August 2021 Releases

Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in August 2021 — 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 June and July lists.

FICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-0593084908The TurnoutAbbott, Megsn8/3Putnam
978-0063025288The Reading ListAdams, Sara Nisha8/3Morrow
978-0063011373Palm BeachAdkins, Mary8/3Harper
978-1640094048Radiant FugitivesAhmed, Nawaaz8/3Counterpoint
978-0062964588Sisters in ArmsAlderson, Kaia8/3Morrow
978-0593319857GhostsAlderton, Dolly8/3Knopf
978-1250760166Murder Most FowlAndrews, Donna8/3Minotaur
978-1982169664All’s WellAwad, Mona8/3S&S
978-1982157166Where the Truth LiesBailey, Anna8/3Atria
978-1984820464We Were Never HereBartz, Andrea8/3Ballantine
978-0802158703Rabbit HoleBillingham, Mark8/3Atlantic Monthly
978-1538751961Blind TigerBrown, Sandra8/3Grand Central
978-1982144401Damnation SpringDavidson, Ash8/3Scribner
978-0593318416The President and the FrogDe Robertis, Carolina8/3Knopf
978-0063092730Then She VanishesDouglas, Claire8/3Harper
978-1566896115The Glassy, Burning Floor of HellEvenson, Brian8/3Coffee House
978-0062976529Her Heart for a CompassFerguson, Sarah8/3Morrow
978-1982142124Did I Say You Could GoGideon, Melanie8/3S&S
978-1641292498Clark and DivisionHirahara, Naomi8/3Soho Crime
978-1250265586The Guilt TripJones, Sandie8/3Minotaur
978-0374229726Paris Is a Party, Paris Is a GhostKim, David Hoon8/3FSG
978-1982173616Billie SummersKing, Stephen8/3Scribner
978-1984826305Something New Under the SunKleeman, Alexandra8/3Hogarth
978-0593184691HoldoutKluger, Jeffrey8/3Dutton
978-1982179663Shallow WatersKopacz, Anita8/3Atria
978-1250796226We Are the BrennansLange, Tracey8/3Celadon
978-0593238042SongbirdsLefteri, Christy8/3Ballantine
978-0374601416Immediate FamilyLevy, Ashley Nelson8/3FSG
978-1250244147Once There Were WolvesMcConaghy, Charlotte8/3Flatiron
978-0143136682The Night SingerMo, Johanna8/3Penguin
978-0063066502Down RangeMoore, Taylor8/3Morrow
978-1368050388Meant to BeMurphy, Julie8/3Disney Hyperion
978-0063029774Starlight EnclaveSalvatore, R.A.8/3Voyager
978-0063049901AfterpartiesSo, Anthony Beasna8/3Ecco
978-1250133571Dark RoadsStevens, Chevy8/3St. Martin's
978-0316705851Shards of EarthTchaikovsky, Adrian8/3Orbit
978-0593190135Songs for the FlamesVasquez, Juan Gabriel8/3Riverhead
978-0525656678The Coldest CaseWalker, Martin8/3Knopf
978-1728229881In My Dreams I Hold a KnifeWinstead, Ashley8/3Sourcebooks
978-0593331668Class ActWoods, Stuart8/3Putnam
978-1335773227The Wildest RideBell, Marcela8/10HQN
978-1646220649The Manningtree WitchesBlakemore, A.K.8/10Catapult
978-0316705233Dog IslandClaudel, Philippe8/10Little, Brown
978-0063004085VortexCoulter, Catherine8/10Morrow
978-0525535898The King of Infinite SpaceFaye, Lyndsay8/10Putnam
978-1631498619Mrs. MarchFeito, Virginia8/10Liveright
978-1984820259Cul-de-SacFielding, Joy8/10Ballantine
978-1250200150The Show GirlHarrison, Nicola8/10St. Martin's
978-1538714577MeadowlarkHawke, Ethan8/10Grand Central
978-1538733165Ice and StoneMuller, Marcia8/10Grand Central
978-0802157508The Human ZooMurray, Sabina8/10Grove
978-1982164423The Eternal Audience of OneNgamije, Remy8/10Gallery
978-1501170096Yours CheerfullyPearce, AJ8/10Scribner
978-0393541236American EstrangementSayrafiezadeh, Said8/10Norton
978-1250264602Gone for GoodSchaffhausen, Joanna8/10Minotaur
978-0143135975In the Country of OthersSlimani, Leila8/10Penguin
978-1641292832The Bitter Taste of MurderTrinchieri, Camilla8/10Soho Crime
978-1982156718The Shimmering StateWestgate, Meredith8/10Atria
978-0063072152Sweet, Sweet Revenge LTDJonasson, Jonas8/15Harper Via
978-0316499873The NoisePatterson, James8/16Little, Brown
978-1982151713Another Kind of EdenBurke, James Lee8/17S&S
978-0385547024Silent Winds, Dry SeasBusjeet, Ninod8/17Doubleday
978-0593318218SkinshipChoi, Yoon8/17Knopf
978-1250140821The IslandCoes, Ben8/17St. Martin's
978-1982163846The Family PlotCollins, Megan8/17Atria
978-0593328293ViralCook, Robin8/17Putnam
978-1525811555The Bookseller's SecretGable, Michelle8/17Graydon
978-198269465456 DaysHoward, Catherine Ryan8/17Blackstone
978-1250765468The Darkness KnowsIndirdason, Arnaldur8/17Minotaur
978-0062951571King BulletKadrey, Richard8/17Voyager
978-0593356821Velvet Was the NightMoreno-Garcia, Silvia8/17Del Rey
978-1250148131Requiem of SilencePenelope, L.8/17Griffin
978-1538736708BloodlessPreston, Douglas & Lincoln Child8/17Grand Central
978-0593133408The Ones Who Don't Say They Love YouRuffin Maurice Carlos8/17One World
978-1728243986The Last Mona LisaSantlofer, Jonathan8/17Sourcebooks
978-0316242509GetawayStage, Zoje8/17Mulholland
978-1984821492ComplicationsSteel, Danielle8/17Delacorte
978-0385546690The Women of TroyBarker, Pat8/24Doubleday
978-1538735244Feral CreaturesBuxton, Kira Jane8/24Grand Central
978-0593329108After the SunEika, Jonas8/24Riverhead
978-0778332060Where I Left HerGarza, Amber8/24Mira
978-0593318911More Than I Love My LifeGrossman, David8/24Knopf
978-0525657767The GuideHeller, Peter8/24Knopf
978-0062942937The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisJeffers, Honoree Fanonne8/24Harper
978-1982128685Lightning StrikeKrueger, William Kent8/24Atria
978-0063056152BombshellMacLean, Sarah8/24Avon
978-1250145260The Madness of CrowdsPenny, Louise8/24Minotaur
978-1982152130When the Summer Was OursVeletzos, Roxanne8/24Washington Square
978-0593357798You Can RunCleveland, Karen8/31Ballantine
978-0525657385RevelatorGregory, Daryl8/31Knopf
978-0735211230A Slow Fire BurningHawkins, Paula8/31Riverhead
978-1982137632My Heart Is a ChainsawJones, Stephen Graham8/31Saga
978-0385547222Several People Are TypingKasulke, Calvin8/31Doubleday
978-1538717318The Riviera HouseLester, Natasha8/31Forever
978-0316462983The Last GuestsPomare, JP8/31Mulholland
978-1641290982MalefactorRepino, Robert8/31Soho
978-1324090625Poison for BreakfastSnicket, Lemony8/31Liveright

NONFICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1982170523The Rise and Fall of Osama bin LadenBergen, Peter8/3S&S
978-1984855473LadypartsCopaken, Deborah8/3Random House
978-0063091535Year of PlaguesD'Aguiar, Fred8/3Harper
978-0316561693All the Frequent Troubles of Our DaysDonner, Rebecca8/3Little, Brown
978-1728230924The Girls Who Stepped Out of LineEder, Mari8/3Sourcebooks
978-0385545457Power PlayHiggins, Tim8/3Doubleday
978-0802149367The Irish AssassinsKavanagh, Julie8/3Atlantic Monthly
978-0374200091Putting It TogetherLapine, James8/3FSG
978-0374602512InflamedMarya, Rupa & Raj Patel8/3FSG
978-0525659105Honor BoundMcGrath, Amy & Chris Peterson8/3Knopf
978-0593238592Every Minute Is a DayMeyer, Robert & Dan Koeppel8/3Crown
978-1984881755The Family FirmOster, Emily8/3Penguin
978-1646220342Made in ChinaQu, Anna8/3Catapult
978-1250238726The AmbassadorRonald, Susan8/3St. Martin's
978-1984879776Reign of TerrorAckerman, Spencer8/10Viking
978-0525512059The Gallery of Miracles and MadnessEnglish, Charlie8/10Random House
978-1250246462Maiden VoyagesEvans, Sian8/10St. Martin's
978-1250787941Everything I Have Is YoursHenderson, Eleanor8/10Flatiron
978-0735216426The Almost Legendary Morris SistersKlam, Julie8/10Riverhead
978-0393634044Public CitizensSabin, Paul8/10Norton
978-1982168315This Will All Be Over SoonStrong, Cecily8/10S&S
978-0306923869Don’t Forget Us HereAdayfi, Mansoor8/17Hachette
978-0393651713Still MadGilbert, Sandra & Susan Gubar8/17Norton
978-1335775535I Left My Homework in the HamptonsGrossberg, Blythe8/17Hanover Square
978-0593136386ParadiseJohnson, Lizzie8/17Crown
978-1101947333All InKing, Billie Jean8/17Knopf
978-0374130626What About the Baby?McDermott, Alice8/17FSG
978-1644450611Names for LightMyint, Thirii Myo Kyaw8/17Graywolf
978-1538702741Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could BePerkins, Nichole8/17Grand Central
978-0393867930About TimeRooney, David8/17Norton
978-1324002956Two-Way MirrorSampson, Fiona8/17Norton
978-1250278456The ReckoningTrump, Mary8/17St. Martin's
978-1324006619Against White FeminismZakaria, Rafia8/17Norton
978-1631496516Presumed GuiltyChemerinsky, Erwin8/24Liveright
978-1538716328Seeing GhostsChow, Kat8/24Grand Central
978-1250275745AftershocksKahl, Colin & Thomas Wright8/24St. Martin's
978-1324004752The Failed PromiseLevine, Robert8/24Norton
978-0393634167The Chinese QuestionNgai, Mae8/24Norton
978-0525537144The Gambler WifeKaufman, Andrew8/31Riverhead
978-1982176143Once More to the SkyRaab, Scott & Joe Woolhead8/31S&S
978-1982159009The Afghanistan PapersWhitlock, Craig8/31S&S

