Most Anticipated New Book Releases: August 2026

The Unknown: A Novel

Riley Sager

August 4, 2026 Hardcover$32.00 Dutton

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The first edition of this stunning hardcover features designed endpapers, a foil-stamped case, hued edges, and a shimmery jacket! In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one hundred years later, it’s happening again. Struggling actress Marin Keane is shocked when she lands a role in a major motion picture about the unsolved mystery of New Avalon, an island on sprawling Lake Faraday in Vermont. She’s even more surprised when she learns that the role requires a weeklong research trip to that very spot.

The Amateur: A Novel

Chris Bohjalian

August 2026 Hardcover$33.00 Doubleday Books

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When a young woman, a golf prodigy, accidentally kills a caddy with a stray ball at the country club, the investigation of this freak accident reveals a dark and shocking tale of secret affairs, predatory men, and a teenager on trial in this spellbinding novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant. 1978: It is the first Thursday in August and temperatures are flirting with ninety when Mira Winston, eighteen years old, drives a practice ball from her tee with a wooden club.

Great and Unfortunate Things

Jason Arday

August 2026 Hardcover$29.00 37 Ink

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Brain Damage

Freida McFadden

August 2026 Paperback$18.99 Poisoned Pen Press

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Intruder! How can you survive when you can't remember who wants you dead? Dr. Charly McKenna had the perfect life: a thriving dermatology practice, a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park, and a handsome husband who adored her. Until the night a bullet tore through her skull... and stole everything. Now Charly wakes in a rehabilitation hospital unable to walk, speak, or remember her own name. All she knows is that someone tried to kill her--and they may still be out there.

Meet Me in Paris: A Novel

Kristin Harmel

August 2026 Hardcover$29.00 Gallery Books

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Adversary to the Villain

Hannah Nicole Maehrer

August 4, 2026 Paperback$19.99 Entangled: Red Tower Books

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Don't miss out on the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run in the U.S. and Canada only, a must-have for any book lover.

Hello Baby: A Novel

Kim Eui-Kyung

August 18, 2026 Paperback$18.00 Hogarth Press

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The bonds between six women undergoing IVF are tested when one announces an unexpected birth in this absorbing, candid novel about what women endure to become mothers “A multilayered story filled with pain and tears and longing.”, Booklist (starred review) Outside the chat, they had different jobs, personalities, financial backgrounds, but inside, they were all mothers-to-be anxiously awaiting their babies. At a fertility clinic in Seoul, six women in their thirties and forties become friends.

Promise Me Never: A Novel

Liv Constantine

August 18, 2026 Hardcover$31.00 Bantam

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish comes an unmissable thriller about a woman who becomes embroiled in the mystery of her husband’s deceased first wife, and after moving to his remote house in the woods, uncovers terrifying secrets. Aspiring writer Savannah’s scheme to meet superstar horror novelist Bennett Bryson turns out better than she ever imagined: not only does her charming and handsome literary idol offer to read her work, he is instantly smitten with her.

World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon

Olivia Dade

August 11, 2026 Paperback$20.00 Berkley Books

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An oracle who can see the future teams up with the far-too-hot demon from her past to avert catastrophe, in this steamy paranormal romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Zomromcom. Gwen Wexloff might be able to see the future, but not when it matters. Her visions invariably involve piddling issues, which means, unlike most oracles, she’s spent her life predicting for everyday humans instead of international power brokers.

The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence

Kimon de Greef

August 4, 2026 Hardcover$35.00 Doubleday Books

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A charismatic doctor claimed to have rediscovered the ancestral roots of "toad medicine," becoming the face of a global psychedelic movement. But in his wake, he left a trail of destruction that embodies the maladies of our spiritually desolate age. In 2012, a Mexican doctor announced that he had revived a forgotten indigenous ritual: smoking the secretions of the Sonoran Desert toad, which releases a potent psychedelic substance known as "the God molecule."

Plant Lady

Kang Minyoung

August 4, 2026 Hardcover$28.00 Berkley Books

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In the heart of a quiet town, a young woman tends to her plant shop, but beneath the surface of her lush, green sanctuary lies something far darker.... Will you dare to disrespect her plants? Tucked away in the corner of a neighborhood in Dosan, South Korea, is the Plant Shop. Shop owner Yoohee has started anew, and her meticulously grown foliage thrives under her tender care. To both her customers and herself, Plant Shop is a refuge, where petunias and marigolds bloom and the air itself is like an elixir of peace.

A Tender Age: A Novel

Chang-rae Lee

August 11, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Riverhead Books

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NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BOSTON GLOBE, GOODREADS, LITERARY HUB, AND THE MILLIONS “Who is a greater novelist than Chang-rae Lee?”, The Los Angeles Times "He has redefined not only what it means to be American, but the fabric of the Great American Novel itself.", Jhumpa Lahiri From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence A...

Under the Falls: A Novel

Richard Russo

August 11, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Knopf Publishing Group

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The Pulitzer Prize, winning author of Empire Falls returns with a spellbinding page-turner about a crime in a small town that exposes long-held secrets and betrayals among a group of lifelong friends. When Tyler Sinclair left Stone Mountain at eighteen, he had no plans of returning. With only a duffel bag full of clothes, a few bucks stolen from his father’s dresser, and a guitar, his most prized possession, Tyler disappeared without so much as a goodbye.

