New Releases/Forthcoming

James Ellroy and Kelley Armstrong publish new novels this week, while new nonfiction includes work from Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey, Walter Isaacson, and Alejandra Campoverdi. Also out this week are THE VASTER WILDS by Lauren Groff and FAIR ROSALINE by Natasha Solomons, collected in our Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter anthology, and AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME by Marianna Leal, available in our Buzz Books 2023: Romance collection.   26 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-12       10 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-12       From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/       We consult a number of sources […]

The pre-publication rollout of Walter Isaacson’s Tuesday release ELON MUSK took an unexpected turn after a sensational disclosure in one excerpt in the Washington Post was refuted by Musk himself and then corrected by Isaacson. Isaacson billed the excerpt as “the inside story of how Musk used Starlink to help Ukraine, then pulled back one tense Friday night.” In the incident in question, “The Ukrainian military was attempting a sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet based at Sevastopol in Crimea by sending six small drone submarines packed with explosives, and it was using Starlink to guide them to the […]

The fall release schedule is packed, including celebrity memoirs spanning the wide range from Britney Spears (The Woman In Me; 10/24) to former Macmillan Publishers ceo John Sargent (Turning Pages; 9/19). Below, we bring those two together in a pre-publication excerpt. The book is told in Sargent’s inimitable voice, with stories from his unusual childhood, adventures and misadventures on the slopes and in the surf, and a number of publishing tales — from indelible personalities and notable authors to battles over agency ebook pricing, the publication of FIRE AND FURY and, ultimately, his own job. The chapter on the latter […]

Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, and Denene Millner publish new novels this week (with stories from Yiyun Li), while new nonfiction includes work from Maria Bamford and Melissa Etheridge. September’s children’s books include novels from Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Chloe Gong, plus a new Grinch story. Also out this week are new books by Fran Littlewood, Etaf Rum, Kim Coleman Foote, Vanessa Miller, and Anise Vance, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023 collections.   27 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-5       10 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-5       31 children’s/YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-august     […]

Jennifer Weiner, Emma Donoghue, and Latoya Watkins publish new fiction this week, while new nonfiction includes work from Avi Loeb. Also out this week are novels by Hilary Leichter and Jenna Levine and memoirs by Alice Carrière and Patty Lin, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023 collections.   14 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-29       9 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-29       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 three months through this reference page. But if you […]