What may be the biggest book of the year is coming exclusively from a big box retailer and does not appear to involve a traditional publisher: Taylor Swift will publish her first official book on November 29, TAYLOR SWIFT: The Eras Tour Book, being sold exclusively at Target “while supplies last.” The 256-page book, priced at $39.99, promises “over 500 images, including never-before-seen performance photos from every era as well as exclusive rehearsal photos and behind-the-scenes images of instruments, costumes, set pieces and designer sketches used throughout the tour.” It also includes “personal reflections and notes written by Taylor herself […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing October 15
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Mark Haddon, Daniel M. Lavery, Susan Minot and Ian Rankin, plus a reissue of Hernan Diaz’s debut novel in hardcover, while Al Pacino, John Grisham, and Bob Woodward publish nonfiction. Also publishing this week are new books by Stephanie Booth and John Larison, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter sampler. 26 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-15 13 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-15 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see […]
Ken Follett’s CIRCLE OF DAYS to be Published September 2025
Grand Central announced the world English publication date for Ken Follett‘s next book, CIRCLE OF DAYS: September 23, 2025. As previously announced in May, the book explores Stonehenge. Follett writes, “Stonehenge is one of the world’s most iconic and recognizable monuments but, in reality, so little is known about it. How was it built? Why was it built? Who built it? I’ve written before about moments of great human achievement and I’ve always been drawn to stories of ordinary people doing seemingly impossible things, and what could be more extraordinary than the construction of this enormous monument.” Hachette also named […]
New Books Publishing October 8
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Chuck Palahniuk, Alan Hollinghurst, and Ben Mezrich, while John Edgar Wideman, Steve Wasserman, and Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough publish nonfiction. Also publishing this week are new books by Dava Sobel, Kate Greathead, Anna Rasche, Robert Beatty, Del Sandeen, and Sarah Sawyer, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter sampler, and by Amanda M. Helander, Freya Marske, Sara Raasch, and Jill Tew, available in our Buzz Books 2024: Romance sampler. 26 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-8 13 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-8 From Buzz Books […]
Forthcoming: DREAM COUNT by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
On March 4, Knopf will publish a new novel by Americanah author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. DREAM COUNT is “the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires,” according to a release, and it will have a first printing of 250,000. Rights were sold by Sarah Chalfant at The Wylie Agency. The book will publish simultaneously by Fourth Estate in the UK and Knopf in Canada. Rights have also been sold in 13 other territories.
New Books Publishing October 1
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Louise Erdrich, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Freida McFadden, while Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ina Garten, and Malcolm Gladwell publish nonfiction. September’s children’s releases include books by Jason Reynolds and Sabaa Tahir. Also publishing this week are new titles by Kwame Mbalia, Judy I. Lin, Betsy Lerner, Kimberly Brock, Marybeth Whalen, and Jean Hanff Korelitz, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter sampler, and a novel from Chad Beguelin available in our Buzz Books 2024: Romance sampler. 28 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-1 12 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-1 49 children’s […]