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
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-0593084908 | The Turnout | Abbott, Megsn | 8/3 | Putnam |
| 978-0063025288 | The Reading List | Adams, Sara Nisha | 8/3 | Morrow |
| 978-0063011373 | Palm Beach | Adkins, Mary | 8/3 | Harper |
| 978-1640094048 | Radiant Fugitives | Ahmed, Nawaaz | 8/3 | Counterpoint |
| 978-0062964588 | Sisters in Arms | Alderson, Kaia | 8/3 | Morrow |
| 978-0593319857 | Ghosts | Alderton, Dolly | 8/3 | Knopf |
| 978-1250760166 | Murder Most Fowl | Andrews, Donna | 8/3 | Minotaur |
| 978-1982169664 | All’s Well | Awad, Mona | 8/3 | S&S |
| 978-1982157166 | Where the Truth Lies | Bailey, Anna | 8/3 | Atria |
| 978-1984820464 | We Were Never Here | Bartz, Andrea | 8/3 | Ballantine |
| 978-0802158703 | Rabbit Hole | Billingham, Mark | 8/3 | Atlantic Monthly |
| 978-1538751961 | Blind Tiger | Brown, Sandra | 8/3 | Grand Central |
| 978-1982144401 | Damnation Spring | Davidson, Ash | 8/3 | Scribner |
| 978-0593318416 | The President and the Frog | De Robertis, Carolina | 8/3 | Knopf |
| 978-0063092730 | Then She Vanishes | Douglas, Claire | 8/3 | Harper |
| 978-1566896115 | The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell | Evenson, Brian | 8/3 | Coffee House |
| 978-0062976529 | Her Heart for a Compass | Ferguson, Sarah | 8/3 | Morrow |
| 978-1982142124 | Did I Say You Could Go | Gideon, Melanie | 8/3 | S&S |
| 978-1641292498 | Clark and Division | Hirahara, Naomi | 8/3 | Soho Crime |
| 978-1250265586 | The Guilt Trip | Jones, Sandie | 8/3 | Minotaur |
| 978-0374229726 | Paris Is a Party, Paris Is a Ghost | Kim, David Hoon | 8/3 | FSG |
| 978-1982173616 | Billie Summers | King, Stephen | 8/3 | Scribner |
| 978-1984826305 | Something New Under the Sun | Kleeman, Alexandra | 8/3 | Hogarth |
| 978-0593184691 | Holdout | Kluger, Jeffrey | 8/3 | Dutton |
| 978-1982179663 | Shallow Waters | Kopacz, Anita | 8/3 | Atria |
| 978-1250796226 | We Are the Brennans | Lange, Tracey | 8/3 | Celadon |
| 978-0593238042 | Songbirds | Lefteri, Christy | 8/3 | Ballantine |
| 978-0374601416 | Immediate Family | Levy, Ashley Nelson | 8/3 | FSG |
| 978-1250244147 | Once There Were Wolves | McConaghy, Charlotte | 8/3 | Flatiron |
| 978-0143136682 | The Night Singer | Mo, Johanna | 8/3 | Penguin |
| 978-0063066502 | Down Range | Moore, Taylor | 8/3 | Morrow |
| 978-1368050388 | Meant to Be | Murphy, Julie | 8/3 | Disney Hyperion |
| 978-0063029774 | Starlight Enclave | Salvatore, R.A. | 8/3 | Voyager |
| 978-0063049901 | Afterparties | So, Anthony Beasna | 8/3 | Ecco |
| 978-1250133571 | Dark Roads | Stevens, Chevy | 8/3 | St. Martin's |
| 978-0316705851 | Shards of Earth | Tchaikovsky, Adrian | 8/3 | Orbit |
| 978-0593190135 | Songs for the Flames | Vasquez, Juan Gabriel | 8/3 | Riverhead |
| 978-0525656678 | The Coldest Case | Walker, Martin | 8/3 | Knopf |
| 978-1728229881 | In My Dreams I Hold a Knife | Winstead, Ashley | 8/3 | Sourcebooks |
| 978-0593331668 | Class Act | Woods, Stuart | 8/3 | Putnam |
| 978-1335773227 | The Wildest Ride | Bell, Marcela | 8/10 | HQN |
| 978-1646220649 | The Manningtree Witches | Blakemore, A.K. | 8/10 | Catapult |
