Spring 2019 Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Catalog
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TitleStay Up with Hugo Best
AuthorSomers, Erin
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category 1Fiction
ISBN-139781982102357
On Sale04/02/19
US Price$26
CDN Price$32
Pages272
An incredibly timely, terrifically witty and moving debut about a young writers’ assistant on a late night comedy show and what transpires when she accepts an invitation from its enigmatic host to spend a long weekend at his mansion in Connecticut.
TitleLooker
AuthorSims, Laura
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category 1Fiction
ISBN-139781501199110
On Sale01/08/19
US Price$25
CDN Price$34
Pages192
*Vogue’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2019”
*Entertainment Weekly’s “One of January’s Hottest Reads”
*Literary Hub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2019”
*Southern Living’s “Best New Books Coming Out Winter 2019”
*Literary Hub’s “Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019”

A dazzling, razor-sharp debut novel about a woman whose obsession with the beautiful actress on her block drives her to the edge.
TitleSing to It
AuthorHempel, Amy
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category 1Fiction
ISBN-139781982109110
On Sale03/26/19
US Price$25
CDN Price$34
Pages160
“All the tawdry details I’m dying for are in these stories, but they’re given out like old sweaters—without shame, without guile. Amy Hempel is the writer who makes me feel most affiliated with other humans; we are all living this way—hiding, alone, obsessed—and that’s ok.” —Miranda July

From legendary writer Amy Hempel, one of the most celebrated and original voices in American short fiction: a ravishing, sometimes heartbreaking new story collection—her first in over a decade.
TitleHow to Hold a Grudge
AuthorHannah, Sophie
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category 1Self-Help
ISBN-139781982111427
On Sale01/01/19
US Price$20
CDN Price$27
Pages272
The first and only comprehensive examination of the universal but widely misunderstood practice of grudge-holding that will show you how to use grudges to be your happiest, most optimistic, and most forgiving self.
TitleHollywood's Eve
AuthorAnolik, Lili
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781501125799
On Sale01/08/19
US Price$26
CDN Price$35
Pages288
“I practically snorted this book, stayed up all night with it. Anolik decodes, ruptures, and ultimately intensifies Eve’s singular irresistible glitz.” —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker

“The Eve Babitz book I’ve been waiting for. What emerges isn’t just a portrait of a writer, but also of Los Angeles: sprawling, melancholic, and glamorous.” —Stephanie Danler, author of Sweetbitter
TitleThe Art of Dying Well
AuthorButler, Katy
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category 1Self-Help
ISBN-139781501135316
On Sale02/19/19
US Price$26
CDN Price$35
Pages288
A reassuring and thoroughly researched guide to maintaining a high quality of life—from resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breath—by the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
TitleA Kind of Mirraculas Paradise
AuthorAllen, Sandy
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781501134043
On Sale01/15/19
US Price$18
CDN Price$25
Pages288
“Compelling…A bracing work of art and a loving tribute” (Los Angeles Times), this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before.
TitleThe Birth of Loud
AuthorPort, Ian S.
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category 1Music
ISBN-139781501141652
On Sale01/15/19
US Price$28
CDN Price$37
Pages352
A riveting saga in the history of rock ‘n’ roll: the decades-long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound—Leo Fender and Les Paul—and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.
TitleThis Messy Magnificent Life
AuthorRoth, Geneen
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatPaperback
Category 1Self-Help
ISBN-139781501182471
On Sale01/15/19
US Price$16
CDN Price$22
Pages224
Geneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God, explains how to take the journey to find one’s own best self in this “beautiful, funny, deeply relevant” (Glennon Doyle) collection of personal reflections.
TitleGrief Works
AuthorSamuel, Julia
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatPaperback
Category 1Self-Help
ISBN-139781501181542
On Sale01/22/19
US Price$18
CDN Price
Pages304
“An honest, practical, as well as emotional guide to working through the processing of mourning” (Vogue.com), Grief Works is a lifeline for all of us dealing with loss and a handbook to help others—from the “expected” death of a parent to the sudden and unexpected death of a child or spouse.