Knopf will publish Ian McEwan‘s new novel WHAT WE CAN KNOW on September 16, 2025. Jordan Pavlin, Knopf evp, publisher and editor in chief calls the book a “literary love story, a murder mystery” and says “the plot pivots on a legendary dinner party, and the recitation of a poem that is heard once and then lost for all time.” Rights were acquired from Georges Borchardt, with Knopf executive editor John Freeman editing.
New Releases/Forthcoming
Forthcoming: ‘Queen Esther’ by John Irving
Simon & Schuster will publish John Irving‘s new novel QUEEN ESTHER on November 4, 2025. The novel revisits the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine that provides the setting for Irving’s novel The Cider House Rules. It follows “Esther Nacht, a Viennese-born Jew,” who is abandoned at age four and taken in at age fourteen by “a philanthropic New England family, becoming both a mystery and a guardian angel to them.” The novel ends in Jerusalem in 1981. Simon & Schuster president and ceo Jonathan Karp acquired audio, first serial, US and open market rights from Janet Turnbull at The Turnbull […]
Forthcoming: Joan Didion’s ‘Notes to John’; Martha Stewart’s ‘Entertaining’ Reissued
Knopf will publish a new nonfiction work by Joan Didion, NOTES TO JOHN, on April 22, 2025. The book, found in Didion’s filing cabinet, is a “journal in which she describes sessions with a psychiatrist” with entries addressed to husband John Gregory Dunne. The entries begin in 1999 and initially focus on “alcoholism, adoption, depression, anxiety, guilt” plus and the complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana. Later entries discuss her work and her childhood. Elsewhere, Clarkson Potter will reissue Martha Stewart‘s 1982 book ENTERTAINING on October 28, 2025. The book had fallen out of print, but the New […]
New Books Publishing February 4
This week’s fiction releases include books by Ali Smith, J. D. Robb, and Pam Jenoff, while new nonfiction includes work from Geraldine Brooks, Josephine Baker, Bill Gates, and Lidia Yuknavitch. February’s children’s releases include books by Ibi Zoboi, Neal Shusterman, and Libba Bray. Also publishing this week are novels by Jessica Soffer, Nickolas Butler, and Victoria Christopher Murray, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter sampler, and the first collection of The Mafia Nanny comics, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer anthology. 30 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-february-4 23 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-february-4 30 children’s […]
Forthcoming: A Memoir From Christie Brinkley
Harper Influence will publish Christie Brinkley‘s memoir UPTOWN GIRL, about her life and modeling career, on April 29, 2025. Lisa Sharkey, senior vp and publisher of Harper Influence acquired world English rights from Dan Strone, Trident Media Group, in association with Brian Dubin at Artist Brand Alliance. Maddie Pillari will edit.
Introducing Our New Monthly Column “Galley Brag”
Welcome to our new column, Galley Brag, about the hottest galleys of the moment. Once a month, we’ll be rounding up the forthcoming titles everyone in the industry is talking about. Here at Publishers Marketplace, we’re reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s novel Dream Count (Knopf, 3/4) her first since 2013’s Americanah. Michael Cader says, “Well worth the long wait, it’s a rich tapestry of four strong, independent women.” We’re also checking out upcoming titles by Kevin Wilson, Katie Kitamura, and Nnedi Okorafor. On the bookselling side, we’ll be speaking to buyers, merchandisers, and booksellers to find out which titles are getting people […]