Welcome back to The Edit, our monthly column about what everyone in publishing is reading. This month, we spoke to Atria editor Sean deLone, who writes the informative publishing Substack Dear Head of Mine (check out his recent post about the state of the nonfiction book market). For October, DeLone highlights Phantom Limb by Brian Evenson (Coffee House, 10/13). He writes, “I was recommended Brain Evenson’s stories in 2020 from a lovely production editor colleague and finally got around to reading him last year (if you recommend a book to an editor, we will read it…eventually)—he’s terrific. I’m about ready […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Forthcoming: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Better Every Day’
Penguin Press will publish Arnold Schwarzenegger’s BETTER EVERY DAY: AN ACTION PLAN FOR A FULL LIFE on January 12, 2027. The publisher calls it “a candid and practical guide to building a flywheel for endless growth and deepening purpose” and a follow-up to his #1 New York Times bestseller Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. Scott Moyers will edit the book, which was represented by Byrd Leavell at UTA.
New Books Publishing September 22
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Naomi Alderman, John Green, and Michael Koryta, while nonfiction includes work by Ari Emanuel, Gloria Steinem, Charles Spencer, and Paul Theroux. 15 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-22 25 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-22 Also publishing this week are new books by Clare Mackintosh, Carrie Lee South, and Zibby Owens, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter anthology, and by Annica Dahl and Olivia Wildenstein, which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Romance collection. We consult a number of sources in […]
New Books Publishing September 15
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Emily St. John Mandel, Leigh Bardugo, and Jodi Picoult, while nonfiction includes work by Nadia Murad, Colin Kaepernick, Cristina Rivera Garza, Carlo Rovelli, Pope Leo XIV, and Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor. 14 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-15 39 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-15 Also publishing this week are new books by Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Elizabeth Alexander, and George “Boe” Boedeker Jr., all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter anthology, and by Keri Lake, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: […]
Forthcoming: Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Fire’
Kristin Hannah’s THE FIRE will be published by St. Martin’s on May 4, her first new book in three years after The Women in 2024, USA Today reports. According to a description from the publisher, the novel follows a woman who, after a “deep betrayal,” embarks on a cross-country trip to reconnect with her estranged daughter.
New Books Publishing September 8
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by R. F. Kuang and Candice Carty-Williams, while nonfiction includes work by Harlan Coben, Francis Fukuyama, Alan Taylor, and Martin E. P. Seligman. 15 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-8 22 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-8 Also publishing this week are new books by Lynda Gratton, Eric Idle, Sheryl Lister, Emma C. Wells, Lucinda Berry, and Alexandra Benedict, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter anthology. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists […]