NEWS:

Medium

Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2022

National Book Critics Circle 

Finalist for the John Leonard Prize

PEN AMERICA

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel 

The Center for Fiction

Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

Andrew Carnegie Medal

Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

The New York Times

100 Notable Books of 2022

Entertainment Weekly

The Best Books of 2022

The New Yorker

The Best Books of 2022

TIME

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2022

Richard and Judy

Book Club Pick

NPR

Books We Love

Oprah Daily

Our Favorite Books of the Year

NAIBA

2023 NAIBA Book of the Year - Fiction 

Boston Globe

Ode to Bad Mothers 

Harper's Bazaar

Give Me All the Stories About Asian American Moms

Vanity Fair

7 Books We Can't Stop Thinking About This Month

Stylist UK

13 best modern dystopian novels to make you think 

WIRED

The 12 Best Books of 2022

Electric Literature

Favorite Novels of 2022

BBC Culture

50 Best Books

NYT Parenting

Best of 2022

New York Magazine

The Strategist: Steal My Bookshelf

Literary Mama

Best Books on Motherhood 2022

Crimereads

The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2022

ELLE

Favorite Books of 2022

Chicago Review of Books

Chicago Review of Books Award: Fiction 

Chicago Public Library

Best Books of 2022

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Best Books of 2022

Lit Hub

Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022

The Globe and Mail

The Best Books of 2022

Daily Hive

22 Best Books of 2022

BBC Two

Between the Covers (iplayer only works in the UK)

Debutiful

The Best Debut Books of 2022

Chicago Review of Books

Shortlisted for the Chicago Review of Books CHIRBy Awards

The New York Times

How to Get Published: A Book’s Journey From ‘Very Messy’ Draft to Best Seller

Medium

Selected as One of Barack Obama’s Summer 2022 Reading List Picks

New Yorker

What We're Reading This Summer

NPR

Books We Love: NPR's summer 2022 picks: Book Club Ideas

BBC Culture

The 26 best books of the year so far 2022

Washington Post

14 books your favorite authors are reading

BBC Culture

The painful truths about motherhood exposed

Amazon

Best literary fiction of 2022 so far

The Irish Times

Review

Bookriot

Thought-Provoking Fiction about Motherhood and Family

Sydney Morning Herald

The best movies, TV, music, podcasts and books of the year (so far)

Pop Inquirer

10 of the best books of 2022 (so far)

Buzzfeed

Best Books of 2022 So Far

Daily Mail

Best Holiday Reads

Amazon: Editor's Picks

Books with sneaky sci-fi plots

NY Mag, The Cut:

18 Book Recommendations Celebrating AAPI Month

Columbia Magazine

Review

Literary Mama

Impossible Standards, Unspeakable Goals: A Review of The School for Good Mothers

Business Insider

The 19 best science fiction books of 2022 so far, according to Goodreads

The Week

28 of the best novels so far this year

NYT

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS is an Instant NYT Bestseller

BBC Culture

The 14 best books of the year so far 2022

Vogue

The Best Books of 2022 So Far

Lit Hub

Why It’s Good News That Bad Mothers Are All the Rage on the Page and the Screen

WFAE Charlotte

For Mother's Day, 10 books that celebrate every part of motherhood

Free Press Journal

Society expects motherhood to be the apogee of a woman’s life

The Straits Times

Mum's the word: 10 new books that explore motherhood's complexities

Independent

Jessamine Chan and Claire Vaye Watkins mine a mother lode of humour and rage

The Spectator

The parent snatchers

Mad Moms Substack

The Postpartum Trauma Plot

Daily Mail

This Week's Best New Fiction

Refinery 29 UK

Best New Books March 2022

Stylist.co.uk

March 2022 Best New Books

The Sunday Times review

A 21st-century Handmaid’s Tale

Romper review

At The School for Good Mothers, The Call Is Coming From Inside The House

Pandora's Books

The School for Good Mothers is the March pick for Pandora's Books

TODAY Show

8 books to read after 'The School for Good Mothers' by Jessamine Chan

The Telegraph review

Handmaid’s Tale for the Squid Game generation

The New Yorker

Briefly Noted

CBC

Radio Q

The Atlantic

The Redemption of the Bad Mother

The Bookseller

Sykes launches book subscription service with Fane

Chicago Magazine

The Reeducation of a Mom in Jessamine Chan’s Debut Novel

The Week

Jessamine Chan recommends 6 books about motherhood

New york times Review

A Chilling Debut Novel Puts Mothers Under Surveillance and Into Parenting Rehab

New york times Book Review Editors’ Choice

9 New Books We Recommend This Week

New york times Critic's Notebook

"Mommy Is Going Away For Awhile"