Etna: A Novel

Paul Yoon

August 2026 Hardcover$28.00 Scribner Book Company

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Kitten: A Novel

Stacey Yu

August 4, 2026 Hardcover$28.00 Random House

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An enchanting debut novel about a young woman whose growing obsession with her boyfriend’s cat opens new possibilities for her life, but not without threatening to unravel it. “Abound in wit and restraint, Kitten explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!”, Weike Wang, author of Chemistry “Yu’s novel is both a kind of Gen Z parable of existential nihilism and a psychologically deft portrait of mother-daughter trauma. . .

The Lunatics

Navessa Allen

August 4, 2026 Paperback$18.99 Forever

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Layla Fitzpatrick lives a simple life, for a werewolf. And that's just how she likes it. Her childhood was less than ideal. She'd like to spend her adult years flying under the radar of more powerful preternatural creatures. Because she knows from experience what happens when they notice you. Everything changes one early summer night when she attends a ritual bonding ceremony meant to join two werewolves together for life.

The Fast Cookbook

Caroline Chambers

August 11, 2026 Hardcover$35.00 Union Square & Co.

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The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn

Dave Zirin

August 4, 2026 Hardcover$32.00 Dutton

A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him as well as the United States of America. From The Nation magazine columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Zirin, The People's Historian is a deeply researched biography of Howard Zinn, the beloved author of the classic national bestseller with more than four million copies sold, A People's History of the United States.

The Secrets We Hide: A North Falls Thriller

Karin Slaughter

August 11, 2026 Hardcover$32.00 William Morrow & Company

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The next thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series. Welcome back to North Falls -- a small town with big secrets. Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer, investigate a brutal attack that shatters their town's fragile peace. But the deeper Emmy digs, the more dangerous it gets...

That Night: A Novel

Gillian McAllister

August 18, 2026 Paperback$18.99 William Morrow & Company

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"McAllister is the best at putting her characters in impossible situations and making her readers not only contemplate but feel what it would be like to find themselves in those situations." -- Emily Henry From the author of Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an electrifying thriller about three siblings torn apart by the cover-up of a death while on a family vacation in Italy. On vacation in Italy, Frannie makes two urgent phone calls. One to her sister, and one to her brother.

Devour Me: A Novel

Emily Rath

August 4, 2026 Paperback$19.99 Avon Books

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This deluxe edition paperback features gorgeous stenciled edges! From Emily Rath, New York Times bestselling author of the Jacksonville Rays hockey romance series, comes something entirely new...and just a little bit haunted. The haunt is over. This is the hunt. I will have them for my own. Dáinn the Devourer has spent the last two hundred years of his undead life reluctantly bonded to a dark witch, doing her dirtiest work. Devouring corrupt souls may not be satisfying for a wraith, but it keeps him fed.

Dreamland: A Novel

Olivie Blake

August 18, 2026 Hardcover$29.99 Tor Books

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DELUXE EDITION, a beautiful hardcover edition featuring sprayed edges, a designed case stamp, and fully illustrated color endpapers. From New York Times bestselling author Olivie Blake comes a tantalizing story of power, seduction, and the omens you’ll ignore when everything you’ve dreamed of feels just within reach. The headlines are calling it the "summer of exsanguination" in LA, girls are being murdered, the Santa Ana winds are blowing a strange energy into the city, and all signs point to fire season.

Life of M: A Novel

Rachel Cusk

August 25, 2026 Hardcover$27.00 Farrar, Straus and Giroux

From the critically acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, an irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty, and truth, and a blazing renovation of the form. M is a famous actor. She has been famous since she was a child. With such fame, her life has the appearance of freedom: people are instantly obliging, spaces are altered to accommodate her, time can be rearranged. Over time she has grown so accustomed to being recognized that not to be recognized comes as a rare surprise.

Ship Happens: A Novel

Mason Deaver

August 18, 2026 Paperback$18.99 Avon Books

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From bestselling and award-winning author Mason Deaver comes a delightful second-chance romance with trans representation! Trapped on a cruise together, exes Owen and Jacob are forced to confront why their relationship went off course...but in such close quarters, maybe they'll finally be able to right the ship. A year ago, Owen Henson had a close-knit group of friends who felt like family and a boyfriend who made his heart race just by walking into the room. But now? Everything's unraveling.

Stay Buried: A Novel

Jennifer McMahon

August 2026 Hardcover$29.00 Gallery Books

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Up on Cove Mountain: Adventure, Tragedy, and a Quest for Meaning on the Appalachian Trail

Earl Swift

August 18, 2026 Hardcover$32.00 Mariner Books

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Five million steps. 157 days. 22,000 miles. From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping rumination on life, nature, and tragedy as the author recounts his two through-hikes--33 years apart--of the Appalachian Trail and a haunting, life-changing encounter with two fellow hikers who were later murdered. In 1990, at age thirty-two, Earl Swift backpacked the entirety of the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, a transformative experience that colored every aspect of his later life.

The Wild Beneath

Kelly Anderson

August 4, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Park Row

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"Anderson's book is ethereal, languid, crafted of language that rushes and recedes like a tide, buoying a story that reminds us sometimes the impossible is possible."--Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author For readers of Wild Dark Shore and The Time Traveler's Wife, a fierce, haunting story of one woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who upends everything--and the two worlds that won't let her go.

The Women in White: A Novel

Sarah Pekkanen

August 4, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 St. Martin's Press

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The newest next thriller from #1 Bestselling Author Sarah Pekkanen combines a decades-old mystery with spine-tingling paranormal elements in this twisty novel of the seen and unseen. Extrasensory perception. The Gift. A Sixth Sense. Or something else.... In 1964, four remarkable young women at a prestigious university became the subjects of parapsychology experiments by a visionary scientist. On the cusp of a historic breakthrough, the women mysteriously vanished and the program was erased from history.