| 978-0316705233 | Dog Island | Claudel, Philippe | 8/10 | Little, Brown |
| 978-0063004085 | Vortex | Coulter, Catherine | 8/10 | Morrow |
| 978-0525535898 | The King of Infinite Space | Faye, Lyndsay | 8/10 | Putnam |
| 978-1631498619 | Mrs. March | Feito, Virginia | 8/10 | Liveright |
| 978-1984820259 | Cul-de-Sac | Fielding, Joy | 8/10 | Ballantine |
| 978-1250200150 | The Show Girl | Harrison, Nicola | 8/10 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1538714577 | Meadowlark | Hawke, Ethan | 8/10 | Grand Central |
| 978-1538733165 | Ice and Stone | Muller, Marcia | 8/10 | Grand Central |
| 978-0802157508 | The Human Zoo | Murray, Sabina | 8/10 | Grove |
| 978-1982164423 | The Eternal Audience of One | Ngamije, Remy | 8/10 | Gallery |
| 978-1501170096 | Yours Cheerfully | Pearce, AJ | 8/10 | Scribner |
| 978-0393541236 | American Estrangement | Sayrafiezadeh, Said | 8/10 | Norton |
| 978-1250264602 | Gone for Good | Schaffhausen, Joanna | 8/10 | Minotaur |
| 978-0143135975 | In the Country of Others | Slimani, Leila | 8/10 | Penguin |
| 978-1641292832 | The Bitter Taste of Murder | Trinchieri, Camilla | 8/10 | Soho Crime |
| 978-1982156718 | The Shimmering State | Westgate, Meredith | 8/10 | Atria |
| 978-0063072152 | Sweet, Sweet Revenge LTD | Jonasson, Jonas | 8/15 | Harper Via |
| 978-0316499873 | The Noise | Patterson, James | 8/16 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1982151713 | Another Kind of Eden | Burke, James Lee | 8/17 | S&S |
| 978-0385547024 | Silent Winds, Dry Seas | Busjeet, Ninod | 8/17 | Doubleday |
| 978-0593318218 | Skinship | Choi, Yoon | 8/17 | Knopf |
| 978-1250140821 | The Island | Coes, Ben | 8/17 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1982163846 | The Family Plot | Collins, Megan | 8/17 | Atria |
| 978-0593328293 | Viral | Cook, Robin | 8/17 | Putnam |
| 978-1525811555 | The Bookseller's Secret | Gable, Michelle | 8/17 | Graydon |
| 978-1982694654 | 56 Days | Howard, Catherine Ryan | 8/17 | Blackstone |
| 978-1250765468 | The Darkness Knows | Indirdason, Arnaldur | 8/17 | Minotaur |
| 978-0062951571 | King Bullet | Kadrey, Richard | 8/17 | Voyager |
| 978-0593356821 | Velvet Was the Night | Moreno-Garcia, Silvia | 8/17 | Del Rey |
| 978-1250148131 | Requiem of Silence | Penelope, L. | 8/17 | Griffin |
| 978-1538736708 | Bloodless | Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child | 8/17 | Grand Central |
| 978-0593133408 | The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You | Ruffin Maurice Carlos | 8/17 | One World |
| 978-1728243986 | The Last Mona Lisa | Santlofer, Jonathan | 8/17 | Sourcebooks |
| 978-0316242509 | Getaway | Stage, Zoje | 8/17 | Mulholland |
| 978-1984821492 | Complications | Steel, Danielle | 8/17 | Delacorte |
| 978-0385546690 | The Women of Troy | Barker, Pat | 8/24 | Doubleday |
| 978-1538735244 | Feral Creatures | Buxton, Kira Jane | 8/24 | Grand Central |
| 978-0593329108 | After the Sun | Eika, Jonas | 8/24 | Riverhead |
| 978-0778332060 | Where I Left Her | Garza, Amber | 8/24 | Mira |
| 978-0593318911 | More Than I Love My Life | Grossman, David | 8/24 | Knopf |
| 978-0525657767 | The Guide | Heller, Peter | 8/24 | Knopf |
