New Releases/Forthcoming

On January 27, Harper will publish WHERE WE KEEP THE LIGHT: Stories From a Life of Service by Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro. According to a release, “in his book, Shapiro opens up about the toughest and most pivotal times of his life including: when an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s residence while he and his family slept inside, when he was under consideration to be Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 election, and how experiences in his childhood shaped him to be the empathetic leader and pragmatic problem-solver that he is today.” VP, executive editor Sean Desmond acquired […]

This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Joe Hill, Gish Jen, John Grisham, and a posthumous collection from Harper Lee, as well as PL’s own Erin Somers. New nonfiction includes memoirs by Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Malala Yousafzai. 20 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-21       20 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-21       Also publishing this week are new titles by Olivie Blake and Angela Buchdahl, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. You can see the personable Buchdahl discuss her book at our nonfiction author/editor panel here (which has garnered over 3,000 views).     We consult a number […]

This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Megha Majumdar, Adam Johnson, Quan Berry, and Brandon Taylor, a thriller by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon. New nonfiction includes work by Michael J. Fox,  Susan Orlean, and Tim Curry. 15 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-14       8 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-14       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 October‘s 61 fiction releases, 37 works of nonfiction, and 23 children‘s titles; November‘s 103 fiction releases, 57 works of nonfiction, adn 26 children‘s titles; and December‘s 35 fiction releases, 4 works of nonfiction, and […]

On July 7, Scholastic will publish the sixth and final graphic novel in Alice Oseman‘s Heartstopper series, in hardcover and paperback. On July 2 it will be released in the UK and Ireland by Hodder Children’s Books, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. According to a release, in the book, “everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they’re going to be together forever. But Charlie’s busy with his bid to become head boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for college, he’s starting to wonder who he’ll be… without Charlie.”