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Publishing This Week: Veronica Roth, Louise Penny, Christina Baker Kline, and 26 more

Publishing This Week: Veronica Roth, Louise Penny, Christina Baker Kline, and 26 more

Discover new and notable books publishing this week!

May 10, 2026

Publishing This Week

Hello Readers,

This week’s lineup features 29 must-see new releases across genres, perfect for your next great read!

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.

More about how we pick and rate books.

A Siege of Owls: A Novel
by Uchenna Awoke

On sale May 12 from Catapult
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

An urgent and unforgettable novel that follows a young man's coming of age in rural Nigeria as he bears witness to violence, upheaval, and hope in a rapidly changing society from the acclaimed author of The Liquid Eye of a Moon.

Coyoteland: A Novel
by Vanessa Hua

On sale May 12 from Flatiron Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

From the bestselling author of A River of Stars comes a funny, heartfelt novel set in an affluent Bay Area suburb where a Chinese American family moves in and sets off a series of scandals, for fans of Celeste Ng and Emma Straub.

Death of the Soccer God: A Novel
by Dimitry Elias Léger

On sale May 12 from MCD
Genre: Literary Fiction. 240 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

A global soccer star's epic ride to the 1950 World Cup places him in shooting distance of his dreams and his own death.

New Skin: A Novel
by Sarah Wang

Debut Author
On sale May 12 from Little Brown & Company
Genre: Literary Fiction. 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

A scalding, darkly humorous debut following an enmeshed mother-daughter duo, both best friends and enemies, and the plastic surgery addiction that warps their lives into a perilous spiral.

Spinning at the Edges: A Novel
by Elizabeth Poliner

On sale May 12 from Harper
Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

From the author of the acclaimed As Close to Us as Breathing, a captivating novel steeped in history, revealing the bonds of family and community, and the healing powers hidden inside broken hearts.

The Forgotten Midwife
by Laura Anthony

On sale May 12 from Gallery Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

Set in the dual timelines of present-day New Jersey and 1950s Ireland, and based on real historical events, comes a powerful, poignant novel of sisterhood, family secrets, and resilience from the author of the "profound, moving, and memorable" (Fresh Fiction) The Women on Platform Two.

The Foursome: A Novel
by Christina Baker Kline

On sale May 12 from Mariner Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina — Kline's own distant relatives — who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam.

Make Me Better: A Novel
by Sarah Gailey

On sale May 12 from Tor Books
Genre: Thrillers. 432 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

Sarah Gailey's Make Me Better is an eerily seductive look at the desire for community connection and self-improvement---and the darkest places inside us all. Urgent and yet timeless, this read is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson, Ari Aster, and Patricia Highsmith.

Radiant Star
by Ann Leckie

On sale May 12 from Orbit
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 368 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie.

American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
by Isaac Fitzgerald

On sale May 12 from Knopf
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 352 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald sets off to the heart of America, following the path of the legendary Johnny Appleseed on an epic journey that both takes him far from home and brings him closer to it.

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