This week’s fiction releases include new novels by George Saunders, Freida McFadden, and Thrity Umrigar, while nonfiction includes titles from Gisèle Pelicot, Jason Zengerle, Josh Shapiro, and Namwali Serpell.
29 works of fiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-27
10 works of nonfiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-27
Also publishing this week are Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane and Women of a Promiscuous Nature by Donna Everhart, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. You can watch Cane’s magnetic interview (which drew thousands of views) from our Buzz Books panel.
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 January‘s 115 fiction releases, 34 works of nonfiction, and 28 children‘s titles, February‘s 127 fiction releases, 21 works of nonfiction, and 18 children‘s titles, and March‘s 142 fiction releases, 61 works of nonfiction, and 32 children‘s titles.
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