Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in January 2021 — in a format that includes imprint info, and allows you resort the list by clicking the up/down arrows. This selection is our editorial aggregation from a wide variety of sources including bookseller and librarian lists, wholesaler top buys, Publishers Lunch Buzz Books and seasonal forecasts, well-known authors, news items and more. Once published, you can find them listed in the New Releases section at Bookateria. Lists are available at PM looking forward two to three months for reference purposes, and are updated live as on-sale dates and other information changes. Click for November and December lists.
FICTION
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-0358380887 | Black Buck | Askaripour, Mateo | 1/5 | HMH |
| 978-1984881663 | The Push | Audrain, Ashley | 1/5 | Pamela Dorman |
| 978-0544277717 | A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself | Davies, Peter Ho | 1/5 | HMH |
| 978-0063032002 | The Heiress | Greeley, Molly | 1/5 | Morrow |
| 978-0062915085 | Twenty | Grippando, James | 1/5 | Harper |
| 978-1250245496 | The Wife Upstairs | Hawkins, Rachel | 1/5 | St. Martin's |
| 978-0062916365 | Better Luck Next Time | Johnson, Julia Claiborne | 1/5 | Custom House |
| 978-0593085684 | The Prophets | Jones, Robert | 1/5 | Putnam |
| 978-1984806819 | All the Colors of Night | Krentz, Jayne Ann | 1/5 | Berkley |
| 978-0063049840 | A Crooked Tree | Mannion, Una | 1/5 | Harper |
| 978-0812998443 | The Art of Falling | McLaughlin, Danielle | 1/5 | Random House |
| 978-1635575422 | Outlawed | North, Anna | 1/5 | Bloomsbury |
| 978-1640093225 | Picnic in the Ruins | Petersen, Todd Robert | 1/5 | Counterpoint |
| 978-0063059405 | Our Darkest Night | Robson, Jennifer | 1/5 | Morrow |
| 978-0316529761 | Nick | Smith, Michael Farris | 1/5 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1984821379 | Neighbors | Steel, Danielle | 1/5 | Delacorte |
| 978-1616206802 | The Fortunate Ones | Tarkington, Ed | 1/5 | Algonquin |
| 978-0062886064 | American Traitor | Taylor, Brad | 1/5 | Morrow |
| 978-0593197509 | City of Schemes | Thompson, Victoria | 1/5 | Berkley |
| 978-0374231255 | Pickard County Atlas | Thornton, Chris Harding | 1/5 | MCD |
| 978-0385546775 | The Liar’s Dictionary | Williams, Eley | 1/5 | Doubleday |
| 978-0062940506 | The Children’s Train | Ardone, Viola | 1/12 | Harper Via |
| 978-0525536857 | Robert B. Parker’s Someone To Watch Over Me | Atkins, Ace | 1/12 | Putnam |
| 978-0385540339 | That Old Country Music | Barry, Kevin | 1/12 | Doubleday |
| 978-0399182280 | The Children’s Blizzard | Benjamin, Melanie | 1/12 | Delacorte |
| 978-1538747278 | The Scorpion's Tail | Child, Lincoln | 1/12 | Grand Central |
| 978-1250269188 | Waiting for the Night Song | Dalton, Julie Carrick | 1/12 | Forge |
| 978-0062990976 | The Captive | Foster, Fiona King | 1/12 | Ecco |
| 978-0525485926 | Bryant & May | Fowler, Christopher | 1/12 | Bantam |
| 978-1464213618 | Shanghai Secrets | Gentill, Sulari | 1/12 | Poisoned Pen |
| 978-1250759153 | Before the Ruins | Gosling, Victoria | 1/12 | Holt |
| 978-0593085509 | The Charmed Wife | Grushin, Olga | 1/12 | Putnam |
| 978-0871403780 | The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus | Gurganus, Allan | 1/12 | Liveright |
| 978-1640092341 | The Center of Everything | Harrison, Jamie | 1/12 | Counterpoint |
| 978-1982149109 | The Yellow Wife | Johnson, Sadeqa | 1/12 | S&S |
| 978-0062910455 | The Lost Boys | Kellerman, Faye | 1/12 | Morrow |
