New Releases/Forthcoming

Viking announced that Ken Follett’s next novel, THE ARMOR OF LIGHT, will be published worldwide on September 26. The novel will be the last in his eight-volume series that “chronicles the last thousand years of Western civilization.” Set in the 18th century, the book “tells of a group of linked families whose lives are turned upside-down by the new age of machinery.” Follett comments, “I’m fascinated by how people have struggled for freedom—and won. Most of my stories are about just that. The issue underlying The Armor of Light is freedom of speech.”

Notable releases this week include new novels from Bret Easton Ellis, Matthew Salesses, and Grady Hendrix, as well as nonfiction by Mario Vargas Llosa and Colm Toibin. Also out this week is Windfall by Erika Bolstad, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2022: Fall/Winter anthology. 14 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-17 14 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-17 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 […]

Prince Harry’s memoir SPARE sold a total 1,430,000 million units on its opening day across the US, Canada and the UK — or about 1 million units in the US and Canada alone, given the earlier report of first-day sales of 400,000 units from Transworld in the UK. Penguin Random House said in a release that this is the “largest first-day sales total for any nonfiction book” they have ever published. (The previous record for Penguin Random House was the release of Barack Obama’s A PROMISED LAND in 2020, which sold over 887,000 units in the US and Canada on […]

Prince Harry’s memoir SPARE sold a reported 400,000 units in the UK on its opening day yesterday, with the US sales figures to be announced later on Wednesday. Barnes & Noble reported lines out the door at some locations, comparing the crowds to the launch day of Michelle Obama’s 2018 memoir Belonging, and said the book “looks certain to set record-breaking day-one sales at Barnes & Noble.” (As we’ve pointed out in the past, the chain does not actually publish their “sales records,” so every time they make a declaration like this, it is left unspecified how many copies were sold, […]

At long last, Prince Harry’s memoir officially publishes today. Other notable releases include new novels from Leigh Bardugo, Jessica Johns, and Seanan McGuire, and nonfiction by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch. Also out this week are new books by Stephen Markley, Kai Thomas, and Iris Yamashita, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2022: Fall/Winter anthology. 23 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-10 12 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-10 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 […]