Political columnist Ross Barkan’s THE REVOLUTIONARY: Zohran Mamdani and the Remaking of American Politics, which was scheduled to publish from Random House on October 6, has disappeared from most retailer sites. Last week, New York magazine announced that an internal review found improper “attribution of language, information and/or sourcing” in 67 of Barkan’s pieces and dropped him as a contributor, the magazine said in a statement. The book is no longer listed on the Penguin Random House website or Edelweiss, or major retailer sites including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, and Walmart, the Washington Post reports. The book remains on […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing August 18
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by William Kent Krueger, Richard Russo, LaToya Watkins, and Freida McFadden, while nonfiction includes work by Gil Durán and Joby Warrick. 29 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-18 20 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-18 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 August‘s 105 fiction releases, 20 works of nonfiction, and 25 children’s titles, September‘s 132 fiction releases, 118 works of nonfiction, and 24 children’s titles, and October‘s 130 fiction releases, 102 […]
Forthcoming: Sarah J. Maas’ ‘A Court of Splintered Harmony’ and ‘A Court of Forgotten Melody’
The next two books in Sarah J. Maas‘s “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series are called A Court of Splintered Harmony (Book 6 in the series, publishing October 7) and A Court of Forgotten Melody (Book 7, publishing January 12), the author announced on her Instagram. The covers, which Maas also revealed, note that ACOSH is “The Valkyrie Cycle: Movement I” and ACOFM is “The Valkyrie Cycle: Movements II & III.”
Forthcoming: BEHIND THE CASTLE WALLS by Bob Chapek
On September 29, Gallery will publish the memoir by former Disney ceo Bob Chapek, BEHIND THE CASTLE WALLS: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth. According to a release, the book will recount “the high-stakes maneuverings that unraveled behind the scenes from his 2020 appointment [as ceo] to his subsequent dismissal in 2022.” Taking over shortly after Covid-19 shut down the theme parks, “The stakes were high, the decisions unforgiving, and the backlash often inordinate, leaving him to wonder whether he had become the scapegoat in it all.” Chapek joined Disney in 1993, and was fired from his […]
New Books Publishing August 11
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Chang-rae Lee, Richard Russo, Téa Obreht, Karin Slaughter, and Olivie Blake, while nonfiction includes work by Ed Parks, Eliot Glazer, and Darryl Strawberry, plus Jason Arday’s controversial memoir. 23 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-11 20 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-11 Also publishing this week is Sara Jafari‘s Heavensent & Hellbent, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Spring/Summer anthology. 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 August‘s […]
New Books Publishing August 4
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Chris Bohjalian, Claudia Rankine, and George Pelecanos, while nonfiction includes work by Aaron Mahnke and Chris Young. August’s children’s releases include books by Jessica Spotswood and Randy Ribay. 37 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-4 12 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-4 25 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/august-2026-children-s-releases Also publishing this week are new books by Nina Lacour, Riley Sager, Jaclyn Moriarty, and Laura Moriarty, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Spring/Summer anthology. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and […]