This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Marlon James, Amanda Peters, Robert Harris, and Mr. Beast’s book with James Patterson, while nonfiction includes work by Angela Duckworth, Jared Diamond, and Kai Bird. September’s children’s releases include books by Tomi Adeyemi, M. T. Anderson, Sabaa Tahir, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Gregory Maguire’s Galinda origin story.
27 works of fiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-1
13 works of nonfiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-1
24 children’s titles
https://bookshop.org/lists/september-2026-children-s-releases
Also publishing this week are new books by M. J. Hastings, Darianne Schramm, Autumn Krause, Torsten Weitze, Chloe Benjamin, Joseph Fink, Gabriella Saab, and Molly Ní Chéileachair, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter anthology, as well as novels by Tessa Hale, Sara Cate, Bethan Croome, and Kathryn Moon, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Romance collection.
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 132 fiction releases, 118 works of nonfiction, and 24 children’s titles, and October‘s 130 fiction releases, 102 works of nonfiction, and 21 children’s titles, and November‘s 90 fiction releases, 65 works of nonfiction, and 22 children’s titles.
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