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 […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
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 […]
New Books Publishing November 11
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Janet Evanovich, David Baldacci, and Laura Griffin. New nonfiction includes work from Sarah Weinman, Dolly Parton, and Jim Clyburn. 32 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-11 21 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-11 Also publishing this week are new titles by Ann Packer and Emma Stonex, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. Watch Packer discuss radical empathy and narrative tension in our Editors and Authors panel. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists […]
New Books Publishing November 4
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by John Irving, Salman Rushdie, and Akwaeke Emezi. New nonfiction includes memoirs from Margaret Atwood, Patti Smith, Anthony Hopkins, and Kenny Chesney, plus a look at Michelle Obama’s style. Among November’s children’s releases are new novels by E. Lockhart and Jennifer Lynn Barnes. In audio, the full-cast recordings of the Harry Potter books publish today, exclusively on Audible. 32 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-4 26 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-4 26 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/november-2025-children-s-releases Also publishing this week are new titles by Char Adams and […]