| 978-0593188644 | Hades, Argentina | Loedel, Daniel | 1/12 | Riverhead |
| 978-1250213594 | Across the Green Grass Fields | McGuire, Seanan | 1/12 | Tor.com |
| 978-0374105938 | Summerwater | Moss, Sarah | 1/12 | FSG |
| 978-1951142247 | The House on Vesper Sands | O'Donnell, Paraic | 1/12 | Tin House |
| 978-0593133378 | Detransition, Baby | Peters, Torrey | 1/12 | One World |
| 978-0525535478 | The Breaker | Petrie, Nick | 1/12 | Putnam |
| 978-1538747278 | The Scorpion’s Tail | Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child | 1/12 | Grand Central |
| 978-1645660019 | The Unraveling | Rosenbaum, Benjamin | 1/12 | Erewhon |
| 978-1982150617 | What Could Be Saved | Schwarz, Liese O'Halloran | 1/12 | Atria |
| 978-0063059399 | The Forever Girl | Shalvis, Jill | 1/12 | Morrow |
| 978-0358093107 | Dear Miss Kopp | Stewart, Amy | 1/12 | HMH |
| 978-1250754943 | Deep into the Dark | Tracy, P.J. | 1/12 | Minotaur |
| 978-0593318232 | Trio | Boyd, William | 1/19 | Knopf |
| 978-0593130063 | Out of Hounds | Brown, Rita Mae | 1/19 | Ballantine |
| 978-0063012196 | The Divines | Eaton, Ellie | 1/19 | Morrow |
| 978-1250316837 | The Mitford Trial | Fellowes, Jessica | 1/19 | Minotaur |
| 978-1524745042 | Before She Disappeared | Gardner, Lisa | 1/19 | Dutton |
| 978-0062979063 | The Rib King | Hubbard, Ladee | 1/19 | Amistad |
| 978-0593237779 | A House at the Bottom of a Lake | Malerman, Josh | 1/19 | Del Rey |
| 978-1250202185 | The City of Tears | Mosse, Kate | 1/19 | Minotaur |
| 978-1250772800 | Remote Control | Okorafor, Nnedi | 1/19 | Tor.com |
| 978-0593187838 | Shiver | Reynolds, Allie | 1/19 | Putnam |
| 978-0316420389 | The Russian | Patterson, James | 1/25 | Little, Brown |
| 978-0399591969 | No Heaven for Good Boys | Bush, Keisha | 1/26 | Random House |
| 978-0778331391 | We Could Be Heroes | Chen, Mike | 1/26 | Mira |
| 978-0062967503 | Tropic of Stupid | Dorsey, Tim | 1/26 | Morrow |
| 978-0063065390 | A Thousand Ships | Haynes, Natalie | 1/26 | Harper |
| 978-1250252289 | Prodigal Son | Hurwitz, Gregg | 1/26 | Minotaur |
| 978-1250249654 | Every Waking Hour | Schaffhausen, Joanna | 1/26 | Minotaur |
| 978-0062995773 | The Little Sleep | Tremblay, Paul | 1/26 | Morrow |
| 978-1250764614 | The Narrowboat Summer | Youngson, Anne | 1/26 | Flatiron |
NONFICTION
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-1982134419 | White Feminism | Beck, Koa | 1/5 | Atria |
| 978-1524745547 | Math Without Numbers | Beckman, Milo | 1/5 | Dutton |
| 978-0307911797 | Unsolaced | Ehrlich, Greta | 1/5 | Pantheon |
| 978-1501198502 | Featherhood | Gilmour, Charlie | 1/5 | Scribner |
| 978-1501166730 | Keep Sharp | Gupta, Sanjay | 1/5 | S&S |
| 978-1640094062 | The Night Lake | Tichenor, Liz | 1/5 | Counterpoint |
| 978-0316492508 | The Puzzle Solver | White, Tracie | 1/5 | Hachette |
| 978-0802157126 | Walking With Ghosts | Byrne, Gabriel | 1/12 | Grove |
| 978-1250799128 | Saving Justice | Comey, James | 1/12 | Flatiron |
| 978-0062991010 | The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames | Cowan, Justine | 1/12 | Harper |
| 978-0393084320 | The Unquiet Englishman | Greene, Richard | 1/12 | Norton |
| 978-1101981641 | Drug Use for Grown-Ups | Hart, Carl L. | 1/12 | Penguin |
| 978-1524746667 | First Platoon | Jacobsen, Annie | 1/12 | Dutton |
| 978-1631497773 | Kill Switch | Jentleson, Adam | 1/12 | Liveright |
| 978-1250155702 | Nine Days | Kendrick, Stephen & Paul Kendrick | 1/12 | FSG |
| 978-1982134259 | Get What’s Yours for Health Care | Moeller, Philip | 1/12 | S&S |
| 978-1982111229 | Aftershocks | Owusu, Nadia | 1/12 | S&S |
