This week’s fiction releases include stories by Stephen King, a prequel to Chocolat by Joanne Harris, and a new romance from Bolu Babalola, while new nonfiction includes Arundhati Roy’s memoir, Helen Garner’s work on adolescence and football, and a final collection from Nikki Giovanni.
Among September’s children’s releases is new work by Angeline Boulley, Katherine Applegate, Rebecca Stead, and Katherine Rundell, plus a new Sonia Sotomayor picture book and Stephen King’s retelling of Hansel and Gretel with art from Maurice Sendak.
26 works of fiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-2
13 works of nonfiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-2
38 children’s titles
https://bookshop.org/lists/september-2025-children-s-releases
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 September‘s 91 fiction releases, 81 works of nonfiction, and 38 children‘s titles; October‘s 61 fiction releases, 37 works of nonfiction, and 23 children‘s titles; and November‘s 103 fiction releases, 57 works of nonfiction, and 26 children‘s titles.
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