Bitch Media

Policing Parents: Jessamine Chan’s “The School for Good Mothers” Imagines a Carceral State for “Bad” Moms

Winnipeg Free Press

Debut a chilling takedown of modern motherhood

The Economist Review

Jessamine Chan’s gripping debut novel sends up modern parenting

Book And Film Globe Review

What To Expect When You’re Expecting the Unexpected

WIRED

Dystopia Is All Too Plausible in The School for Good Mothers

Ms. Magazine

January 2022 Reads for the Rest of Us

BuzzFeed Books

23 New Fantasy And Science Fiction Books We're Excited About

BuzzFeed Books

26 Books To Get Excited About This Year

The Millions

Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2022 Book Preview

Oprah Daily Review

Jessamine Chan’s Explosive The School for Good Mothers Probes a Parent’s Worst Nightmare

Bookpage

review

Electric Lit

61 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2022

BuzzFeed

26 Books To Get Excited About This Year

Crimereads

January's Best Psychological Thrillers

Cosmopolitan UK

The new book releases to know about

Washington Post Review

In ‘The School for Good Mothers,’ parental mistakes have terrifying consequences

Lit Hub

Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2022

Goodreads

Hot and Fresh: 60 Highly Anticipated Debut Novels

Good Morning America

These January Books can get us through anything

Today Show

Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club January Pick

New York Times

'The School for Good Mothers' Is Our January Group Text Pick

Deadline

Jessica Chastain’s Freckle Films To Adapt Jessamine Chan’s ‘The School For Good Mothers’ As Series With Jude Weng & Endeavor Content

Oprah Daily

The 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2022

Entertainment Weekly

The 20 most anticipated books of 2022

Vogue

The Best Books of 2022: A Preview

NYLON.com

11 January 2022 Books to Add to Your Reading List 

Forbes.com

The Most Anticipated Books of 2022, According to Books Podcasters

NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast

Our 2022 Pop Culture Resolutions

POPSUGAR 

67 Books That Will Make Their Much-Anticipated Debut in 2022

Sydney Morning Herald

The Most Anticipated Books of 2022

E Online

15 Books to Add to your reading list in January

Book Riot

January 2022 Horoscopes and Book Recommendations

Daily Hive

10 Must-read books coming out this January

Good Housekeeping

The 15 Best and Most-Anticipated Books of 2022

Marie Claire

The Most Eagerly Anticipated Fiction by Women in 2022

Indie Next

Chosen for the January 2022 Indie Next List

Library Reads

Chosen for Library Reads January 2022

Bustle 

Most Anticipated Book List 2022

Angela Lashbrook \ Medium

Most Anticipated Book List 2022

Hey Alma

Favorite Books for Winter 2022

Debutiful

12 Debut Books Publishing in 2022 You Should Pre-Order Right Now

The Bookseller

Hutchinson Heinemann 2022 showcase

Library Journal

★ Starred Review

Kirkus

★ Starred Review

Publishers Weekly

Starred Review

Publishers Weekly

Jessamine Chan's Chilling Debut Novel

Publishers Marketplace

I was chosen for the Buzz Books Editor Panel for Fall/Winter 2021 Download Excerpt

Publishers Weekly

The School for Good Mothers was included in the PW Fall 2021 Announcements for Literary Fiction

Publishers Weekly

Chan’s ‘Mother’ Joins 37 Ink Family

the bookseller

Hutchinson wins five-way auction for Jessamine Chan's 'chilling' début in six-figure deal

INTERVIEWS & PODCASTS:

You Are Good 

Sex and the City: Season 3 with Jessamine Chan 

You Are Good 

The Joy Luck Club with Jessamine Chan 

Fanfare

podcast

WBEZ Chicago

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Thresholds podcast

When Having a Baby Requires a Rewrite: Jessamine Chan on Parenthood and The School for Good Mothers

Book Shambles

Podcast

Here to Save You

Podcast

Plume

Podcast

Glass Bookshop Radio

Podcast

Literary Mama profile

On the Necessity of Pain, Anger, and Laundry: A Conversation with Jessamine Chan

RTE Radio 1

Sunday with Miriam

Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books

Podcast

I'm A Writer But

Podcast

Split Lip Magazine

Interview

BookTok

Podcast

The New York Times Book Review

Podcast

The Telegraph

profile

Yellow Bee

Podcast

Substack

Write Like a Mother

KERA

Think

A Mighty Blaze

The Zeitgeist

Burned By Books

Podcast

Kirkus Reviews

Fully Booked

Nashville Public Television

A Word on Words

Elle Canada

Interview

Lit Hub

Jessamine Chan and Crystal Hana Kim Talk Pregnancy, Depression, and Asian American Heroism

TODAY Show

Author Jessamine Chan talks new book ‘The School of Good Mothers’