This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Jessica Knoll, Daniel Mason, Chuck Tingle, and Shea Ernshaw, while nonfiction includes work by Rachel Aviv, Thomas Moore, and Robyn Hitchcock. July’s children’s releases include books by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Margarita Engle, and I. V. Marie. 35 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-july-7 17 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-july-7 25 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/july-2026-children-s-releases 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 July‘s 119 fiction releases, 30 works of nonfiction, and 25 children’s […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
‘Regime Change’ Sells 300K Units in First Week
In its first week on sale, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump sold more than 300,000 units across all formats in the US, including preorders and “orders from consumers that are as yet unfulfilled due to incredible demand,” according to Simon & Schuster. (Update: On Wednesday afternoon, Circana Bookscan showed tracked hardcover sales in the first week of just under 78,000 copies.) After the latest reprint of 50,000 copies, the book will have 360,000 copies in print. “Regime Change has entered the national conversation in a way that few books ever do, […]
New Books Publishing June 30
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Paul Tremblay and Jenny Jackson, while nonfiction includes work by Dave Portnoy and Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer. 18 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-30 17 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-30 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 June‘s 145 fiction releases, 53 works of nonfiction, and 31 children’s titles, and July‘s 119 fiction releases, 30 works of nonfiction, and 25 children’s titles, and August‘s 105 fiction releases, 20 works […]
Forthcoming: Senate Majority Leader John Thune Book
According to financial disclosures, Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) has sold a book to Hachette Book Group, South Dakota Searchlight reports. The report, which details payments in 2025, states that Thune entered into a “royalty agreement” with HBG in February 2026. The filing does not specify how much Thune was paid, or provide any information about the book or imprint it went to. HBG has not responded to a request for additional information.
S&S Enters Multi-Year Mister Rogers Partnership
Simon & Schuster Children’s has expanded its partnership with Fred Rogers Productions to publish books “inspired by Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” starting in fall 2027. S&S already publishes books from Mister Rogers spin-off Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. “Simon & Schuster has been an exceptional partner since our first Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood title was published in 2014,” Fred Rogers Productions senior director of licensing Katie Huber said in a release. “We’re delighted to expand our collaboration with them for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and to work together to deliver even more ways for parents, teachers, and librarians to help children learn and grow from […]
The Edit: Featuring Kathleen Schmidt
Welcome back to The Edit, our monthly column about the forthcoming books everyone in publishing is actually reading. This month, we’re featuring Kathleen Schmidt, the longtime publicist who runs Kathleen Schmidt Public Relations and writes a publishing newsletter on Substack called Publishing Confidential. Schmidt recommends two summer reads. The first is Crash Into Me by Robinne Lee (St. Martin’s, 7/7). Schmidt writes, “I was a big fan of Lee’s debut, The Idea of You, which is also a movie (and I loved it). Crash Into Me centers on Cecilia Chen, who is in the throes of motherhood, wifedom, and artistry. […]