This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Kathryn Stockett, Elizabeth Strout, ‘Pemi Aguda, and Carley Fortune, while nonfiction includes work by Siri Hustvedt, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Patricia Cornwell. May’s children’s releases include books by Elana K. Arnold, Steve Sheinkin, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Soman Chainani.
56 works of fiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-5
29 works of nonfiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-5
23 children’s titles
https://bookshop.org/lists/may-2026-children-s-releases
Also publishing this week are books by Douglas Stuart, Avigayl Sharp, and January Sun, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Spring/Summer anthology. Watch Stuart discuss his coming of age novel with his editor in our Buzz Books panel here.
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 May‘s 154 fiction releases, 67 works of nonfiction, and 23 children’s titles, June‘s 145 fiction releases, 53 works of nonfiction, and 31 children’s titles, and July‘s 119 fiction releases, 30 works of nonfiction, and 25 children’s titles.
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