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January 20, 2026By Katy Hershberger

New Books Publishing January 20

January 20, 2026By Katy Hershberger

This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Jennette McCurdy, Gabriel Tallent, Julian Barnes, Dean Koontz, and Alice Feeney, while nonfiction includes titles from Chuck Klosterman and Alia Hanna Habib.

29 works of fiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-20

 

 

 

7 works of nonfiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-20

 

 

 

Also publishing this week is The Poet Empress by Shen Tao, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. In this month’s Authors Lunch newsletter, Tao discusses holding a day job while writing, her pitch to her agent, and writing from the heart.

 

 

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 January‘s 115 fiction releases, 34 works of nonfiction, and 28 children‘s titles, February‘s 127 fiction releases, 21 works of nonfiction, and 18 children‘s titles, and March‘s 142 fiction releases, 61 works of nonfiction, and 32 children‘s titles.

But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief details as well: publun.ch/submitNotable. Please submit your notable titles at least 3 months prior to pub date and limit your submissions to selected, notable titles each season only; otherwise it’s too much for us to consider.

Filed Under: Free, New Releases/Forthcoming

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