD. nytimes.com/2025/07/04/opi…

There is so much to read but don’t miss this supremely well-researched and powerful new book by Haley Cohen Gilliland called “A Flower Traveled in My Blood.” Very grateful to have finally read it.

Happy pub day to THE FEATHER DETECTIVE 🪶 It’s time for the world to meet Roxie Laybourne! In this riveting biography, award-winning journalist @cbsweeney delivers a moving portrait of the first forensic ornithologist, who also happens to be an ambitious, quirky woman that…

‘Great Enough to Blow Any City Off the Map': On Site at the First Nuclear Explosion. Read an excerpt from THE DEVIL REACHED TOWARD THE SKY from @vermontgmg in @politico ahead of the 8/5 publication. politico.com/news/magazine/…

THE GREATEST POSSIBLE GOOD is out now! Equal parts hilarious and achingly human, THE GREATEST POSSIBLE GOOD spans ten years in the lives of the Candlewicks, asking universal questions about what it means to live a good life and if there is a “right” way to be a good person,…

A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD is out now! Haley Cohen Gilliland delivers the epic true story of a group of courageous grandmothers who fought to find their grandchildren who were stolen while Argentina was under the control of a military junta. “[An] astonishing…

Obama weighs in on Abundance:

THE FEATHER DETECTIVE is a Kobo Best of the Month!

A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD in the @nytimes ⭐ Congratulations, @hco96 🎉 nytimes.com/2025/07/09/boo…

PEOPLE MAGAZINE calls DAIKON a "stunning novel that takes a fresh, unexpected look at a well-trod period in history." @AvidReaderPress @simonschuster @JHALiterary people.com/peoples-best-b…

"Nuns are girls like us." Carmen and Ana of @hijasdefelipe spoke to @bustle about the rising trend of convent retreats. Read more here, and pre-order their book CONVENT WISDOM, out 11/4. bustle.com/life/vow-of-si…

"A brilliant book, recommended for those who enjoy reading about Christianity from an intersectional perspective." Thank you @LibraryJournal and congratulations, @_F_B_G_ ⭐ libraryjournal.com/review/twelve-…

DAIKON is out now! “Thrilling…Builds to a pulse-pounding climax. The result is the most imaginative take on Hiroshima since Edwin Corley’s The Jesus Factor.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A riveting tale about war, intrigue, love, and perseverance.” —John Grisham “I…

Avid Reader is proud to announce that the entry form for Simon & Schuster’s fourth BOOKS LIKE US First Novel Contest is now LIVE! The submission period will end at 11:59:59 PM ET Monday, July 14. Until then, writers are invited and encouraged to submit twenty-five pages of an…

Love this!!! The stylish and smart folks at @ELLEmagazine put The Feather Detective on their best books of summer list, alongside what look to be a bunch of other great reads. Coming July 22 via @AvidReaderPress. 😎🪶🦩 elle.com/culture/books/…

Debut novelist @graceflahive discusses PALM MERIDIAN on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/3c2Y50WfqWi @avidreaderpress

Happy pub day to THE ROAD THAT MADE AMERICA! In this epic first-person account, author James Dodson follows the Great Wagon Road’s original path that 18th-century American settlers forged from Philadelphia to Georgia, and uncovers the road’s buried legacy along the way.

ACCESS is out now! From the award-winning author of Birth, a journey into the underground activist networks that have been working to protect women’s autonomy over their bodies amidst legal, political, religious, and cultural oppression over the past sixty years. ACCESS…

BEN & ME is now in paperback! New York Times bestselling author Eric Weiner follows in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, mining his life for inspiring and practical lessons in a book that’s part biography, part travelogue, part personal prescription.