Penny Zang's Blog: Penny Zang's Grungy Book Updates

We are one month out from Doll Parts being out in the world on August 26 (even less for the U.K. release on July 31). The last Goodreads giveaway before pub day is now open. 50 copies up for grabs!

Doll Parts is also available to pre-order (including the audiobook).

The countdown is on!

There is a new Goodreads giveaway in the month of April! Enter to win one of ten copies from Sourcebooks Landmark.

I'm so excited to share my debut with everyone. Also available to request on Netgalley and available for pre-order!

Okay, so let's be honest here. I am not sure how authors use the Goodreads blog feature or if this is a helpful/effective mode of communication, especially for debut authors like me, but I'm going to give it a try anyway. Maybe post once a month with some updates, behind-the-scenes details, tease the Doll Parts playlist...

Doll Parts is my debut novel, forthcoming from Sourcebooks Landmark on August 26, 2025. The book description is available on this very platform, so I'll stick to the short version, the vibes: suspense, dark academia, 90s grunge, Sylvia Plath, female friendship, dual timeline, Baltimore, and the culture's obsession with dead girls.

Doll Parts

There is currently a Goodreads giveaway for Doll Parts and it is available on Netgalley under "Read Now"). You can also find me online at all the social places, against my better judgement sometimes. Especially find me on Substack for more regular updates (and the occasional headless doll pic): https://pennyzang.substack.com/

I can't wait to share this book with everyone. It's been a journey to publication, full of both grief and unexpected joy. And it has been so fun to connect with readers about everything from Sylvia Plath to a certain kind of 90s nostalgia (the music! the clothes!).

Let's talk soon!