Publishing This Week: Isabel Cañas, Charlie Jane Anders, Mariko Tamaki, and 27
Publishing This Week: Isabel Cañas, Charlie Jane Anders, Mariko Tamaki, and 27
Discover new and notable books publishing this week!
August 17, 2025
Publishing This Week
Hello Readers,
This week brings 30 brand-new books, from deeply emotional dramas to pulse-pounding thrillers. Among them are a moving debut about an elderly man’s fight for autonomy and a chilling tale of a young woman possessed by a demonic presence in a Mexican silver mine.
In The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, "Cañas' latest gothic thriller combines an exploration of history, greed, toxic silver mining techniques, forbidden knowledge, and the dichotomies of wealth, family, class, faith, and good versus evil into a compelling, horrifying tale of possession that will only expand her growing audience." (Booklist, starred review)
Readers who treasure tender, emotionally resonant storytelling will be captivated by When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén, a profoundly moving debut that portrays an elderly man’s struggle to maintain autonomy over his own life, and an emotional journey through love, friendship, fatherhood, and atonement that has already touched hearts around the world.
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.
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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.
Debut Author On sale Aug 19 from Vintage Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5 Members' Rating: 4.8/5
A profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man's struggle to maintain autonomy over his own life: an emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, and atonement that is already an international sensation.
On sale Aug 19 from Berkley Books Genre: Thrillers. 384 pages Critics' Consensus: 5/5 Members' Rating: 4.7/5
When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn't trust… from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.
Debut Author On sale Aug 19 from Atheneum Books for Young Readers Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 320 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A captivating, heartrending novel about a Korean American teen navigating grief and first love who agrees to accept money from her estranged father in exchange for letting him get to know her—for fans of Nina LaCour, Kathleen Glasgow, and All My Rage.
On sale Aug 19 from Tin House Books Genre: Literary Fiction Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Natalie Bakopoulos's Archipelago is a striking, haunting novel that offers meditations on the slippery borders of nations, languages, middle age, and the self.
Debut Author On sale Aug 19 from Riverhead Books Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman's life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning.
On sale Aug 19 from Catapult Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
From the author of A Good Happy Girl, a lesbian screwball comedy following two exes who turn to online dating after their dramatic split—only to end up seeing the same woman.
On sale Aug 19 from Harper Genre: Historical Fiction. 400 pages Critics' Consensus: 4/5
A darkly comic novel of intrigue, adventure, and the perils of self-invention from the author of The Torqued Man, set in San Francisco and the Asian Pacific during the outbreak of the Second World War.
Debut Author On sale Aug 19 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux Genre: Biography/Memoir. 704 pages Critics' Consensus: 5/5
Drawing on new archival material and original research and interviews, this spellbinding biography reveals how profoundly James Baldwin's personal relationships shaped his life and work.
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