All the September 2025 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.

Fiction

Pop Fiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chang, Jade. What a Time To Be Alive. Ecco. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063416390. 304p. $28.99. FICTION

Lola is broke, unemployed, and grieving the death of a friend when she ends up in a viral video, launching her into internet fame as a self-help guru. Chang’s (The Wangs vs. the World, an Indie Next and B&N Discover Pick) latest receives a 150K-copy first printing.

Cook, Jeannine. It’s Me They Follow. Amistad. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063430952. 208p. $25. FICTION

Bookstore owner Cook debuts with a magical realism tale of a bookseller turned matchmaker who helps others find love through books but struggles to fall in love herself. With a 75K-copy first printing.

Dickerman, Laura. Hot Desk. Gallery. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668081099. 368p. $29. FICTION

Dickerman’s debut depicts romance and rivalry in the publishing industry in New York City, where two editors work, on different days of the week, from a shared desk and vie for a career-making opportunity.

Dommu, Rose. Best Woman. Ballantine. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593975688. 288p. $29. FICTION

Acquired in a preempt, this debut from Dommu offers a coming-of-age story and family dramedy as Julia Rosenberg, a trans woman, travels to Florida to be the best woman for her brother’s wedding and finds that the maid of honor is her high school crush.

Flournoy, Angela. The Wilderness. Mariner. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063318779. 304p. $30. FICTION

In her long-awaited sophomore novel after the National Book Award finalist The Turner House, Flournoy explores the friendship of five women across 25 years, from young adulthood to midlife. With a 250K-copy first printing.

Harris, Joanne. Vianne. Pegasus. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781639369591. 416p. $28.95. FICTION

Harris (The Moonlight Market) returns to the world of her bestselling novel (and Oscar-nominated film adaptation) Chocolat with a story set six years before Vianne first opened her chocolate shop in a small French village.

Hilderbrand, Elin & Shelby Cunningham. The Academy. Little, Brown. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780316567855. 432p. $30. FICTION

Bestselling Hilderbrand (Swan Song) partners with her daughter, Cunningham, to write this novel about a drama-filled year—for both students and staff—at a New England boarding school. With a 750K-copy first printing.

McCoy, Sarah. Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? Morrow. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063338746. 336p. $30. FICTION

Bestselling McCoy (Mustique Island) writes a novel inspired by the life of Mother Dolores Hart, an actress in the 1950s who walked away from the limelight to become a Benedictine nun.

Rindo, Ron. Life, and Death, and Giants. St. Martin’s. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250375339. 336p. $29. FICTION

Set in a small town in Wisconsin, Rindo’s (Breathing Lake Superior) latest tells the tale of Gabriel, a 17-year-old boy who is nearly eight feet tall, and the people who are transformed by their encounters with him. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Steel, Danielle. The Portrait. Delacorte. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593498767. 256p. $29. FICTION

In the latest from bestselling Steel (Trial by Fire), portrait artist Devon Darcy finds a connection with entrepreneur Charles Mackenzie Taylor, but the trauma of their pasts may be too much for them to overcome and forge a future together.

Literary Fiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aoyama, Michiko. The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park. tr. from Japanese by Takami Nieda. Hanover Square. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781335016331. 304p. $21.99. LITERARY FICTION

Following the bestselling What You Are Looking for Is in the Library, Aoyama pens a feel-good novel in which people find healing from a hippo ride at a children’s playground. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Awad, Mona. We Love You, Bunny. Scribner: Marysue Rucci. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668059869. 496p. $30. LITERARY FICTION

Awad returns to the world of the multi-best-booked Bunny (currently being developed for film) with a work that serves as both prequel and sequel. Sam has successfully published her first novel, and the jealous Bunnies abduct her from a book tour stop, forcing her to hear their side of the story.

Chaon, Dan. One of Us. Holt. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250175236. 288p. $28.99. LITERARY FICTION

Chaon, author of Sleepwalk and the National Book Award finalist Among the Missing, writes a literary horror novel set in 1915. Orphaned twins who are on the run from a dangerous man find refuge in a traveling carnival. With a 100K-copy first print.

Desai, Kiran. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. Hogarth. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780307700155. 704p. $32. LITERARY FICTION

In her first novel since winning the Booker Prize for 2006’s The Inheritance of Loss, Desai offers a sweeping family saga and love story, featuring aspiring novelist Sonia and struggling journalist Sunny as they try to find happiness together.

Hamilton, Jane. The Phoebe Variations. Zibby. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9798991140287. 342p. $27.99. LITERARY FICTION

Hamilton, author of the Oprah’s Book Club selections The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World, returns with a coming-of-age story about 17-year-old Phoebe. Meeting her biological family derails her life, causing her to run away from home to find friends and take a journey of self-discovery.

