We hope you’re all having a nice start to the new year (and reading a good book, of course)! 2023 was thrilling year for us here at Page One Media as we saw one of our most eclectic lists yet. We worked on literary fiction masterpieces from Anne Berest and Tania James, among many others; expert positioning campaigns for some of our greatest minds, including legal scholar Thomas G. Moukawsher and presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky; and even our first film project, This is Where I Learned Not to Sleep from Spargel Productions, a documentary about Mark Wynn, family violence survivor, former police chief and advocate for people experiencing domestic violence.

Some highlights from last year include launching Anne Berest’s THE POSTCARD at the PEN World Voices Festival in New York City, with our friends at Europa Editions. Immediately upon its release, THE POSTCARD received a rave review in The New York Times, a profile in The New Yorker, and another stellar feature in The New York Times. Shortly after, Tania James launched her novel LOOT, earning a rave review from Ron Charles in The Washington Post. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Thomas G. Moukawsher and his book THE COMMON FLAW this year, leading an expert positioning campaign and placing op-eds in outlets such as The Hill and CNN. 2023 saw many of our clients’ books (The Postcard, Loot, Mrs. S, Wolfish, Remedies for Sorrow, and A Volga Tale) on numerous best of the year lists. This was a huge year for us and our clients, and we’re looking forward to an even bigger one in 2024.

In fact, we would love to share some of our 2024 list with you! From a history of Jazz Age New York told through a true crime lens, to a piercing and expertly researched book that disrupts the way we talk about American motherhood and adoption, to a renowned French novelist’s English-language debut, to the much anticipated second book from Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, there’s a little something for everyone on this list.

Michael Wolraich’s THE BISHOP AND THE BUTTERFLY (Union Square and Co., 2/6) is the riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfall of the mayor of New York City and led to the endof Tammany Hall’s dominance. “Meticulously drawn,” (BookPage, starred) this is an unputdownable book that any true crime fan will obsess over.

RELINQUISHED by Gretchen Sisson (St. Martin’s Press, 2/27) is a landmark study of adoption during the age of Roe v. Wade, drawing from interviews with hundreds of women who have relinquished their children for domestic adoption. It sheds light on the overlooked experiences of birth mothers and argues that adoption is not the cure for America’s “abortion problem.”Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, calls Sisson’s book “comprehensive and harrowing.” Pre-order a copy and catch Sisson on tour this spring!

The radical, bracing “ARE YOU CALLING ME A RACIST?” by Sarita Srivastava (NYU Press, 3/19) explores the fact that, despite decades of anti-racism workshops and diversity policies in corporations, schools, and nonprofit organizations, racial conflict has only increased in recent years. ARE YOU CALLING ME A RACIST? reveals why these efforts have failed to effectivelychallenge racism and offers a new way forward.

MOTHERSHIP by Greg Wrenn (Regalo Press, 3/26) is a generous, highly readable memoir about Greg Wrenn’s search for healing from complex PTSD. After trying talk therapy and pharmaceuticals, he finds solace in coral reefs and a psychedelic tea, ayahuasca. Always humorous and sensitive on the page, Wrenn deftly suffuses moments of heaviness with glimmers of light, making Mothership both a rigorous exploration of mental health and a necessary intervention in our relationship to the world around us.

An endlessly innovative book, THE FORGETTERS by Greg Sarris (Heyday Books, 4/16):, is a tender and compelling story cycle about the people who have forgotten their roots and consequently hurt the Earth and each other. Masterfully infusing magical realism with the history of Indigenous lands, Sarris urges readers to remember our shared lineage and honor our interconnectedness with the environment.

LIVING WITH OUR DEAD by Delphine Horvilleur (Europa Editions, 5/7) is a tapestry of personal stories, folklore, prayer, rites and rituals—collectively exploring what death means in the Jewish tradition. Drawing from her many years tending to the dead and dying as one of the few female rabbis in France, Horvilleur shares eleven sacred stories about loss. The resulting collection is aprofoundly humanist, universal, and hopeful celebration of life.

A GOOD LIFE by Virginie Grimaldi (Europa Editions, 5/28) is the story of Emma and Agathe, two sisters who were thick as thieves when they were young, but whose relationship as adults is scarred by a tragedy that transformed their happy, ordinary childhoods into something much more complex and challenging. For a long time, Emma hasn’t wanted to be involved in Agathe’s life. But then they must return together to the Basque Country, to the house of their adoredgrandmother, to empty out her home and in the process to reconcile, to remember, and to pour out what is in their hearts.

 

A mesmerizing and atmospheric account, drawn from never-before-seen sources and peopled with unforgettable characters, THE INCORRUPTIBLES by Dan Slater (Little, Brown, 7/16) tells an epic and often brutal saga of crime and redemption in New York City, exhuming a buried history that shaped ourmodern world.

THE DISAPPEARED by Rebecca Sanford (Blackstone Publishing, 7/30) is an unputdownable story inspired by the real mothers and grandmothers who spoke out against Argentina’s militarydictatorship. This is an award-winning debut about identity, family secrets, and those who endured decades of hardship to expose the truth.

MAKING THE PRESIDENCY by Lindsay Chervinsky (Oxford University Press, August) is an authoritative account of the second president of the United States that shows how John Adams’s leadership and legacy defined the office for those who followed and ensured the survival of theAmerican republic, by a writer whose work has been called “cogent, lucid, and concise” (Ron Chernow).

We look forward to sharing these titles with you this year. You can stay up to date on author events and other fun stuff by following us on our social pages! We’re on Instagram, BlueSky, and LinkedIn. If you’re a reviewer and would like a copy of any of these titles, we have plenty; please don’t hesitate to get in touch.