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Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus

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A BEST BOOK OF THE FALL FOR OPRAH DAILY TIME, AND THE NEW YORK POST

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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of global sensation Lessons in Chemistry returns with an irresistible, delightful, and tender literary novel set in the publishing world of 1980s New York City about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck.

Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest.

Batter Gray, a recent college graduate with a gift for spotting good poetry, takes a job at the prestigious but dysfunctional New York poetry journal Peck & Peck in the early 1980s. There he is pulled into the rivalry between the journal's twin editors-in-chief and its staff of devoted contributors.

Peck & Peck is Bonnie Garmus's second novel, following her debut Lessons in Chemistry. It pairs comic energy with real feeling, a combination reviewers have singled out.

Poetry sits at the center of the book. Reviewers note Garmus's evident admiration for the art form and its argument that verse unlocks something essential, set against the office politics of a magazine struggling to stay afloat.

The tone mixes workplace comedy, caper, and love story. TIME called it part caper, part time capsule, and Oprah Daily described a satire with a soft heart.

It suits readers who enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry, and anyone who likes a warm, funny novel about people devoted to making something good.

A BEST BOOK OF THE FALL FOR OPRAH DAILY TIME, AND THE NEW YORK POST

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR CBS, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BOSTON GLOBE,COUNTRY LIVING, LIT HUB, BOOKPAGE, AND MORE!

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of global sensation Lessons in Chemistry returns with an irresistible, delightful, and tender literary novel set in the publishing world of 1980s New York City about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck.

Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest.

Batter Gray, a recent college graduate with a gift for spotting good poetry, takes a job at the prestigious but dysfunctional New York poetry journal Peck & Peck in the early 1980s. There he is pulled into the rivalry between the journal's twin editors-in-chief and its staff of devoted contributors.

Peck & Peck is Bonnie Garmus's second novel, following her debut Lessons in Chemistry. It pairs comic energy with real feeling, a combination reviewers have singled out.

Poetry sits at the center of the book. Reviewers note Garmus's evident admiration for the art form and its argument that verse unlocks something essential, set against the office politics of a magazine struggling to stay afloat.

The tone mixes workplace comedy, caper, and love story. TIME called it part caper, part time capsule, and Oprah Daily described a satire with a soft heart.

It suits readers who enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry, and anyone who likes a warm, funny novel about people devoted to making something good.

  • Publisher: Scribner

    Title: Peck & Peck: A Novel

    Author: Bonnie Garmus

    On Sale Date: October 13, 2026

    ISBN 13: 978-1-6682-5106-5

    ISBN 10: 166825106X

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $30.00

    BISAC: Fiction / Coming of Age; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Humorous

    Page Count: 432

  • Bonnie Garmus is an American novelist whose debut, Lessons in Chemistry, was a Good Morning America Book Club selection and a Goodreads Choice Award winner, spent nearly two years on the New York Times bestseller list, and was adapted into an Apple TV limited series. The novel has been translated into more than forty languages and won sixteen international literary awards. Peck & Peck is her second novel.

  • Pre-release readers are calling it charming, tender, and funny:

    • Library Journal (starred review) described a joyous ode to finding one's calling and a funny, tender tale.

    • Booklist (starred review) said Garmus has managed another tender story and called the novel stunning, with readers feeling what Batter Gray feels.

    • Publishers Weekly found it tender-hearted, packed with antic humor and colorful characterizations, while Kirkus Reviews called it charming, with lovely things to say about poetry.

    • Bestselling author Kristin Hannah called it charming, uplifting, soulful, and original, and a worthy successor to Lessons in Chemistry.

This book is for you if

  • You loved Lessons in Chemistry and want to see what Bonnie Garmus does next.

  • You're interested in novels set inside literary magazines and the world of poetry.

  • You enjoy workplace comedies full of eccentric colleagues and feuding bosses.

  • You appreciate satire that keeps a soft heart underneath the humor.

  • You're looking for a story set in early-1980s New York City with a caper-like streak.

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