Harada, Hika. Dinner at the Night Library. tr. from Japanese by Philip Gabriel. Hanover Square. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781335013408. 320p. $21.99. LITERARY FICTION

Harada offers a healing fiction title grounded more in reality than fantasy. It’s about a library in Tokyo that is only open at night, houses books by deceased authors, and has a café that serves meals inspired by those books.

Lethem, Jonathan. A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories. Ecco. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063388840. 400p. $29.99. LITERARY FICTION

This latest collection from Lethem (author of the multi-best-booked Brooklyn Crime Novel) collects new (“The Red Sun School of Thoughts”) and previously published stories spanning three decades of his work, encompassing tales that range from realism to the surreal.

Lockwood, Patricia. Will There Ever Be Another You. Riverhead. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593718551. 256p. $29. LITERARY FICTION

A young woman is trying to hold herself together as she loses her grip on reality while suffering from a mystifying disease during a global pandemic. Poet, novelist, and memoirist Lockwood follows her Booker Prize finalist and Dylan Thomas Prize–winning novel No One Is Talking About This with this second book.

McEwan, Ian. What We Can Know. Knopf. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593804728. 320p. $30. LITERARY FICTION

Booker Prize–winning and bestselling McEwan (Lessons) writes a literary detective story set in both 2014, with a poem’s first reading, and a postapocalyptic 2119, as a scholar searches for that poem and finds much more.

Morrow, Lauren. Little Movements. Random. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593736753. 256p. $28. LITERARY FICTION

Book publicist Morrow debuts with a novel that explores issues of race, class, art, and ambition through the story of thirtysomething Layla Smart, a Black woman who temporarily leaves behind her life and husband in Brooklyn for the chance to be a choreographer-in-residence in a small town.

Qudan, Rie. Sympathy Tower Tokyo. tr. from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood. Summit. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668094129. 224p. $27. LITERARY FICTION

In a future Japan, an architect struggles with her task to design a skyscraper that will house lawbreakers in compassionate comfort and turns to an AI chatbot for support. Already award-winning and bestselling in Japan, this novel makes its U.S. debut and considers AI and the power of human language.

Ryan, Patrick. Buckeye. Random. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593595039. 464p. $30. LITERARY FICTION

Ryan (The Dream Life of Astronauts: Stories), former associate editor of Granta and current editor of the literary magazine One Story, makes his novel debut with this work about two families in small-town Bonhomie, OH; it spans from World War II to the late 20th century.

Sussman, Sam. Boy from the North Country. Penguin Bks. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593835050. 336p. $29. LITERARY FICTION

Drawing from his popular Harper’s essay about the likelihood of his being Bob Dylan’s unacknowledged son, Sussman’s debut explores loss and love as he depicts a tender mother-son relationship centering on 26-year-old Evan, who returns home to care for his dying mother and learns the truth of his origins.

Varela, Alejandro. Middle Spoon. Viking. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593835173. 336p. $30. LITERARY FICTION

Varela, a National Book Award finalist for The Town of Babylon, considers what relationships, marriage, and family life could look like. The narrator in this novel has a happy life with a husband and children—and a boyfriend. When his boyfriend dumps him, he begins to question whether the life he wanted was ever possible. With a 75K-copy first printing.

Mystery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adams, Rachel Louise. No Rest for the Wicked. Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250362117. 336p. $28. MYSTERY

Adams debuts with a mystery thriller. Forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne gets a call from the FBI—her father, a U.S. senator, is missing. Dolores is immediately worried, because her father’s final words to her were “trust no one.” Worse, the family hails from a town known for its violent Halloween history—and October 31 is just around the corner.

Chouinard, Michelle. A Tour To Die For. (The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco Mysteries, bk. 2). Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250910011. pbk. 336p. $18. MYSTERY

Chouinard returns with her second “The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco” mystery. This time, one of the guests on Capri Sanzio’s murder tours thinks they have seen an attack, and while the police dismiss it, Capri is on the case.

Cleeves, Ann. The Killing Stones: A Detective Jimmy Perez Novel. Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250357281. 384p. $29. MYSTERY

Detective Jimmy Perez was last seen in the eighth “Shetland” novel, Wild Fire, when he left the Shetland islands to make a new life with partner Willow Reeves. Years later, Jimmy returns in a stand-alone novel set in the Orkney islands, where he’s investigating the murder of his best friend. The latest from bestselling Cleeves receives a 150K-copy first printing.

Deaver, Jeffery & Isabella Maldonado. The Grave Artist. (Sanchez & Heron, bk. 2). Thomas & Mercer. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781662518737. pbk. 394p. $16.99. MYSTERY

Maldonado and Deaver team again for the second in their “Sanchez & Heron” series. This time, the death of a newlywed triggers Homeland Security investigator Sanchez and security expert Heron to look more closely, only to find connections to other deaths and a killer with a horrible agenda.