| 978-0062942937 | The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois | Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne | 8/24 | Harper |
| 978-1982128685 | Lightning Strike | Krueger, William Kent | 8/24 | Atria |
| 978-0063056152 | Bombshell | MacLean, Sarah | 8/24 | Avon |
| 978-1250145260 | The Madness of Crowds | Penny, Louise | 8/24 | Minotaur |
| 978-1982152130 | When the Summer Was Ours | Veletzos, Roxanne | 8/24 | Washington Square |
| 978-0593357798 | You Can Run | Cleveland, Karen | 8/31 | Ballantine |
| 978-0525657385 | Revelator | Gregory, Daryl | 8/31 | Knopf |
| 978-0735211230 | A Slow Fire Burning | Hawkins, Paula | 8/31 | Riverhead |
| 978-1982137632 | My Heart Is a Chainsaw | Jones, Stephen Graham | 8/31 | Saga |
| 978-0385547222 | Several People Are Typing | Kasulke, Calvin | 8/31 | Doubleday |
| 978-1538717318 | The Riviera House | Lester, Natasha | 8/31 | Forever |
| 978-0316462983 | The Last Guests | Pomare, JP | 8/31 | Mulholland |
| 978-1641290982 | Malefactor | Repino, Robert | 8/31 | Soho |
| 978-1324090625 | Poison for Breakfast | Snicket, Lemony | 8/31 | Liveright |
NONFICTION
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-1982170523 | The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden | Bergen, Peter | 8/3 | S&S |
| 978-1984855473 | Ladyparts | Copaken, Deborah | 8/3 | Random House |
| 978-0063091535 | Year of Plagues | D'Aguiar, Fred | 8/3 | Harper |
| 978-0316561693 | All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days | Donner, Rebecca | 8/3 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1728230924 | The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line | Eder, Mari | 8/3 | Sourcebooks |
| 978-0385545457 | Power Play | Higgins, Tim | 8/3 | Doubleday |
| 978-0802149367 | The Irish Assassins | Kavanagh, Julie | 8/3 | Atlantic Monthly |
| 978-0374200091 | Putting It Together | Lapine, James | 8/3 | FSG |
| 978-0374602512 | Inflamed | Marya, Rupa & Raj Patel | 8/3 | FSG |
| 978-0525659105 | Honor Bound | McGrath, Amy & Chris Peterson | 8/3 | Knopf |
| 978-0593238592 | Every Minute Is a Day | Meyer, Robert & Dan Koeppel | 8/3 | Crown |
| 978-1984881755 | The Family Firm | Oster, Emily | 8/3 | Penguin |
| 978-1646220342 | Made in China | Qu, Anna | 8/3 | Catapult |
| 978-1250238726 | The Ambassador | Ronald, Susan | 8/3 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1984879776 | Reign of Terror | Ackerman, Spencer | 8/10 | Viking |
| 978-0525512059 | The Gallery of Miracles and Madness | English, Charlie | 8/10 | Random House |
| 978-1250246462 | Maiden Voyages | Evans, Sian | 8/10 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1250787941 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Henderson, Eleanor | 8/10 | Flatiron |
| 978-0735216426 | The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters | Klam, Julie | 8/10 | Riverhead |
| 978-0393634044 | Public Citizens | Sabin, Paul | 8/10 | Norton |
| 978-1982168315 | This Will All Be Over Soon | Strong, Cecily | 8/10 | S&S |
| 978-0306923869 | Don’t Forget Us Here | Adayfi, Mansoor | 8/17 | Hachette |
| 978-0393651713 | Still Mad | Gilbert, Sandra & Susan Gubar | 8/17 | Norton |
| 978-1335775535 | I Left My Homework in the Hamptons | Grossberg, Blythe | 8/17 | Hanover Square |
| 978-0593136386 | Paradise | Johnson, Lizzie | 8/17 | Crown |
| 978-1101947333 | All In | King, Billie Jean | 8/17 | Knopf |
| 978-0374130626 | What About the Baby? | McDermott, Alice | 8/17 | FSG |
| 978-1644450611 | Names for Light | Myint, Thirii Myo Kyaw | 8/17 | Graywolf |
| 978-1538702741 | Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be | Perkins, Nichole | 8/17 | Grand Central |
| 978-0393867930 | About Time | Rooney, David | 8/17 | Norton |
| 978-1324002956 | Two-Way Mirror | Sampson, Fiona | 8/17 | Norton |
| 978-1250278456 | The Reckoning | Trump, Mary | 8/17 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1324006619 | Against White Feminism | Zakaria, Rafia | 8/17 | Norton |
| 978-1631496516 | Presumed Guilty | Chemerinsky, Erwin | 8/24 | Liveright |
| 978-1538716328 | Seeing Ghosts | Chow, Kat | 8/24 | Grand Central |
| 978-1250275745 | Aftershocks | Kahl, Colin & Thomas Wright | 8/24 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1324004752 | The Failed Promise | Levine, Robert | 8/24 | Norton |
| 978-0393634167 | The Chinese Question | Ngai, Mae | 8/24 | Norton |
| 978-0525537144 | The Gambler Wife | Kaufman, Andrew | 8/31 | Riverhead |
| 978-1982176143 | Once More to the Sky | Raab, Scott & Joe Woolhead | 8/31 | S&S |
| 978-1982159009 | The Afghanistan Papers | Whitlock, Craig | 8/31 | S&S |
CHILDREN’S
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-1250762016 | The Dead and the Dark | Gould, Courtney | 8/3 | Wednesday Books |
| 978-1250750488 | Dangerous Play | Kress, Emma | 8/3 | Roaring Brook |
| 978-0593305829 | A Lesson in Vengeance | Lee, Victoria | 8/3 | Delacorte |
| 978-0358354734 | El Dador | Lowry, Lois | 8/3 | HMH |
| 978-1641292658 | Mercury Boys | Prasad, Chandra | 8/3 | Soho Teen |
| 978-1338266740 | The Great Destroyers | Richmond, Caroline Tung | 8/3 | Scholastic |
| 978-1645672357 | The Devil Makes Three | Bovalino, Tori | 8/10 | Page Street Kids |
| 978-1250773890 | Mark of the Wicked | Bowers, Georgia | 8/10 | Swoon Reads |
| 978-0358223573 | In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers | Brown, Don | 8/10 | Etch |
| 978-1250299741 | The Sisters of Reckoning | Davis, Charlotte Nicole | 8/10 | Tor Teen |
| 978-1250138781 | The Champion | Matharu, Taran | 8/10 | Feiwel & Friends |
| 978-0358380375 | Rainbow in the Dark | McGinty, Sean | 8/10 | Clarion |
| 978-0062891594 | Rise Up from the Embers | Raasch, Sara & Kristen Simmons | 8/10 | Balzer & Bray |
| 978-1524720247 | In the Wild Light | Zentner, Jeff | 8/10 | Crown |
| 978-1250239150 | Cazadora | Garber, Romina | 8/17 | Wednesday Books |
| 978-1250780362 | Me (Moth) | McBride, Amber | 8/17 | Feiwel & Friends |
| 978-1250302014 | The Endless Skies | Price, Shannon | 8/17 | Tor Teen |
| 978-1250763341 | Dagger Hill | Taylor, Devon | 8/17 | Swoon Reads |
| 978-1645480754 | Have You Seen Me | Weis, Alexandra | 8/17 | Vesuvian Books |
| 978-1547603978 | How We Fall Apart | Zhao, Katie | 8/17 | Bloomsbury |
| 978-1250234087 | Eyes of the Forest | Henry, April | 8/24 | Holt |
| 978-0593177389 | Bad Witch Burning | Lewis, Jessica | 8/24 | Delacorte |
| 978-0593322819 | Both Sides Now | Thomas, Peyton | 8/24 | Dial |