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September 5, 2025

It was lovely --- and much needed --- to have last week off. Talking to Tom and Francesca on Monday, I could tell that they took time to relax and kick it back a notch, which I was happy to see. The weather was spectacular, and I spent the entire week outside, which was a real delight.

I also learned that my new Fitbit does not count steps in the water. This fun fact came to me after I spent an hour walking in the water. I am on the hunt for a tracker that measures water steps. Ideas are welcome!

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The 2025 Kirkus Prize

Kirkus Reviews has announced the finalists for the 12th annual Kirkus Prize in Fiction, Nonfiction and Young Readers’ Literature. The winners will be announced at an in-person ceremony at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York on Wednesday, October 8th. It also will be livestreamed on Kirkus's YouTube channel at 7:30pm ET.

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All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Debut sensation Tessa Calloway is on a whirlwind book tour for her instant bestseller, All This Could Be Yours. In a different city every night, Tessa receives standing ovations from adoring fans while her husband, Henry, and their two children cheer her on from their brand-new dream house.

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September 3, 2025

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 4th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LORI LOVELY? by Sarah McCoy, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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September 2025

September's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show" and "Slow Horses," along with AMC's "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon"; the season finales of "Dexter: Resurrection" on Paramount+ with Showtime and "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Prime Video; the conclusion of Prime Video's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"; the series premieres of "The Dead Girls" on Netflix and "The Girlfriend" on Prime Video; the continuation of STARZ's "Outlander: Blood of My Blood" and USA Network's "The Rainmaker"; the films The Long Walk, The Man in My Basement and One Battle After Another; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Superman, The Life of Chuck and Clown in a Cornfield.

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September 2, 2025

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of September 1st and September 8th 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 special contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com for award-winning author Suzanne Nelson’s debut novel for adults, THE LIBRARIANS OF LISBON. We are giving 25 readers the opportunity to win a copy of this captivating historical novel, which has received so much praise since its release in February. Be sure to submit your entries by Wednesday, September 24th at noon ET.

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September 2, 2025

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 Wednesday, September 3rd at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of APOSTLE'S COVE by William Kent Krueger, which is now available and will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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Week of September 29, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of September 29th include REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT, a brand-new volume from Malcolm Gladwell that reframes the lessons of his groundbreaking first book, THE TIPPING POINT, in a startling and revealing light; PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers, a sweeping, panoramic novel set in the world’s largest ocean where four lives are drawn together; Paula Hawkins' THE BLUE HOUR, a masterful work of fiction that is as page-turning as it is unsettling and recalls the sophisticated suspense of Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith; THE SEQUEL, the eagerly awaited follow-up to THE PLOT, in which Jean Hanff Korelitz gives readers an antihero to root for while illuminating and satirizing the world of publishing; and FIRE AND BONES by Kathy Reichs, a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself at the center of an arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery and, ultimately, violence.

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Week of September 22, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of September 22nd include INTERMEZZO, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family --- but especially love --- from Sally Rooney; GOING HOME IN THE DARK by Dean Koontz, a novel about childhood fears and buried secrets that threaten to be unearthed when hometown horrors come back to haunt; H. W. Brands' AMERICA FIRST, which recounts the fierce debate over America's role in the world in the runup to World War II through its two most important figures --- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who advocated intervention, and his isolationist nemesis, aviator and popular hero Charles Lindbergh; SHE-WOLVES, in which award-winning historian Paulina Bren tells the propulsive story of how women infiltrated Wall Street from the swinging '60s to 9/11; and the paperback original FAMOUS by Blake Crouch, a darkly comedic psychological suspense novel about a man who goes to terrifying extremes to adopt his celebrity doppelgänger's life.

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Week of September 15, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of September 15th include THE AUTHOR’S GUIDE TO MURDER by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White, a locked-room whodunit in which three very different American novelists become prime suspects when a famous writer is found dead in the book-lined study of a remote Scottish castle; Rumaan Alam's ENTITLEMENT, a riveting tale for our new gilded age --- a story that confidently considers questions about need and worth, race and privilege, philanthropy and generosity, passion and obsession; KEEPING THE FAITH by Brenda Wineapple, the dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial, which captivated the nation and exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today; and the paperback original MIDNIGHT BURNING, Paul Levine's gripping thriller featuring Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin, who are determined to thwart a Nazi scheme involving an armed insurrection and the assassinations of Hollywood's biggest stars.

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