Fredericks, Mariah. The Girl in the Green Dress: A Mystery Featuring Zelda Fitzgerald. Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250367518. 336p. $29. MYSTERY

Fredericks (The Lindbergh Nanny) returns with a new work set in the Jazz Age and centered on Morris Markey, a would-be novelist who finds a possible hook for his writing in a murder case and connects with Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald—but the story Markey has found is deadly.

Hallett, Janice. The Killer Question. Atria. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668083536. 448p. $30. MYSTERY

Hallett (The Appeal) offers an amateur-sleuth story set in a pub during trivia night, where the clues are revealed through the quiz categories as well as messages and emails. One question might be all it takes—and secrets and bodies have a way of turning the tables.

Jónasson, Ragnar. The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer. Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250408266. 320p. $29. MYSTERY

The author of the bestselling Hulda series, Jónasson offers a new Golden Age–style case in which Elín S. Jónsdóttir, a bestselling crime novelist, disappears without a clue as to her whereabouts. Detective Helgi discovers all is not as it seems with Jónsdóttir.

Kay, Adam. A Particularly Nasty Case. Mulholland. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780316597548. 288p. $29. MYSTERY

Kay, a former doctor and author of the bestselling This Is Going To Hurt (now an AMC+ show), makes his mystery debut featuring doctor Eitan Rose, who turns sleuth when fellow doctors at the hospital die.

Meier, Leslie. A Matter of Pedigree. (A Carole and Poopsie Mystery, bk. 1). Kensington Cozies. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781496753021. 288p. $27. MYSTERY

Meier, author of the “Lucy Stone Mysteries,” starts a new run with the story of Carole Capobianco, a rich empty-nester very happy with her Jimmy Choos and spoiled Brittany spaniel, Poopsie. But all is not well: Carole’s husband is suspected of being involved in a murder, so she sets out to clear his name.

O’Leary, Joan. A Killer Wedding. Morrow. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063432215. 336p. $30. MYSTERY

O’Leary, a former producer at The Tonight Show, debuts with a story about magazine writer Christine, who is hired to cover a top-tier wedding in Ireland for an ultra-wealthy family. But when the matriarch is found dead, Christine is threatened into silence and wonders if she is at a wedding with a killer. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Pegau, Cathy. A Murderous Business. (A Harriman & Mancini Mystery, bk. 1). Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250356482. 304p. $28. MYSTERY

Pegau, who writes both the Charlotte Brody historical mystery series and LGBTQIA+ romances, sets this newest in turn-of-the-century New York City, where Margot Baxter Harriman is running the family business. When she finds a body, she turns to PI Loretta “Rett” Mancini for help.

Schleyer, Chrystal. A Rather Peculiar Poisoning. Park Row. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780778387954. 288p. $19.99. MYSTERY

Schleyer debuts with a historical cozy set in a fine home at the turn-of-the-century where two brothers vie for the same woman, with all the toxic bitterness that entails. During a weekend party, one of the brothers is poisoned. Suddenly, the guests and family are suspects, and there are plenty of motives and secrets.

Thomas, Sherry. The Librarians. Berkley. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593640456. 368p. $30. MYSTERY

Bestselling Thomas pivots from her historical “Lady Sherlock” series to a contemporary stand-alone mystery about four librarians who must band together after two patrons turn up dead.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Alexander, Tasha. The Sisterhood. (Lady Emily, bk. 19). Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250374981. 336p. $29. MYSTERY

Benn, James R. A Bitter Wind. (A Billy Boyle WWII Mystery, bk. 20). Soho Crime. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781641296465. 384p. $28.95. MYSTERY

Francis, Felix. Dark Horse. (Dick Francis, bk. 14). Crooked Lane. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9798892422604. 320p. $29.99. MYSTERY

Galbraith, Robert. The Hallmarked Man. (Cormoran Strike, bk. 8). Mulholland. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780316586009. 1,072p. $40. MYSTERY

George, Elizabeth. A Slowly Dying Cause. (Lynley, bk. 22). Viking. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593493588. 656p. $32. MYSTERY

Kelly, Julia. A Dark and Deadly Journey. (Evelyne Redfern, bk. 3). Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250865540. 304p. $28. MYSTERY

Krueger, William Kent. Apostle’s Cove. (Cork O’Connor, bk. 21). Atria. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781982179304. 336p. $29. MYSTERY

Lloyd, Catherine. Miss Morton and the Missing Heir. (Miss Morton, bk. 4). Kensington. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781496754967. 304p. $27. MYSTERY

McCall Smith, Alexander. In the Time of Five Pumpkins. (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, bk. 26). Pantheon. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593701782. 256p. $28. MYSTERY

Mosley, Walter. Gray Dawn. (Easy Rawlins, bk. 17). Mulholland. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780316573238. 336p. $29. MYSTERY

