This week’s fiction releases include novels by Jason Mott, Sarah Pekkanen, and Elaine Castillo, while new nonfiction includes work from Alexis Okeowo, Robert B. Reich, and Michael Thomas. Among August’s children’s releases is a new graphic novel by Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux.
Also publishing this week are books by Louis Sachar, Emma Nanami Strenner, and Hester Steel, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer anthology. Watch Louis Sachar discuss THE MAGICIAN OF TIGER CASTLE, his first book for adults, in our engaging Buzz Books panel.
31 works of fiction
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14 works of nonfiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-5
34 children’s titles
https://bookshop.org/lists/august-2025-children-s-releases
From Buzz Books
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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 August‘s 50 fiction releases, 27 works of nonfiction, and 16 children‘s titles; September‘s 91 fiction releases, 81 works of nonfiction, and 38 children‘s titles; and October‘s 61 fiction releases, 37 works of nonfiction, and 23 children‘s titles.
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