Friday Five – December 13th, 2019

Karen Dukess’s The Last Book Party was called a best book to gift by Glamour.

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins was named a winter must-read by USA Today.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Red, White & Royal Blue by #SRC2019 guest Casey McQuiston and Dear Girls by #FRC2019 guest Ali Wong were named the best books of the year in their genre by the Goodreads Choice Awards. Additionally, they were recognized by Oprah Magazine.

Siobhan Adcock, author of The Completionist, had a personal essay about moving on after loss featured on Medium.

Unpregnant authors Jenni Henriks and Ted Caplan had a featured Q&A with Frolic.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Red, White & Royal Blue by #SRC2019 guest Casey McQuiston, Dear Girls by #FRC2019 guest Ali Wong, That’s Mental by Amanda Rosenberg and Naturally Tan by #SRC2019 guest Tan France were featured as perfect books to gift this year on Refinery 29.

Dear Girls by #FRC2019 guest Ali Wong was named an author-approved book worth reading this season on Today and was named a best book of 2019 on Variety.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo, The Lost Man by Jane Harper, They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall, Honestly, We Meant Well by Grant Ginder, The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley and The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald were feature as eight of the best books of 2019 by Parade.

Barbara Probst, author of Queen of the Owls, had a featured guest post on the Jane Friedman Blog and also on Writers in the Storm.

Conversations with RBG by Jeffrey Rosen, Make Your Moment by Dion Lim, Just a Girl by Lucinda Jackson and Headstrong by JoAnne Silver Jones were called great book picks that celebrate the successes of women on Ms. Career Girl.

Behind Every Lie by Christina McDonald, American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, The Opposite of Fate by Alison McGhee, A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers, Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe, Epic Solitude by Katherine Keith, We Came Here to Shine by Susie Orman Schnall, The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell and Queen of the Owls by Barbara Probst were named the most anticipated books of 2020 for working moms by Working Mother.

That’s Mental by Amanda Rosenberg was named a best book of 2019 by PureWow.