Osman, Richard. The Impossible Fortune. (Thursday Murder Club, bk. 5). Viking: Pamela Dorman. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593653258. 368p. $30. MYSTERY

Penrose, Andrea. Murder at Somerset House. (Wrexford & Sloane, bk. 9). Kensington. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781496739995. 304p. $27. MYSTERY

Robb, J. D. Framed in Death. (In Death, bk. 61). St. Martin’s. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250370822. 368p. $30. MYSTERY

Thorogood, Robert. Murder on the Marlow Belle. (Marlow Murder Club, bk. 4). Poisoned Pen. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781728284507. pbk. 256p. $18.99. MYSTERY

Tracy, P. J. The Deepest Cut. (Monkeewrench, bk. 11). Crooked Lane. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781639108770. 288p. $29.99. MYSTERY

Thrillers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berney, Lou. Crooks. Morrow. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063445574. 384p. $30. THRILLER

Award-winning Berney’s (Dark Ride, a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize) latest follows the Mercurio crime family across decades as their kids try to make their own way in the world.

Dunham, Lacey N. The Belles. Atria. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668084861. 304p. $28. THRILLER

Dunham debuts with a dark-academia novel set during the 1950s at the secluded Bellerton College, where outsider Deena Williams will do anything to fit in with her privileged classmates.

Edwards, Mark. The Wasp Trap. Atria. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668204771. 336p. $29. THRILLER

Edwards (The Darkest Water) pens a psychological thriller about six friends who reunite in London, only to find themselves part of a twisted and deadly game.

Jaworowski, Ken. What About the Bodies. Atlantic Crime. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780802165473. 288p. $28. THRILLER

Edgar Award nominee Jaworowski (Small Town Sins) writes a small-town suspense novel, the first work published by Grove Atlantic’s new crime fiction imprint, Atlantic Crime.

Jurczyk, Eva. 6:40 to Montreal. Poisoned Pen. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781728295725. pbk. 352p. $17.99. THRILLER

Librarian Jurczyk (That Night in the Library) returns with a thriller set on the six-hour train ride from Toronto to Montreal. Writer Agatha plans to use the journey as a mini writing retreat but instead finds herself in danger.

Forsyth, Frederick. Revenge of Odessa. (Odessa, bk. 2). Putnam. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9798217044658. 336p. $32. THRILLER

With Tony Kent, Forsyth writes a sequel to his bestselling 1972 thriller The Odessa File, in which a journalist exposed an underground organization of former Nazis angling to regain power. Now it has morphed into a stronger power that threatens present-day Germany and the United States.

McCloskey, David. The Persian. Norton. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781324123194. 320p. $29.99. THRILLER

In the latest spy thriller from former CIA analyst McCloskey (The Seventh Floor), Kamran Esfahani decides to finance a new life in California by spying for Mossad in Iran but gets caught.

Miller, Kelsey. Old Money. Hanover Square. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781335000378. 368p. $29. THRILLER

Twenty years after her cousin supposedly slipped and drowned in a country club’s pool, Alice returns home in search of answers. Journalist Miller (Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting and Got a Life) makes her fiction debut, which receives a 75K-copy first printing.

Patterson, James & Duane Swierczynski. Billion-Dollar Ransom. Little, Brown. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780316570039. 368p. $30. THRILLER

Patterson and Swierczynski team up again (after Lion & Lamb) to tell a story about how FBI Special Agent Nicky Gordon plans to foil the extortionists who just abducted five innocent people for a billion-dollar ransom.

Rio, M. L. Hot Wax. S&S. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668070024. 400p. $29. THRILLER

Rio (Graveyard Shift) writes a rock-and-roll road-trip novel in which Suzanne leaves her quiet, suburban life behind to find answers about her past and maybe get her old self back too.

Ryan, Hank Phillippi. All This Could Be Yours. Minotaur. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250349996. 368p. $29. THRILLER

On a book tour for her bestselling debut, Tessa Calloway realizes she’s being stalked and worries that an impossible past decision has finally caught up with her. Ryan’s (One Wrong Word) latest receives a 75K-copy first printing.

