Marlon James‘s second installment in his “African Game of Thrones” Dark Star trilogy — MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING — will be published February 15, 2022. The first in the series, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, is already being adapted for the screen by Michael B. Jordan.
New Releases/Forthcoming
Forthcoming
Ryan Hampton’s UNSETTLED: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis will be published by St. Martin’s on October 5. A national addiction recovery advocate and author of American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis – and How to End It, Hampton’s book promises “the inside account of Purdue’s excruciating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the company’s eventual restructuring, and the Sackler family’s evasion of any true accountability.”
New Books Publishing August 24
Peter Heller, Louise Penny, and William Kent Kreuger lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes Thomas Wright and Colin Kahl. Also new this week are Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ just-announced Oprah’s Book Club pick and Kat Chow’s memoir, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer sampler. 11 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-24 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_August_/219757 5 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-24 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_August_/219758 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 want to make sure your key titles are […]
Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor Cancels Deal with Post Hill Press
Jonathan Mattingly, a police officer who shot Breonna Taylor, said he will not publish his book The Fight For Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy with Post Hill Press. In a blog post, Mattingly wrote, “I am grateful to my friends at Post Hill Press for all of their support and guidance, but after much consideration, I have decided it is best that I explore other publishing options for my book.” He suggests that the decision is linked to the limitations on the book’s distribution. Update: As Post Hill Press publisher Anthony Zaccardi indicates to the WSJ, […]
New Books Publishing August 17
Maurice Carlos Ruffin, James Lee Burke, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes Mary L. Trump, Billie Jean King, and Alice McDermott. 18 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-17 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_August_/219741 12 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-17 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_August_/219742 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 want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief details as well: publun.ch/submitNotable. Please submit your notable titles at least 3 months prior to pub […]
Woodward and Costa’s Book Called, “Peril”
The book from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa that Simon & Schuster will publish September 21 is titled, PERIL. The publisher says Woodward and Costa interviewed more than 200 people “at the center of the turmoil” during the transition from the Trump administration to President Biden, calling it “one of the most dangerous periods in American history. They promise “a spellbinding and definitive portrait of a nation on the brink.” It is said to feature “secret orders, transcripts of confidential phone calls, diaries, emails, meeting notes and other personal and government records, making for an unparalleled history.” The title comes […]