Simon & Schuster will publish WAR by Bob Woodward on October 15, which “tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars—Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American Presidency.” According to the AP, Woodward “has turned in a completed manuscript, but continues to report and may still revise ‘War’ before it goes to the printers.” “We have the capacity to react quickly if there’s a new development,” a spokesperson told the outlet.
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing August 6
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Casey McQuiston, Brad Thor, Sarah Pekkanen, and Gabino Iglesias, while Nancy Pelosi publishes a memoir. August’s children’s releases include books by Ransom Riggs, Ellen Hopkins, and Gary D. Schmidt. Also publishing this week are Abi Daré’s AND SO I ROAR and Alejandro Puyana’s FREEDOM IS A FEAST, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer sampler. 40 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-6 10 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-6 50 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/august-2024-children-s-releases From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in […]
Forthcoming: Books from Hakeem Jeffries and Michelle Obama
On November 12, Grand Central will publish THE ABCs OF DEMOCRACY by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The book compiles Jeffries’s January 2023 speech to Congress that detailed Democrats’ values from A to Z, with illustrations by Shaniya Carrington for each letter. Colin Dickerman acquired North American rights from Howard Yoon at William Morris Endeavor. “What better way to present the critical choice our country confronts than to view it through the elegant lens of the alphabet,” Jeffries said in a release. “It is my hope to help illuminate in some small way the road ahead in a manner that […]
New Books Publishing July 30
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Dinaw Mengestu and Rainbow Rowell, while Jay Ellis and Drew Afualo publish new nonfiction works. Also out this week is Alison Espach’s THE WEDDING PEOPLE, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer sampler. 21 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-july-30 5 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-july-30 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ 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 142 fiction releases, 39 works of nonfiction, and 20 children’s […]
Knopf Lists Barry Diller Book
Metadata for a forthcoming Barry Diller memoir, WHO KNEW, appeared online recently, set for an April 1, 2025 publication date from Knopf. That metadata was subsequently adjusted to an untitled arts and entertainment biography/memoir — though remnants remain online and have not been updated yet. (Just search the ISBN.) The fullest description is on this listing at Coles Books in the UK, promising an “intimate, stunning, and extraordinary memoir. In what is sure to be one of the most fascinating and talked-about memoirs of the year, Barry Diller holds nothing back.” It covers “his struggles with his homosexuality; his relationship […]
Forthcoming: Cher: The Memoir, Part One
On November 19, Dey Street Books will publish Cher: The Memoir, Part One, the first memoir by the superstar. Harper Collins will also publish in the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, and Brazil. According to a release, “Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono—and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart.” Part Two will be published in 2025 since, “It is a life too immense for only one book.” Dey Street acquired world rights from Alan Nevins at Renaissance Literary & Talent. VP and […]