Winslow, Don. The Final Score: Six Short Novels. Morrow. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063450424. 304p. $30. THRILLER

Bestselling Winslow (City in Ruins) offers six new crime novellas, from a casino heist to a family man turned killer. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Flynn, Vince & Don Bentley. Denied Access. (Mitch Rapp, bk. 24). Atria/Emily Bestler. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668045879. 352p. $30. THRILLER

Brown, Dan. The Secret of Secrets. (Robert Langdon, bk. 6). Doubleday. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780385546898. 688p. $38. THRILLER

Herron, Mick. Clown Town. (Slough House, bk. 9). Soho Crime. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781641297264. 352p. $29.95. THRILLER

Jance, J. A. The Girl from Devil’s Lake. (Joanna Brady, bk. 21). Morrow. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063252639. 336p. $30. THRILLER

Mejia, Mindy. The Whisper Place. (Celina Investigations, bk. 3). Atlantic Crime. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780802165398. 320p. $27. THRILLER

Smirnoff, Karin. The Girl with Ice in Her Veins. (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, bk. 8). tr. from Swedish by Sarah Death. Knopf. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593536711. 368p. $29. THRILLER

Woodward, M. P. Tom Clancy Terminal Velocity. (Jack Ryan Jr., bk. 14). Putnam. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593718032. 432p. $32. THRILLER

Romance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amador, Lia. Witch You Would. Avon. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063377547. pbk. 368p. $18.99. PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Babalola, Bolu. Sweet Heat. Morrow. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063306967. pbk. 496p. $19.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Bell, Madeline. The Austen Affair. St. Martin’s Griffin. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250373519. pbk. 336p. $19. PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Blakely, Lauren. It Seemed Like a Good Idea (Deluxe Edition). (Darling Springs, bk. 1). Cosmo Reads. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781464228834. pbk. 432p. $16.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Bonam-Young, Hannah. People Watching. Dell. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593871881. pbk. 352p. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Cochrun, Alison. Every Step She Takes. Atria. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668021255. pbk. 384p. $19. LGBTQIA+ ROMANCE

Khorram, Adib. It Had To Be Him. Forever. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781538739556. pbk. 384p. $17.99. LGBTQIA+ ROMANCE

Lee, Mackenzi. Lady Like. Dial. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593730607. pbk. 384p. $18. LGBTQIA+ ROMANCE

Parrish, Roan. The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy. Sourcebooks Casablanca. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781464238741. pbk. 384p. $17.99. LGBTQIA+ ROMANCE

Payne, Nikki. The Princess and the P.I. Berkley. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593817360. pbk. 432p. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Stephens, Ki. Game On. St. Martin’s Griffin. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250407849. pbk. 336p. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

West, Kasie. We Met Like This. Saturday. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250349149. pbk. 368p. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Wolff, Tracy. It Happened on a Sunday. Entangled. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781649379177. pbk. 368p. $17.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Forthcoming Series Titles

Bailey, Tessa. Pitcher Perfect. (Big Shots, bk. 4). Avon. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063380837. pbk. 336p. $18.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Beck, Hazel. Dragon Fires Everywhere. (Witchlore, bk. 4). Graydon House. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781525804748. pbk. 368p. $18.99. PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Gilmore, Laurie. The Gingerbread Bakery. (Dream Harbor, bk. 5). HarperCollins. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780008728090. pbk. 384p. $18.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Romantasy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archer, Kaylee. Witch of the Wolves. St. Martin’s Griffin. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250393074. pbk. 368p. $20. ROMANTASY

De La Cruz, Melissa. Rings of Fate (Deluxe Limited Edition). Entangled: Red Tower. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781649376954. 512p. $32.99. ROMANTASY

Dixon, Ruby. By the Horns. (Royal Artifactual Guild, bk. 2). Ace. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593817056. 368p. $30. ROMANTASY

Eve, Jaymin. Spellcaster. MIRA. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781335472007. pbk. 336p. $19.99. ROMANTASY

Hawley, Sarah. Princess of Blood. (The Shards of Magic, bk. 2). Ace. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593818381. 512p. $30. ROMANTASY

Levenseller, Tricia. What Fury Brings. Feiwel. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250379375. 368p. $31.99. ROMANTASY

Owen, Abigail. The Things Gods Break. (The Crucible, bk. 2). Entangled: Red Tower. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781649378538. 500p. $32.99. ROMANTASY

Ross, Rebecca. Wild Reverence. Saturday. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250373359. 544p. $32. ROMANTASY

SF & Fantasy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander, William. Sunward. Saga. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668058053. pbk. 224p. $18. SCIENCE FICTION

Binge, Nicholas. Extremity. Tor.com. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250373847. 176p. $24.99. SCIENCE FICTION

Black, Holly. Thief of Night. (Book of Night, bk. 2). Tor. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250812223. 288p. $29.99. FANTASY

Boey, Meihan. The Formidable Miss Cassidy. Harper Perennial. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063447417. pbk. 288p. $18.99. FANTASY

Cahill, Martin. Audition for the Fox. Tachyon. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781616964443. pbk. 192p. $16.95. FANTASY

Clark, C. L. Fate’s Bane. Tor.com. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250293145. 176p. $24.99. FANTASY

Craig, Erin A. A Land So Wide. Pantheon. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593686805. 368p. $28. FANTASY

Jackson, Kosoko. The Macabre (Standard Edition). Harper Voyager. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063450868. 400p. $30. FANTASY

