On September 29, Random House Children’s will publish THE WILD ZONE: CAMP HALF-BLOOD, the first a new series by Rick Riordan set in the world of Percy Jackson. The publisher writes that the series “explores what happens when Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are away, and a new generation of demigods must rise to the challenge.” Riordan will co-write each of the four books of the series with another author: Annabelle Oh (book 1), Kyle Lukoff (book 2), Jade Adia (book 3), and Pablo Cartaya (book 4). “Working on the Percy Jackson TV show allowed me to revisit the world of Camp Half-Blood and see it from many new […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing May 12
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Matt Dinniman, Christina Baker Kline, and Vanessa Hua, while nonfiction includes work by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Tom Clavin, and Reyna Grande. 38 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-12 12 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-12 Also publishing this week is Veronica Roth‘s newest novel, 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 May‘s 154 fiction releases, 67 works of nonfiction, and 23 children’s titles, June‘s 145 fiction releases, 53 […]
New Books Publishing May 5
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Kathryn Stockett, Elizabeth Strout, ‘Pemi Aguda, and Carley Fortune, while nonfiction includes work by Siri Hustvedt, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Patricia Cornwell. May’s children’s releases include books by Elana K. Arnold, Steve Sheinkin, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Soman Chainani. 56 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-5 29 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-5 23 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/may-2026-children-s-releases Also publishing this week are books by Douglas Stuart, Avigayl Sharp, and January Sun, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Spring/Summer anthology. Watch Stuart discuss his […]
The Edit: Featuring Ron Charles
Welcome back to The Edit, our monthly column about the galleys everyone in publishing is reading. Today we asked Ron Charles, formerly a critic with Washington Post Book World, about the fall titles he’s most looking forward to. Charles left the Post with the shuttering of Book World, but can now be found reviewing books on Substack. He recommends three books that are all publishing on September 29 (“to underscore what a juggernaut we’re facing” this fall, he says). His picks include Dodge City (Ecco), Patrick DeWitt‘s new roadtrip novel, about which he writes, “I’m a sucker for westerns, and […]
New Books Publishing April 28
This week’s fiction releases include new books by Tom Perrotta, Debbie Macomber, and TJ Klune, while nonfiction includes work by Steven J. Ross and Steve Brusatte. 35 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-28 13 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-28 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 April‘s 120 fiction releases, 26 works of nonfiction, and 15 children‘s titles; May‘s 154 fiction releases, 67 works of nonfiction, and 23 children‘s titles, and June‘s 145 fiction releases, 53 works of nonfiction, and 31 […]
Forthcoming: Murakami’s ‘The Tale of KAHO’
On July 3, Japanese publisher Shinchosha will publish Haruki Murakami‘s THE TALE OF KAHO, the author’s first novel with a female protagonist, the AP reports. The book follows a picture book author named Kaho as she finds her way out of a bizarre world. It began as a series of short stories, the first of which was published in English in The New Yorker in 2024.