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Gerald Everett Jones’ historical novel Jonathan’s Journal was named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2026 NYC Big Book Award’s General Fiction category.

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Kay Louise Bowen’s novel Secrets II Vengeance & Revenge was named a winner in the Psychological Thriller category at the NYC Big Book Award, adding international recognition to her earlier Independent Press Award success.

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Physician-author S.A. Lonky released his first novel, A Conspiracy of Data: Fail Safe — Not Safe, on Sept. 3 through Black Rose Writing.

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Theoretical physicist Kurt A. Langfeld has released First Light Rising, a debut novel set to explore a man who stops aging, draws the attention of governments and an ancient civilization, and reframes interstellar travel around longevity instead…

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JG Christman’s new book asks who gets to define the good as artificial intelligence, automated systems and synthetic media increasingly shape human decisions.

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Adventure Cruises San Diego says it has expanded private celebration charters on the 60-foot Paradise Party Yacht, increasing capacity to 15 guests and adding customized scheduling for bachelorette parties and other group events.

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Adventure Cruises San Diego has updated harbor charter operations aboard its 60-foot Paradise Party Yacht at Safe Harbor Sunroad Resort Marina on Harbor Island.

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Michele Leigh Greene is publishing a raw new nonfiction book, Welcome to the World’s Worst Club, that rejects tidy stages and timelines for loss.

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The NYC Big Book Award named Not In This World by Jane Scott Stuart and Elaine Flowers a winner in African American Fiction.

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Ray Culver’s H2ONU: A Novel by Ray Culver has reached its first U.S. brick-and-mortar bookstore, BookEnds in Kailua, 20 years after he began writing it by hand on legal pads in Lanikai.

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Lauren Sánchez Bezos is set to publish The Fly Who Flew to the North Pole in November, extending her Flynn the fly series with a holiday-themed Arctic adventure.

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Physician and author Stewart Lonky is promoting his new nonfiction and debut novel to push readers to question assumptions about obesity, AI and the changing practice of medicine.

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Byron Blackthorn’s speculative suspense novel The Montségur Resonance centers on an Instrumental Transcommunication experiment that appears to make contact with a higher-dimensional intelligence.

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Penny Newton-Hurley is releasing The Human Language, a self-help book that aims to improve psychological safety, communication and relationships through a practical framework called The MECAnism.

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Olivia Alder’s debut novel, Highly Compatible, lands Sept. 11, 2026, with a Silicon Valley satire about AI, predictive data and a romance that may be driven as much by surveillance as attraction.

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Scott E. Robinson’s Nicholas Hunter and the First Resonance follows a 13-year-old into fractured timelines, where a backward-ticking pocket watch pulls him into a science fantasy quest about identity, belonging and power.

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K. C. Rice has released Estranged: Blood Moon, a paranormal romance about a rare human-vampire hybrid whose hidden identity puts her in danger.

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S Lea’s new women’s fiction book turns retirement worries into a story about friendship, finances, and a possible move abroad.

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Patricia Cane says her novel SNAPS began as a boredom project on a snowy day and grew into a 225-page suspense story about science, criminal law and moral responsibility.

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Joseph Howse’s The Circus and the Atom won top honors in World Literature and Audiobook-Fiction at the 2026 NYC Big Book Award, with additional recognition for cover design.