You can find MEDICINE RIVER here for pre-order: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721761/m…

What in the world. The Light Eaters is on Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2024 list🌷 best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/…

Just in: 110-year old Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre voted today in Oklahoma. I’m told she voted for Vice President Harris.

Wow

The Light Eaters is on the NY Public Library list of top ten best books of 2024. I love the new york public library with a ferocity 😭 nypl.org/blog/2024/11/2…

Wild honor to see The Light Eaters clock in at number six on Vulture's Best Books of 2024 🌷 vulture.com/article/best-b…

When Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian security forces, he never stopped reporting. Neither did his colleagues. Now they've identified the spy who orchestrated his arrest—and uncovered new details about the unit at the core of Putin’s opaque regime. trib.al/fTqdy5X

Oh man. The Light Eaters is on the National Book Critics Circle award longlist. Thank you National Book Critics Circle bookcritics.org/2024/12/18/202…

omg I'm speechless, thank you for this Alex Press

Many thanks to the Moore Foundation for giving this important award to Waiting to Be Arrested at Nigh. I hope this award will draw more attention to China's long-term oppression of the Uyghurs.

The rise of the most effective attention-algorithm ever invented, and the superpower struggle to control it. EVERY SCREEN ON THE PLANET: THE WAR OVER TIKTOK by Emily Baker-White. In Stores 9.30.25. wwnorton.com/books/every-sc…

I’ve spent the past year+ working on a book about TikTok. It’s out in September. Pre-order now!! everyscreenontheplanet.com

After many years of work, the day is finally here: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out today. I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been denied one of the most basic human necessities.

Ahead of my book on the history of Russia's Illegals programme coming out next week, here's a taste in Guardian Longread form. ‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/…

Wishing a happy pub day to: 🌸 OPEN, HEAVEN by Seán Hewitt 🌴 THE IMAGINED LIFE by Andrew Porter 📖 SORROWFUL MYSTERIES by Stephen Harrigan ‼️ THE ILLEGALS by Shaun Walker 🚀 AURORA 7 by Thomas Mallon 👁️ DISRUPTIONS by Steven Millhauser 🪶 OUR ANCIENT FAITH by Allen C. Guelzo

“America, América” #14 on NYT bestseller list

I'm honored that "At the Edge of Empire" has won the inaugural Baifang Schell Book Prize for nonfiction from China Books Review China Books Review at the Asia Society Asia Society. The prize recognizes writing on China and the Sinophone world. Details here: chinabooksreview.com/2025/05/13/202…

I’m thrilled “At the Edge of Empire” is a The Orwell Prize finalist for political writing. My book on China is alongside ones on Ukraine, Russia, Pakistan and autocracies. Orwell is a role model for our era. “These books show us how we got here." – Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges