Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in September 2020 — in a format that includes imprint info, and allows you resort the list by clicking the up/down arrows. This selection is our editorial aggregation from a wide variety of sources including bookseller and librarian lists, wholesaler top buys, Publishers Lunch Buzz Books and seasonal forecasts, well-known authors, news items and more. Once published, you can find them listed in the New Releases section at Bookateria. Lists are available at PM looking forward two to three months for reference purposes, and are updated live as on-sale dates and other information changes. Click for July and August lists.
FICTION
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-0374191948 | Likes | Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien | 9/1 | FSG |
| 978-0812998641 | Daddy | Cline, Emma | 9/1 | Random House |
| 978-1609455910 | The Lying Life of Adults | Ferrente, Elana | 9/1 | Europa |
| 978-1524749224 | Payback | Gordon, Mary | 9/1 | Pantheon |
| 978-0525658184 | Transcendent Kingdom | Gyasi, Yaa | 9/1 | Knopf |
| 978-1538713136 | Chaos | Johansen, Iris | 9/1 | Grand Central |
| 978-0451493712 | Red Pill | Kunzru, Hari | 9/1 | Knopf |
| 978-1524746360 | Fifty Words for Rain | Lemmie, Asha | 9/1 | Dutton |
| 978-0593101742 | One for the Books | McKinlay, Jenn | 9/1 | Berkley |
| 978-0062986573 | One True Patriot | Parnell, Sean | 9/1 | Morrow |
| 978-1250145239 | All the Devils Are Here | Penny, Louise | 9/1 | Minotaur |
| 978-1335551207 | Set My Heart to Five | Stephenson, Simon | 9/1 | Hanover Square |
| 978-1101871881 | The Bass Rock | Wyld, Evie | 9/1 | Pantheon |
| 978-1501160837 | Anxious People | Backman, Fredrik | 9/8 | Atria |
| 978-1250204509 | The Darkest Evening | Cleeves, Ann | 9/8 | Minotaur |
| 978-1728205120 | Before She Was Helen | Cooney, Caroline | 9/8 | Poisoned Pen |
| 978-1250220660 | A Snake Lies Waiting | Jin Yong | 9/8 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1464213359 | The Bones Remember | Johnson, Sara | 9/8 | Poisoned Pen |
| 978-0063026063 | The Brilliant Death of Eudora Honeysett | Lyons, Annie | 9/8 | Morrow |
| 978-0062986658 | Dear Ann | Mason Bobbie Ann | 9/8 | Harper |
| 978-0062969651 | Monogamy | Miller, Sue | 9/8 | Harper |
| 978-0802149251 | The Forger’s Daughter | Morrow, Bradford | 9/8 | Grove Atlantic |
| 978-0593191415 | What Are You Going Through | Nunez, Sigrid | 9/8 | Riverhead |
| 978-1538718001 | The Invention of Sound | Palahniuk, Chuck | 9/8 | Grand Central |
| 978-0593129555 | A Question of Betrayal | Perry, Anne | 9/8 | Ballantine |
| 978-1250207234 | Shadows in Death | Robb, J.D. | 9/8 | St. Martin's |
| 978-0062877253 | Prime Deceptions | Valdes, Valerie | 9/8 | Voyager |
| 978-0735218482 | The Big Door Prize | Walsh, M.O. | 9/8 | Putnam |
| 978-1501188817 | One by One | Ware, Ruth | 9/8 | Gallery |
| 978-1250159793 | A Deception at Thornecrest | Weaver, Ashley | 9/8 | Minotaur |
| 978-0316496421 | Homeland Elegies | Akhtar, Ayad | 9/15 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1635575637 | Paranesi | Clarke, Susanna | 9/15 | Bloomsbury |
| 978-0778310112 | Chance of a Lifetime | Deveraux, Jude & Tara Sheets | 9/15 | Mira |
| 978-1501190650 | Total Power | Flynn, Vince & Kyle Mills | 9/15 | Emily Bestler |
| 978-0525954989 | The Evening and the Morning | Follett, Ken | 9/15 | Viking |
| 978-0593133873 | The Abstainer | McGuire, Ian | 9/15 | Random House |
| 978-0802149565 | The Awkward Black Man | Mosley, Walter | 9/15 | Grove |
| 978-0062963635 | These Violent Delights | Nemerever, Micah | 9/15 | Harper |
| 978-1250762849 | To Sleep in a Sea of Stars | Paolini, Christopher | 9/15 | Tor |
| 978-1250198709 | Don't Look for Me | Walker, Wendy | 9/15 | St. Martin's |
| 978-0316457422 | The California Murders | Patterson, James & J.D. Barker | 9/21 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1250271464 | Eli’s Promise | Balson, Ronald | 9/22 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1464214059 | Mortmain Hall | Edwards, Martin | 9/22 | Poisoned Pen |
| 978-0393634228 | Adrianne Geffel | Hajdu, David | 9/22 | Norton |
| 978-0062825179 | Make Them Cry | Henderson, Smith & Jon Marc Smith | 9/22 | Ecco |
| 978-0062875587 | To Tell You the Truth | Macmillan, Gilly | 9/22 | Morrow |
| 978-1984818355 | The Book of Two Ways | Picoult, Jodi | 9/22 | Ballantine |
| 978-0525658054 | Here We Are | Swift, Graham | 9/22 | Knopf |
| 978-0062978578 | Hench | Walschots, Natalie Zina | 9/22 | Morrow |
| 978-1439183588 | A Little Bit of Karma | Billingsley, ReShonda Tate | 9/29 | Gallery |
| 978-0593199305 | Battle Ground | Butcher, Jim | 9/29 | Ace |
| 978-1476798202 | The End of the Day | Clegg, Bill | 9/29 | Gallery |
| 978-0525559474 | The Midnight Library | Haig, Matt | 9/29 | Viking |
| 978-0593191385 | Just Like You | Hornby, Nick | 9/29 | Riverhead |
| 978-1250224149 | The Orphan's Guilt | Mayor, Archer | 9/29 | Minotaur |
| 978-0593128480 | A Deadly Education | Novik, Naomi | 9/29 | Del Rey |
| 978-0374279301 | Jack | Robinson, Marilynne | 9/29 | FSG |
| 978-1538728574 | The Return | Sparks, Nicholas | 9/29 | Grand Central |
| 978-0062897725 | The Talented Miss Farwell | Tredlowe, Emily Gray | 9/29 | Morrow |
NONFICTION
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-0385540452 | The Quiet Americans | Anderson, Scott | 9/1 | Doubleday |
| 978-1250155931 | Mill Town | Arsenault, Kerri | 9/1 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1982134105 | The Dynasty | Benedict, Jeff | 9/1 | Avid Reader |
| 978-0525537458 | Having and Being Had | Biss, Eula | 9/1 | Riverhead |
| 978-0525522201 | The Churchill Complex | Buruma, Ian | 9/1 | Penguin |
| 978-0063009769 | Liar’s Circus | Hoffman, Carl | 9/1 | Morrow |
| 978-0062938473 | Unforgetting | Lovato, Roberto | 9/1 | Harper |
| 978-0593183014 | The Human Cosmos | Marchant, Jo | 9/1 | Dutton |
| 978-1101874004 | Hitler | Ullrich, Volker | 9/1 | Knopf |
| 978-1984825780 | A Knock at Midnight | Barnett, Brittany | 9/8 | Crown |
| 978-0062883650 | Kleptopia | Burgis, Tom | 9/8 | Harper |
| 978-1501188817 | Eat a Peach | Chang, David & Gabe Ulla | 9/8 | Clarkson Potter |
| 978-0385348270 | Creativity | Cleese, John | 9/8 | Crown |
| 978-1324002505 | The Great Secret | Conant, Jennet | 9/8 | Norton |
| 978-1335005540 | MS-13 | Dudley, Steven | 9/8 | Hanover Square |
| 978-0593296226 | What Can I Do? | Fonda, Jane | 9/8 | Penguin |
| 978-0062960627 | Everything Beautiful In It's Time | Hager, Jenna Bush | 9/8 | Morrow |
| 978-1984877864 | No Rules Rules | Hastings, Reed | 9/8 | Penguin |
| 978-1984821188 | Carry | Jensen, Toni | 9/8 | Ballantine |
| 978-0812997132 | JFK | Logevall, Fredrik | 9/8 | Random House |
| 978-1571313652 | World of Wonders | Nezhukumatathil, Aimee | 9/8 | Milkweed |
| 978-1627797047 | Killing Crazy Horse | O'Reilly, Bill | 9/8 | Holt |
| 978-0062968500 | The Writer's Library | Pearl, Nancy & Jeff Schwager | 9/8 | Harper One |
| 978-1644450215 | Just Us | Rankine, Claudia | 9/8 | Graywolf |
| 978-1984881229 | A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying | Roa, John | 9/8 | Viking |
| 978-1250271334 | Speaking for Myself | Sanders, Sarah Huckabee | 9/8 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1982134488 | Think Like a Monk | Shetty, Jay | 9/8 | S&S |
| 978-1640093553 | This Is Ohio | Shuler, Jack | 9/8 | Counterpoint |
| 978-0063040793 | A Perfect Phone Call | Bade, Rachael & Karoun Demirjian | 9/15 | Morrow |
| 978-0062856999 | Dead Doubles | Barnes, Trevor | 9/15 | Harper |
| 978-1984878168 | Family in Six Tones | Cao, Lan & Harlan Margaret Van Cao | 9/15 | Viking |
| 978-0062999719 | The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America | Cose, Ellis | 9/15 | Amistad |
| 978-1250769930 | A Peculiar Indifference | Curie, Elliot | 9/15 | Metropolitan |
| 978-1631496103 | If Then | Lepore, Jill | 9/15 | Liveright |
| 978-0593136300 | Agent Sonya | Macintyre, Ben | 9/15 | Crown |
| 978-0063037496 | More Than a Woman | Moran, Caitlin | 9/15 | Harper |
| 978-1984854131 | Me and Sister Bobbie | Nelson, Willie | 9/15 | Random House |
| 978-1631495892 | Wild Thing | Norman, Philip | 9/15 | Liveright |
| 978-0374289980 | The Tyranny of Merit | Sandel, Michael | 9/15 | FSG |
| 978-1524745714 | American Rule | Sexton, Jared Yates | 9/15 | Dutton |
| 978-1568588735 | Stakes Is High | Smith, Mychal Denzel | 9/15 | Bold Type |
| 978-1101885833 | Finding My Father | Tannen Deborah | 9/15 | Ballantine |
| 978-0062977489 | Grounded | Tester, Jon | 9/15 | Ecco |
| 978-1250204219 | Standoff | Thompson, Jamie | 9/15 | Holt |
| 978-1982106409 | The Spymasters | Whipple, Chris | 9/15 | Scribner |
| 978-1982131739 | Rage | Woodward, Bob | 9/15 | S&S |
| 978-1594206436 | The New Map | Yergin, Daniel | 9/15 | Penguin |
| 978-1101980040 | The Virginia Dynasty | Cheney, Lynne | 9/22 | Viking |
| 978-0062992260 | We’re Better Than This | Cummings, Elijah | 9/22 | Harper |
| 978-0062948205 | Just Feed Me | Decker, Jessie James | 9/22 | Dey Street |
| 978-1538732298 | Don’t Be a Victim | Grace, Nancy | 9/22 | Grand Central |
| 978-1635576122 | Dancing With the Octopus | Harding, Debora | 9/22 | Bloomsbury |
| 978-0062970565 | Sex with Presidents | Herman, Eleanor | 9/22 | Morrow |
| 978-1524747169 | Conditional Citizens | Lalami, Laila | 9/22 | Pantheon |
| 978-0062899460 | Battlegrounds | McMasters, H. R. | 9/22 | Harper |
| 978-0358315070 | Can't Even | Peterson, Anne Helen | 9/22 | HMH |
| 978-1250268440 | Overstated | Quinn, Colin | 9/22 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1501199080 | Those Who Forget | Schwarz, Geraldine | 9/22 | Scribner |
| 978-1250204219 | Standoff | Thompson, Jamie | 9/22 | Holt |
| 978-1627790857 | The Folly and the Glory | Weiner, Tim | 9/22 | Holt |
| 978-1501125485 | His Very Best | Alter, Jonathan | 9/29 | S&S |
| 978-0385540551 | The Man Who Ran Washington | Baker, Peter & Susan Glasser | 9/29 | Doubleday |
| 978-0062968395 | The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook | Doocy, Steve & Kathy Doocy | 9/29 | Morrow |
| 978-0358117858 | The Daughters of Yalta | Katz, Catherine Grace | 9/29 | HMH |
| 978-1538718780 | Nala’s World | Nicholson, Dean & Garry Jenkins | 9/29 | Grand Central |
| 978-1616209100 | Down Along With That Devil's Bones | O'Neill, Connor Towne | 9/29 | Algonquin |
| 978-1594206047 | Abe | Reynolds, Davis | 9/29 | Penguin |
| 978-1335966629 | Rise Up | Sharpton, Al | 9/29 | Hanover Square |
| 978-1984879974 | Big Dirty Money | Taub, Jennifer | 9/29 | Viking |
CHILDREN’S
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-1484781319 | Unbirthday: A Twisted Tale | Braswell, Liz | 9/1 | Disney-Hyperion |
| 978-0358131434 | We Are Not Free | Chee, Traci | 9/1 | HMH |
| 978-1338325034 | The Bridge | Konigsberg, Bill | 9/1 | Scholastic |
| 978-0062878052 | Blood & Honey | Mahurin, Shelby | 9/1 | Harper Teen |
| 978-1984830210 | American Royals II: Majesty | McGee, Katharine | 9/1 | Random House |
| 978-1524860660 | Little Big Nate: No Nap! | Peirce, Lincoln | 9/1 | Andrews McMeel |
| 978-1524860653 | Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework | Peirce, Lincoln | 9/1 | Andrews McMeel |
| 978-1328496317 | Greythorne | Smith, Crystal | 9/1 | HMH |
| 978-1250254368 | Fable | Young, Adrienne | 9/1 | Wednesday Books |
| 978-0062996480 | Punching the Air | Zoboi, Ibi &Yusef Salaam | 9/1 | Balzer & Bray |
| 978-1324015864 | Bearmouth | Hyder, Liz | 9/8 | Norton |
| 978-0062824141 | Charming as a Verb | Philippe, Ben | 9/8 | Balzer & Bray |
| 978-0062823977 | Iron Heart | Varela, Nina | 9/8 | Quill Tree Books |
| 978-0062840356 | Grown | Jackson, Tiffany | 9/15 | Katherine Tegen Books |
| 978-0593108970 | Watch Over Me | LaCour, Nina | 9/15 | Dutton |
| 978-1250169211 | Each of Us a Desert | Oshiro, Mark | 9/15 | Tor Teen |
| 978-1338343809 | Land of Cranes | Salazar, Aida | 9/15 | Scholastic |
| 978-1250144577 | The Silvered Serpents | Chokshi, Roshani | 9/22 | Wednesday Books |
| 978-0062869913 | Miss Meteor | Mejia, Tehlor Kay & Anna-Marie McLemore | 9/22 | Harper Teen |
| 978-0062683250 | The Left-Handed Booksellers of London | Nix, Garth | 9/22 | Katherine Tegen Books |
| 978-0062748409 | Early Departures | Reynolds, Justin | 9/22 | Katherine Tegen Books |
| 978-0062803658 | Disclose | Charbonneau, Joelle | 9/29 | Harper Teen |
| 978-1250221681 | Skyhunter | Lu, Marie | 9/29 | Roaring Brook |
| 978-1524701963 | Breathless | Niven, Jennifer | 9/29 | Knopf |
| 978-1984829665 | Dear Justyce | Stone, Nic | 9/29 | Crown |