CHILDREN’S

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1250762016The Dead and the DarkGould, Courtney8/3Wednesday Books
978-1250750488Dangerous PlayKress, Emma8/3Roaring Brook
978-0593305829A Lesson in VengeanceLee, Victoria8/3Delacorte
978-0358354734El DadorLowry, Lois8/3HMH
978-1641292658Mercury BoysPrasad, Chandra8/3Soho Teen
978-1338266740The Great DestroyersRichmond, Caroline Tung8/3Scholastic
978-1645672357The Devil Makes ThreeBovalino, Tori8/10Page Street Kids
978-1250773890Mark of the WickedBowers, Georgia8/10Swoon Reads
978-0358223573In the Shadow of the Fallen TowersBrown, Don8/10Etch
978-1250299741The Sisters of ReckoningDavis, Charlotte Nicole8/10Tor Teen
978-1250138781The ChampionMatharu, Taran8/10Feiwel & Friends
978-0358380375Rainbow in the DarkMcGinty, Sean8/10Clarion
978-0062891594Rise Up from the EmbersRaasch, Sara & Kristen Simmons8/10Balzer & Bray
978-1524720247In the Wild LightZentner, Jeff8/10Crown
978-1250239150CazadoraGarber, Romina8/17Wednesday Books
978-1250780362Me (Moth)McBride, Amber8/17Feiwel & Friends
978-1250302014The Endless SkiesPrice, Shannon8/17Tor Teen
978-1250763341Dagger HillTaylor, Devon8/17Swoon Reads
978-1645480754Have You Seen MeWeis, Alexandra8/17Vesuvian Books
978-1547603978How We Fall ApartZhao, Katie8/17Bloomsbury
978-1250234087Eyes of the ForestHenry, April8/24Holt
978-0593177389Bad Witch BurningLewis, Jessica8/24Delacorte
978-0593322819Both Sides NowThomas, Peyton8/24Dial