Pope Leo XIV’s first full-length book, PEACE BE WITH YOU! My Words to the Church and to the World, will be published on February 26 by Harper One. The book will feature sermons and addresses given by the Pope since his election in May. The publisher says the book is “a vision for peace, unity, and reconciliation in a fractured world.”
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing in December
This month’s fiction releases include new novels by Olga Tokarczuk, Brandon Sanderson, and Katee Robert, while nonfiction includes Olivia Nuzzi’s book along with biographies of Dolly Parton and Theodore Roosevelt. December’s children’s releases include a collection of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters stories and a graphic novel edition of Jewell Parker Rhodes’ GHOST BOYS. 35 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-in-december 8 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-in-december 5 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/december-2025-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 […]
New Books Publishing November 25
This week’s fiction releases include novels by Olivia Dade and Lauren Palphreyman, while nonfiction includes work from Sven Beckert. 16 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-25 8 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-25 Also publishing this week are Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino and Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. See Kuehn discuss her family on our Authors and Editors panel, and read a Q&A with Kashino about her writing life, from our Authors Lunch newsletter. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly […]
Forthcoming: Maguire, O’Farrell
In September, William Morrow will publish Gregory Maguire‘s GALINDA: A Charmed Childhood. A “sister volume” to ELPHIE: A Wicked Childhood (March 2025), Galinda will tell the good witch’s origin story. In June, Knopf will publish Maggie O’Farrell‘s LAND, “a book I’ve wanted to write for a long time,” set during The Famine in Ireland.
Forthcoming: ‘Give Them Their Flowers’ By Octavia Spencer
Flatiron imprint Moment of Life will publish Octavia Spencer’s memoir GIVE THEM THEIR FLOWERS May 26, 2026. Kukuwa Fraser will edit. Spencer was represented by Mollie Glick at CAA in the deal. The publisher writes, “‘Give them their flowers while you can’ is something Octavia Spencer’s mother often told her, and now, it’s how she lives. In this captivating memoir, the Oscar-winning actor and producer recounts the seeds of the relationships that grew into the story of her life, from her tender teenage connection with Whoopi Goldberg to her sustaining friendships with Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Allison Janney, Viola Davis, […]
New Books Publishing November 18
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Solvej Balle, Ayana Gray, and Kathy Reichs, plus stories by Joy Williams. New nonfiction includes work from Tracy K. Smith, Vanessa Bryant, Walter Isaacson, and a collection of Bob Dylan’s artwork. 23 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-18 13 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-18 Also publishing this week is Haven’t Killed in Years by Amy K. Green, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months […]