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September 11, 2026 - September 25, 2026

Tell us about the books you’ve finished reading with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars. During the contest period from September 11th to September 25th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of HOLLYWOOD, ENDING by John Green and THE PIRATE QUEEN by Ariel Lawhon.

September 11, 2026

It is great to be back after a week of vacation when I read and read and read. We literally had NO plans, so it was really lovely to kick it back a huge notch, spend time in the pool, and make fabulous dinners from recipes that I have been saving. 

Thanks to all of you who sent us notes about our 30th anniversary and to those of you who donated to our GoFundMe campaign, where we are raising funds to redesign our editorial websites. I am working my way through emails and donation notifications. We are so looking forward to working on a fresh new look!

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The 2026 Kirkus Prize

Kirkus Reviews has announced the finalists for the 13th annual Kirkus Prize in Fiction, Nonfiction and Young Readers’ Literature. The winners will be revealed at an in-person ceremony at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York on Wednesday, October 7th. It also will be livestreamed on Kirkus's YouTube channel at 7:30pm ET.

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October 2026 Bookaccino Signup

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October 2026 Bookaccino Signup

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September 9, 2026

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this fall. Read more about it, and enter our Fall Reading Contest by Thursday, September 10th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE LOST BAKER OF VIENNA by Sharon Kurtzman, a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick that is now available in paperback. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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September 8, 2026

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of September 7th and September 14th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks feature for September, which includes Indie Next, LibraryReads, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the “Good Morning America” Book Club, Oprah's Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the “Read with Jenna” Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.

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Week of September 28, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of September 28th include BUCKEYE by Patrick Ryan, a sweeping novel that weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late 20th century; ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER, a landmark memoir from Elizabeth Gilbert that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love --- or to any other passion, substance or craving --- and who yearns for liberation; PENDERGAST: THE BEGINNING by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child,   which serves as a golden opportunity for longtime fans and newcomers to learn about Agent Pendergast’s strange and shocking first case; and Angela Flournoy's THE WILDERNESS, an era-defining novel about five Black women over the course of their 20-year friendship, as they move through the dizzying and sometimes precarious period between young adulthood and midlife.  

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Week of September 21, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of September 21st include NASH FALLS, a stunning thriller from David Baldacci that finds Walter Nash's life turned completely upside down when he is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network; Ken Follett's CIRCLE OF DAYS, the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge; TIME OF THE CHILD by Niall Williams, a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha; Joshua Sharpe's THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED, the riveting story of a 1985 double murder, a long-overdue investigation, and the fight to exonerate an innocent man; and WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LORI LOVELY? by Sarah McCoy, a spellbinding novel based on a true story, in which a beautiful young movie star of Hollywood’s Golden Age gives up her bright career to become a nun.  

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Week of September 14, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of September 14th include Kristin Hannah's #1 New York Times bestseller, THE WOMEN, which is at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided; KING SORROW by Joe Hill, a chilling novel that finds six friends dabbling in the occult and are tragically, horrifyingly successful…calling forth an evil entity that demands regular human sacrifice; LIFE AND ART, a marvelous essay collection in which Richard Russo explains how the twin subjects of life and art inform each other and how the stories we tell shape our understanding of the world around us; and MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME, a memoir like no other that traces Arundhati Roy's complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, a fierce and formidable force who shaped Arundhati’s life as both a woman and a writer.

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