DAIKON is an Indie Next Pick! Thank you, indie booksellers! Swipe to check out what early readers are saying about this extraordinary debut novel, the result of twenty-seven years of work by Samuel Hawley. DAIKON is a gripping and powerfully moving saga, available 7/8.

⭐ Kirkus Starred Reviews ⭐ A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD, DAIKON, TO THE MOON AND BACK, AND JOYRIDE have all received Starred Reviews from Kirkus Reviews 🤩

HOW COUNTRIES GO BROKE is an Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller ⭐ Congratulations, Ray!

We ❤️ Graham Gore THE MINISTRY OF TIME is an epic time-travel adventure, perfect for your summer reading!

"Now this is historical fiction at its best!" DAIKON is a haunting epic of love, survival, and impossible choices that introduces a singular new voice on the literary landscape. Available 7/8!

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.

Love this!!! The stylish and smart folks at ELLE Magazine (US) 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 Avid Reader Press. 😎🪶🦩 elle.com/culture/books/…

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

Debut novelist Grace Flahive 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.

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

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

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

"A brilliant book, recommended for those who enjoy reading about Christianity from an intersectional perspective." Thank you Library Journal and congratulations, Fergus Butler-Gallie ⭐ libraryjournal.com/review/twelve-…

PEOPLE MAGAZINE calls DAIKON a "stunning novel that takes a fresh, unexpected look at a well-trod period in history." Avid Reader Press Simon & Schuster John Hawkins & Assoc people.com/peoples-best-b…

"Nuns are girls like us." Carmen and Ana of Las hijas de Felipe 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 FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD in the The New York Times ⭐ Congratulations, Haley Cohen Gilliland 🎉 nytimes.com/2025/07/09/boo…

THE FEATHER DETECTIVE is a Kobo Best of the Month!