This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Walter Mosley, Louise Penny, Philippa Gregory, and Susanna Clarke, while nonfiction includes work by Lawrence Wright, Haruki Murakami, and Zaina Arafat.
27 works of fiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-20
21 works of nonfiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-20
Also publishing this week are new books by Rachel A. Shelden, Janasha Prabhu, Natalie Barelli, and John Stephens, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter anthology, as well as novels by Elizabeth Helen, Wanda Hellmund, and Piper Lawson, 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 October’s 130 fiction releases, 102 works of nonfiction, and 21 children’s titles, November’s 90 fiction releases, 65 works of nonfiction, and 22 children’s titles, and December’s 51 fiction releases, 20 works of nonfiction, and 12 children’s titles.
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