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In a year of stagnant book sales nationally, Monkfish sees 65% increase.
With only five weeks to go in 2024, Monkfish Book Publishing has seen a sixty-five percent increase in net sales for the year. Nearly every market has been a part of this increase in exposure for Monkfish books, including independent bookstores, public libraries, international markets, and Amazon.
A fiercely independent publisher for 23 years, located in New York’s Hudson Valley, Monkfish publishes 24-26 books a year. Their four bestselling titles of 2024 demonstrate their wide range in fields of religion across the traditions—memoir, translations, religious philosophy:
• Fifty-Seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way, by Myra L. Sack
“Heartbreakingly fearless, Sack demonstrates that grief is boundless, and you can love, cherish and mourn all at once.” —People.com
• For Love of the Broken Body: A Spiritual Memoir, by Julia Walsh, FSPA
“With zeal and a hearty dose of humility, Walsh discloses her innermost thoughts…. Some might be startled at what they hear in the context of religious life. Other readers, perhaps seasoned by their own experience of being human, will recognize the innate desire to be seen, to be touched, to be held, to share an intimate connection—desires from which Catholic religious are not excluded.” —National Catholic Reporter
• Sonnets to Orpheus: A New Translation (Bilingual Edition), by Mark S. Burrows
“There are many strong translations of the sonnets, and of Rilke’s 1923 Duino Elegies (excerpted in the latter half of this book); Burrows’ stand apart because he leans into the strangeness of the original German, leaving an English translation that’s brilliantly haunted by the concepts that animated the original creative reverie. A startling and impressive Rilke interpretation.” —Kirkus Reviews
• The Perennial Philosophy Reloaded: A Guide for the Mystically Inclined, by Dana Sawyer
“With his luminous blend of scholarship and accessibility, Dana Sawyer has distilled the quintessence of the inter-spiritual promise into an elixir that is both nourishing and entertaining.” —Mirabai Starr
To speak with Publisher Paul Cohen or associate publisher Jon M. Sweeney, email publicity@monkfishpublishing.com.