| 978-1538719367 | You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey | Ruffin, Amber & Lacey Lamar | 1/12 | Grand Central |
| 978-1984856029 | A Swim in a Pond in the Rain | Saunders, George | 1/12 | Random House |
| 978-1524746803 | Run To Win | Schriock, Stephanie | 1/12 | Dutton |
| 978-1250311788 | Bevelations | Smith, Bevy | 1/12 | Andy Cohen |
| 978-0735223790 | Fundamentals | Wilczek, Frank | 1/12 | Penguin |
| 978-0525510949 | Sanctuary | Black, Emily Rapp | 1/19 | Random House |
| 978-0525657668 | The Lives of Lucian Freud | Feaver, William | 1/19 | Knopf |
| 978-0358272564 | The Ministry of Common Sense | Lindstrom, Martin | 1/19 | HMH |
| 978-0393635546 | The Doctors Blackwell | Nimura, Janice | 1/19 | Norton |
| 978-0802149312 | Breath Taking | Stephen, Michael J. | 1/19 | Atlantic Monthly |
| 978-0062938336 | Land | Winchester, Simon | 1/19 | Harper |
| 978-0062914668 | The Devil You Know | Blow, Charles | 1/26 | Harper |
| 978-1982128746 | This Is the Voice | Colapinto, John | 1/26 | S&S |
| 978-0593318485 | Let Me Tell You What I Mean | Didion, Joan | 1/26 | Knopf |
| 978-1982129811 | Ida B. the Queen | Duster, Michelle | 1/26 | One Signal |
| 978-0307271815 | America and Iran | Ghazvinian, John | 1/26 | Knopf |
| 978-0525575238 | Chatter | Kross, Ethan | 1/26 | Crown |
| 978-0062867308 | The Price You Pay for College | Lieber, Ron | 1/26 | Harper |
| 978-0316535540 | A Shot in the Moonlight | Montgomery, Ben | 1/26 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1982134518 | How To Prepare for Climate Change | Pogue, David | 1/26 | S&S |
| 978-1250239266 | Lee and Me | Seidule, Ty | 1/26 | St. Martin's |
| 978-0062931061 | Just As I Am | Tyson Cicely | 1/26 | Harper |
CHILDREN’S
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-1484778203 | Lore | Bracken, Alexandra | 1/5 | Disney-Hyperion |
| 978-0062982834 | Happily Ever Afters | Bryant, Elise | 1/5 | Balzer & Bray |
| 978-1338573176 | The Life I'm in | Flake, Sharon | 1/5 | Scholastic |
| 978-0062945891 | When You Look Like Us | Harris, Pamela | 1/5 | Quill Tree |
| 978-1338681307 | Hold Back the Tide | Salisbury, Melinda | 1/5 | Scholastic |
| 978-0374313296 | The Awakening of Malcolm X | Shabazz, Ilyasah & Tiffany Jackson | 1/5 | FSG |
| 978-1250302724 | Tales from the Hinterland | Albert, Melissa | 1/12 | Flatiron |
| 978-0593176399 | Chlorine Sky | Browne, Mahogany | 1/12 | Crown |
| 978-1250237309 | You Have a Match | Lord, Emma | 1/12 | Wednesday Books |
| 978-1250768476 | Angel of Greenwood | Pink, Randi | 1/12 | Feiwel & Friends |
| 978-0062846716 | Concrete Rose | Thomas, Angie | 1/12 | Balzer & Bray |
| 978-0803741508 | Winterkeep | Cashore, Kristin | 1/19 | Dial |
| 978-0374311575 | We Free the Stars | Faizal, Hafsah | 1/19 | FSG |
| 978-0063022300 | Girl on the Line | Gardner, Faith | 1/19 | Harper Teen |
| 978-1250234063 | Playing with Fire | Henry, April | 1/19 | Holt |
| 978-0062955708 | This Will Be Funny Someday | Henry, Katie | 1/19 | Katherine Tegen |
| 978-0525555254 | Last Night at the Telegraph Club | Lo, Malinda | 1/19 | Dutton |
| 978-1641291132 | Wider Than the Sky | Rothschild, Katherine | 1/19 | Soho Teen |
| 978-0593124215 | Cast in Firelight | Swift, Dana | 1/19 | Delacorte |
| 978-0062657640 | Unchosen | Blair, Katharyn | 1/26 | Katherine Tegen |
| 978-1547602582 | A Vow So Bold and Deadly | Kemmerer, Brigid | 1/26 | Bloomsbury |
| 978-0525581208 | Don't Tell a Soul | Miller, Kirsten | 1/26 | Delacorte |
| 978-0593353806 | The Girls I've Been | Sharpe, Tess | 1/26 | Putnam |