Summer 2024 Scribner Catalog
TitleSay More
AuthorPsaki, Jen
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
Category Full 2POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration
Category Full 3SELF-HELP / Communication & Social Skills
ISBN-139781668019856
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$28.99
CDN Price$38.99
Pages240
Cover StatusFinal
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she’s learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation.
TitleLong Island (Oprah's Book Club)
AuthorToibin, Colm
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1FICTION / Literary
Category Full 2FICTION / Historical/General
Category Full 3FICTION / Family Life/General
ISBN-139781476785110
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$28
CDN Price
Pages304
Cover StatusFinal
* OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
* NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY TIME MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, WASHINGTON POST, VULTURE, GLAMOUR, FRESH AIR, NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TIMES (London), THE IRISH TIMES, THE NEW STATESMAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE OBSERVER, and more *

“Stunning.” —People * “Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world’s best living literary writers.” —The Boston Globe * “Momentous and hugely affecting.” —The Wall Street Journal *

From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work in twenty years.
TitleSee Loss See Also Love
AuthorTominaga, Yukiko
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1FICTION / Literary
Category Full 2FICTION / Asian American
Category Full 3FICTION / Family Life/General
ISBN-139781668031674
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$26.99
CDN Price$35.99
Pages256
Cover StatusFinal
Longlisted for the 2025 PEN Open Book Award * A Martin Cruz Smith Award for Emerging Diverse Voices Finalist in the CALIBA 2024 Golden Poppy Book Awards * “This debut novel breaks all the rules…capturing loss in all its belligerent rage and raw humor.” —Oprah Daily * “Full of heart.” —PureWow *

A tender, wry, and shamelessly honest novel following a Japanese widow raising her son between worlds with the help of her Jewish mother-in-law as she wrestles with grief, loss, and—strangest of all—joy.
TitleDeath Valley
AuthorBroder, Melissa
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1FICTION / Magical Realism
Category Full 2FICTION / Literary
Category Full 3FICTION / Humorous/General
ISBN-139781668024867
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages256
Cover StatusFinal
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times ("incandescent...hilarious...a triumph"), Oprah Daily ("surreal, absurd, lucid, and wise"), Vanity Fair ("Broder [is] a genius and a sorceress"), and more!

From the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief and a “magical tale of survival” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
TitleThe Perfection Trap
AuthorCurran, Thomas
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1SELF-HELP / Personal Growth/General
Category Full 2SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology/General
Category Full 3SELF-HELP / Self-Management/Stress Management
ISBN-139781982149543
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages288
Cover StatusFinal
“Offers a hopeful beacon and a steady path for anyone struggling to find their footing in a world of impossible standards.” —Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and The Power of Regret

In the tradition of Brené Brown’s bestseller The Gifts of Imperfection, this illuminating book by an acclaimed professor at the London School of Economics explores how the pursuit of perfection can become a dangerous obsession that leads to burnout and depression—keeping us from achieving our goals.
TitleOwner of a Lonely Heart
AuthorNguyen, Beth
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional/Asian & Asian American
Category Full 2BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Category Full 3BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
ISBN-139781982196356
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages256
Cover StatusFinal
Named a Best Memoir of 2023 by Oprah Daily • Selected by Time, NPR, and BookPage as a Best Book of 2023

“This book…is what memoir writing in the hands of a caring, curious wunderkind can be.” —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy

From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fractured by war and resettlement.
TitleCities in the Sky
AuthorBarr, Jason M.
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1ARCHITECTURE / Buildings/Public, Commercial & Industrial
Category Full 2BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional
Category Full 3SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology/Urban
ISBN-139781982174217
On Sale05/14/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$32.5
CDN Price$44
Pages384
Cover StatusFinal
From one of the world’s top experts on the economics of skyscrapers—a “fascinating” (Daily Mail, London) and “informative” (Publishers Weekly) account of the ever-growing quest for super tall buildings across the globe.
TitleThe Language of the Night
AuthorLe Guin, Ursula K.
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Category Full 2LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing/Fiction Writing
Category Full 3BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
ISBN-139781668034903
On Sale05/14/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages304
Cover StatusFinal
Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, on fantasy and science fiction, on writing, and on the future of literary science fiction.
TitleYou Like It Darker
AuthorKing, Stephen
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1FICTION / Thrillers/Supernatural
Category Full 2FICTION / Horror
Category Full 3FICTION / Thrillers/Suspense
ISBN-139781668037713
On Sale05/21/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$30
CDN Price$39.99
Pages512
Cover StatusFinal
NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 HORROR BOOK OF 2024
WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR HORROR
FINALIST FOR THE 2025 LOCUS AWARDS

“Stephen King knows You Like It Darker and obliges with sensational new tales” (USA TODAY): From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King, an extraordinary collection of stories that are “a master class in tension and full of King’s dark humor” (The New York Times Book Review)now with a bonus story, “The Music Room.”
TitleThe Invisible Hour
AuthorHoffman, Alice
Sub-ImprintScribner
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1FICTION / Literary
Category Full 2FICTION / Historical/General
Category Full 3FICTION / Occult & Supernatural
ISBN-139781982175382
On Sale05/21/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages272
Cover StatusFinal
The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a “wonderful story of love and growth” (Stephen King).