On September 22, Dutton will publish John Green‘s first adult novel, HOLLYWOOD, ENDING. According to the publisher, the book follows two actors who star in an Andy Warhol biopic “on the verge of breaking out, and maybe even falling in love. Soon, the movie is blowing up, and so are their lives—in exciting, but also terrifying, ways.” It is his first work of fiction in nine years. “It’s about falling in love and living with trauma and also the thing that we’re doing right now on the social internet, where we take pieces of ourselves and exchange them for public […]
New York Times Debuts Children’s Audio Bestseller List, Cuts Mass Market
The New York Times announced changes to its bestseller lists, effective online on April 1 and in print on April 15. The Times will add two lists to their audio bestsellers: Children’s, with 15 titles, and Audio Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous, with 10 titles. The Times already lists Audio Fiction and Nonfiction bestsellers. In addition, the paper will do away with the mass market bestseller list and move the paperback nonfiction list to monthly instead of weekly, “to better align with current market trends.”
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New Books Publishing March 31
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Tana French, Yann Martel, and Colm Toibin, while nonfiction includes work by Jenny Lawson, Arthur C. Brooks, and Brandy. 27 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-31 14 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-31 Also publishing this week are novels by Linda Hamilton and Corey Ann Haydu, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Spring/Summer anthology. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out March‘s 142 fiction releases, 61 works of nonfiction, and […]
PRH Germany Sues OpenAI
Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe has filed suit in a Munich court against OpenAI over copyright infringement. The publisher claims that ChatGPT reproduces images and text that are recognizable and in some cases nearly identical to those within Ingo Siegner’s “The Little Dragon Coconut” book series. PRH also says that ChatGPT “proactively suggests ways to create a print-ready manuscript, including copyright-infringing cover art and blurbs, as well as specific instructions for uploading it to self-publishing platforms,” according to a release. “There is clear evidence that Ingo Siegner’s works were unlawfully used to train the AI system and are now stored in […]
The Edit: Featuring Hub City Press
Welcome back to The Edit, our monthly column about the galleys everyone in publishing is reading. Today we’re talking to Hub City Press, the Spartanburg, South Carolina-based nonprofit led by publisher Meg Reid. On April 7, Hub City will reissue a foil-stamped paper-over-board edition of THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU, Nancy Lemann’s “unjustly neglected” nonfiction account of the 1985 corruption trial of the Governor of Louisiana. The NYT ran an article recently about the Lemann revival–also on April 7, NYRB is reissuing Lives of the Saints and publishing Lemann’s new novel The Oyster Diaries. (92-year old Gordon Lish in the piece: […]