Kitasei, Yume. Saltcrop. Flatiron. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250380968. 384p. $30.99. SCIENCE FICTION

Martinez, Maddie. The Maiden and Her Monster. Tor. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250367754. 352p. $28.99. FANTASY

Morgan, Louisa. The Faerie Morgana. Redhook. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780316585118. pbk. 528p. $19.99. FANTASY

Novik, Naomi. The Summer War. Del Rey. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593984703. 144p. $24. FANTASY

Roth, Veronica. To Clutch a Razor. (Curse Bearer, bk. 2). Tor. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250855503. 240p. $21.99. FANTASY

Shannon, Samantha. Among the Burning Flowers. Bloomsbury. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781639736010. 288p. $29.99. FANTASY

Wood, Lucy Jane. Uncharmed. Ace. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593820094. pbk. 384p. $19. FANTASY

Forthcoming Series Titles

Britain, Kristen. Falling in a Sea of Stars. (Green Rider, bk. 8). Astra/DAW. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780756408824. 688p. $32. FANTASY

Cornell, Paul. Gnomes of Lychford. (Witches of Lychford, bk. 6). Tor.com. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250388278. pbk. 144p. $19.99. FANTASY

McGuire, Seanan. Silver and Lead. (October Daye, bk. 19). Tor. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250375193. 400p. $29.99. FANTASY

Mohamed, Premee. The First Thousand Trees. (The Annual Migration of Clouds, bk. 3). ECW. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781770417342. pbk. 136p. $15.95. SCIENCE FICTION

Rao, Kritika H. The Enduring Universe. (The Rages Trilogy, bk. 3). Titan. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781803365299. pbk. 560p. $18.99. FANTASY

Scalzi, John. The Shattering Peace. (Old Man’s War, bk. 7). Tor. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780765389190. 288p. $29.99. SCIENCE FICTION

Turnbull, Cadwell. A Ruin, Great and Free. (The Convergence Saga, bk. 3). Blackstone. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781094175904. 350p. $28.99. FANTASY

Horror

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapman, Clay McLeod. Acquired Taste. Titan. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781835410783. 304p. $28.99. HORROR

Chizmar, Richard & W. H. Chizmar. Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting. Gallery. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668057704. 336p. $28. HORROR

Fracassi, Philip. The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre. Tor Nightfire. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250879066. 416p. $28.99. HORROR

Gailey, Sarah. Spread Me. Tor Nightfire. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250387332. 208p. $26.99. HORROR

Harrison, Rachel. Play Nice. Berkley. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593642573. 336p. $30. HORROR

Katsu, Alma. Fiend. Putnam. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593714348. 256p. $30. HORROR

LaRocca, Eric. We Are Always Tender with Our Dead. (Burnt Sparrow, bk. 1). Titan. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781803368672. 304p. $27.99. HORROR

Rebelein, Sam. Galloway’s Gospel. Morrow. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063423954. 384p. $30. HORROR

Spratford, Becky Siegel. Why I Love Horror. Saga. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668205099. pbk. 272p. $18. HORROR

Wehunt, Michael. The October Film Haunt. St. Martin’s. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250333698. 336p. $29. HORROR

White, Andrew Joseph. You Weren’t Meant To Be Human. Saga. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668038079. 320p. $29. HORROR

Forthcoming Series Titles

Kingfisher, T. What Stalks the Deep. (Sworn Soldier, bk. 3). Tor Nightfire. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250354921. 192p. $19.99. HORROR

Nonfiction

Biography & Memoir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blige, Mary J. I Want To Be Where the Song Is: A Memoir. Little, Brown. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780316568357. 320p. $30. MEMOIR

Grammy-winning Blige, who also has two Academy Award nominations to her name, writes about her childhood, career, hurt, pain, forgiveness, and more.

Brown, Bobbi. Still Bobbi. Scribner: Marysue Rucci. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668082171. 240p. $29. MEMOIR

Makeup artist and beauty industry leader Brown writes a memoir about her life building a creative vision, two beauty lines, and a personal philosophy.

Collinsworth, Eden. The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman To Run for President. Doubleday. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780385549578. 304p. $30. BIOGRAPHY

This book by former publishing insider Collinsworth focuses on the life of Victoria Woodhull, an American who fought for suffrage and became the first woman to run for president. Brie Larson has optioned the rights for a film about Woodhull.

Gelles, David. Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away. S&S. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668032268. 320p. $30. BIOGRAPHY

Gelles (The Man Who Broke Capitalism), a correspondent for the New York Times, writes a biography of the founder of Patagonia, the outdoor sports apparel company that seeks to do good.

Hatmaker, Jen. Awake: A Memoir. Avid Reader. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668083680. 320p. $30. MEMOIR

Bestselling Christian living author Hatmaker (Of Mess and Moxie) writes about the end of her marriage, how it shattered her image as a woman with radical agency, and how she found herself again as she entered the second half of her life.

