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Publishing This Week: Ibram X. Kendi, Elizabeth Berg, Mieko Kawakami, and 21 more

Publishing This Week: Ibram X. Kendi, Elizabeth Berg, Mieko Kawakami, and 21 more

Discover new and notable books publishing this week!

March 15, 2026

Publishing This Week

Hello Readers,

Discover 24 noteworthy books publishing this week, including a heartfelt, escapist story for readers who love Elin Hilderbrand and book club fiction.

In The House of Hidden Letters by Izzy Broom, “An engaging story of the power of love and friendship that will delight romantics and armchair travelers alike.” (Library Journal)

You'll find brief information on 10 titles below, and logged in members will find descriptions and reviews for all of them in our New This Week section.

For more soon to publish books including paperbacks, check out BookBrowse's "What's New" section. You can also check out the latest topics and posts in the BookBrowse Community Forum.

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This Week's New and Notable Books

There are too many books published each week for you to read about them all, let alone read them all. So we do the legwork for you, scouring the publishers' catalogs and the pre-publication reviews to pick out what we believe to be among the best and most interesting. You can see them all in our “What’s New” section.

More about how we pick and rate books.

The House of Hidden Letters
by Izzy Broom

On sale Mar 17 from Berkley Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 400 pages
Members' Rating: 4.5/5

A beautiful and escapist novel full of heart, for fans of Elin Hilderbrand and readers who love book club fiction.

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I Am Agatha: A Novel
by Nancy Foley

Debut Author
On sale Mar 17 from Avid Reader Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Sigrid Nunez, a darkly funny and moving debut novel about the unforgettable Agatha, whose devotion to a widow with dementia (and an inconvenient attachment to her daughter's grave) sparks a radical reckoning with life, loss, and love's aftermath.

I Love You Don't Die: A Novel
by Jade Song

On sale Mar 17 from William Morrow
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

Acclaimed author Jade Song (Chlorine) returns with her latest literary exploration: a lyrical, poignant, and heartfelt novel about the meaning of love, friendship, debt, depression, and death in New York City—a coming-of-age for a new generation, in the vein of Sally Rooney and Ottessa Moshfegh.

Life: A Love Story: A Novel
by Elizabeth Berg

On sale Mar 17 from Random House
Genre: Literary Fiction. 208 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

Life: A Love Story is a warm, intimate novel that reminds us of the richness that can be found all throughout our lives—by the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv and Open House.

Lucien: A Novel
by J.R. Thornton

On sale Mar 17 from Harper
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

A gifted yet financially disadvantaged artist falls victim to the manipulative control of his wealthy, enigmatic Harvard roommate in this incendiary novel from the author of Beautiful Country—a piercing exploration of class, ambition, identity, and the perilous cost of reinvention in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith and Donna Tartt.

My Lover, the Rabbi: A Novel
by Wayne Koestenbaum

On sale Mar 17 from FSG Originals
Genre: Literary Fiction. 464 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

A psychosexual relationship between a rabbi and the man devoted to him goes off the rails in this explosive novel.

Paradiso 17: A Novel
by Hannah Lillith Assadi

On sale Mar 17 from Knopf
Genre: Historical Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

The intimate, sweeping tale of one man's restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope.

Mother Is Watching: A Novel
by Karma Brown

On sale Mar 17 from Dutton
Genre: Thrillers. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

The chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling author—an art conservator's obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters, threatening both her sanity and her life.

The Fountain: A Novel
by Casey Scieszka

Debut Author
On sale Mar 17 from Harper
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

A propulsive and deeply moving novel about eternity and mortality that asks what it would mean to live forever.

The Feather Wars: and the Great Crusade to Save America's Birds
by James H. McCommons

On sale Mar 17 from St. Martin's Press
Genre: Science, Health and the Environment. 416 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

From the time the country was founded, early Americans assumed that the land's natural resources were infinite, including its birds, which were zealously hunted for food, game, and fashion.

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