Kolb, Rachel Renee. Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice. Ecco. Sept. 2025.ISBN 9780063375185. 304p. $29.99. MEMOIR

Kolb, born profoundly deaf, writes about communication, language, sound, and culture. Using her own life as a frame, she explores the complexities of hearing and deafness.

Pollack-Pelzner, Daniel. Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist. S&S. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668014707. 448p. $31. BIOGRAPHY

Pollack-Pelzner, a theater and contemporary culture critic for the New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the New York Times, offers a behind-the-scenes biography of Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Richie, Lionel. Truly. HarperOne. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063253643. 432p. $36. MEMOIR

Multiple-award-winning singer Richie writes a candid memoir about his personal life and rise to stardom. Along the way he touches on the big events of his career—from getting signed to Motown to recording “We Are the World.”

Ronson, Mark. Night People: How To Be a DJ in ’90s New York City. Grand Central. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781538741115. 224p. $29. MEMOIR

Nine-time Grammy-winning music producer Ronson writes about his early life in NYC, making his way through downtown clubs and DJ gigs in the ’90s. It is a coming-of-age story filled with music and a sense of time and place.

Roy, Arundhati. Mother Mary Comes to Me. Scribner. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668094716. 352p. $30. MEMOIR

Award-winning Roy (The God of Small Things) offers a memoir that traces her relationship with her mother, Mary, a woman of strong force who helped shape Roy into a writer.

Sheppard, Elena. The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora. St. Martin’s. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250287687. 288p. $29. MEMOIR

Sheppard writes about the Cuban Revolution and diaspora through the stories of her family, blending history, personal narrative, and cultural touchstones as she explores the 1950s life of her grandparents and the memories they imbued in her.

Woolley, Christine Brown. Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom. Gallery. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668078266. 304p. $29. MEMOIR

Woolley, who starred in the TLC reality show Sister Wives, writes a memoir about her journey away from polygamy while also discussing her previous life as the third wife to a husband with two additional wives.

Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berners-Lee, Tim. This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web. Farrar. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780374612467. 352p. $30. TECHNOLOGY

Technologist Berners-Lee (Weaving the Web) recounts how he invented the World Wide Web, exploring the benefits and problems it has brought while also offering guidance to help consider the possibilities and risks of the current digital environment. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Enander, Jonas. Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth. tr. from Swedish by Nichola Smalley. The Experiment. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9798893030853. 320p. $30. SCIENCE

Stockholm-based physicist and science communicator Enander, host of the Spacetime Fika podcast, offers a book on the fascinating topic of black holes, interviewing 20 leading researchers and Nobel laureates to share the history of discovering black holes and the impact of science surrounding them, from the invention of Wi-Fi to the calibration of GPS.

Osterholm, Michael T. & Mark Olshaker. The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics. Little, Brown Spark. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780316258340. 384p. $30. SCIENCE

In 2017, Osterholm and Olshaker warned about a coming pandemic in Deadliest Enemy, which became a bestseller when COVID hit. In their latest, they examine the handling of past pandemics, project what the next pandemics might look like, and discuss how to mitigate them.

Riley, Alex. Super Natural: How Life Thrives in Impossible Places. Norton. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781324079187. 368p. $29.99. SCIENCE

Award-winning science writer Riley (A Cure for Darkness) takes readers on a journey to the most extreme environments on Earth and highlights the creatures that still manage to flourish there, from ants in the Sahara Desert to frogs who survive in ice.

Rix, Harriet. The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World. Crown. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593735510. 304p. $29. SCIENCE

Tree scientist Rix delves into how trees shape the world by manipulating their environments. Looking at history, biochemistry, and trees from around the globe, Rix shows how trees influence many aspects of their surroundings to achieve their ends.

Roach, Mary. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy. Norton. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781324050629. 256p. $28.99. SCIENCE

In her latest, bestselling Roach (Fuzz) considers the human body and what happens when parts of it fail. She interviews patients, physicians, pathologists, engineers, and scientists to consider regenerative medicine, prosthetics, organ donations, and more.

Self-Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brackett, Marc. Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions To Create the Life You Want. Celadon. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250329592. 320p. $29.99. SELF-HELP

Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of the bestselling book Permission To Feel, offers insights into emotional regulation and how to successfully hone those skills. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Gilbert, Elizabeth. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation. Riverhead. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593540985. 400p. $35. SELF-HELP

Bestselling Gilbert (Eat Pray Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia) pens a self-help memoir that shares her story of self-destructive tendencies, her relationship with friend and lover Rayya, and how heartbreak ultimately led to awakening.

Heming Willis, Emma. The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path. The Open Field. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593833940. 272p. $30. SELF-HELP

Heming Willis was devastated when her husband, actor Bruce Willis, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Based on her experiences and the latest research and insights from top dementia and caregiving experts, she offers a guide to those providing care for a loved one with dementia. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Kotb, Hoda. Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life. Putnam. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9798217043880. 288p. $30. SELF-HELP

Kotb (This Just Speaks to Me), bestselling author and former cohost of the Today show, shares research and personal stories in this guide on how to deal with—and even embrace—change, especially when it’s unexpected.

Low, Corinne. Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and How To Get the Most Out of Yours. Flatiron. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250369512. 272p. $29.99. SELF-HELP

Low (economics, Wharton Sch., Univ. of Pennsylvania) considers factors that influence women’s decision-making and the constraints they face and offers a framework for getting a better deal instead of just working harder. With a 500K-copy first printing.

Shearer, Clea. Cancer Is Complicated: And Other Unexpected Lessons I’ve Learned. The Open Field. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780593830611. 224p. $29. SELF-HELP

In 2022 Shearer, cofounder of the Home Edit and coauthor of The Home Edit: Stay Organized, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Blending memoir with guidebook, she shares her experiences and advice related to her cancer journey. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Walrond, Karen. In Defense of Dabbling: The Brilliance of Being a Total Amateur. Broadleaf. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781506487656. 240p. $27.99. SELF-HELP

Walrond’s (Radiant Rebellion) latest encourages readers to embrace amateurism by doing the things they enjoy, even if they’re not good at them. She offers ways to cultivate intentional amateurism, explains why it’s good for mental health, and provides ideas for things to dabble in.

History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agha, Hussein & Robert Malley. Tomorrow Is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine. Farrar. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780374617127. 272p. $30. HISTORY

Agha (coauthor of A Framework for a Palestinian National Security Doctrine) and Malley (The Call from Algeria: Third Worldism, Revolution, and the Turn to Islam) write about the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and what the future may hold.

Cole, Ryan. The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return and the Grand Celebration That United a Grateful America. Harper Horizon. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781400251315. 240p. $29.99. HISTORY

Cole (Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero) writes about the United States 50 years after the Declaration of Independence and the tour of General Lafayette as he returned to a changed country riven by division.

Greenblatt, Stephen. Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival. Norton. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780393882278. 336p. $31.99. HISTORY

Pulitzer Prize winner Greenblatt (The Swerve) explores the life of Christopher Marlowe: spy, poet, and Shakespeare rival. Greenblatt explores his age—a repressive, colonial, monarchical era when science and culture were dramatically changing—and his influential work.

Lepore, Jill. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. Liveright. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781631496080. 768p. $39.99. HISTORY

Bestselling Lepore (These Truths: A History of the United States) writes a fully illustrated history of the United States Constitution focused on the process of amendment, arguing that the founders intended the document to be altered.

McCullough, David. History Matters. S&S. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781668098998. 208p. $27. HISTORY

A posthumous collection of essays about history by Pulitzer Prize–winning McCullough, some never before published, highlight his work over the course of different periods of writing. His daughter and his longtime researcher edit the collection.

Myint-U, Thant. Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World. Norton. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781324051978. 384p. $35. HISTORY

Historian Myint-U (The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century), grandson of the former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, writes about the 1960s and his grandfather’s role in creating a safer world.

O’Reilly, Bill & Josh Hammer. Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst. St. Martin’s. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250374042. 304p. $32. HISTORY

Bestselling O’Reilly and writer/producer Hammer offer a book about who they see as the worst people through history, writing about why they did what they did and the choice between good and evil.

Rees, Owen. The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization. Norton. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781324036524. 368p. $31.99. HISTORY

Historian Rees, lead editor of Bad Ancient, offers a revisionist history of the edges of the Greek and Roman empires, exploring life and culture across Asia and Africa as well as parts of Europe.

Sebba, Anne. The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival. St. Martin’s. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781250287595. 400p. $32. HISTORY

Bestselling Sebba (Les Parisiennes) researches the all-woman Auschwitz-Birkenau orchestra. Ordered by the Nazis to play marching music while their fellow prisoners worked and to entertain officers, the musicians faced terror and a moral quagmire.

Taubman, Philip & William Taubman. McNamara at War: A New History. Norton. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781324007166. 544p. $39.99. HISTORY

Brothers Philip Taubman (Nation’s Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz) and William Taubman (Khrushchev: The Man and His Era) join forces to write a biography of Robert S. McNamara, following his friendships with John and Jackie Kennedy, his successes, and his failures, especially regarding the war in Vietnam.

Venditozzi, Zoe & Claire Mitchell. How To Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy’s Guide to Silencing Women. Sourcebooks. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9781464241222. 336p. $27.99. HISTORY

The creators of the Witches of Scotland podcast write a feminist history on witch trials and explain, step-by-step, the process used to accuse and execute women.