New Releases and More for September 8, 2026

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Wickhills, Switzy, Black Arts, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Wickhills by Premee Mohamed Dear Mothership: Poems by Marcus Wicker Where I'm From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents—A Memoir by Ebony Walden Pardon Our French: The Parisian Way to a Happier Life by Alex Durand and Tom Carles Songs My Mother Taught Me: Why the Artist Must Take Sides by Saul Williams The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict by Priya Parker Black Arts: Stories by Megan Giddings Switzy by Emma Cline Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon Of Sorcery and Science by Mike Chen Traitors' Nest by Frances Hardinge An Empire in the Clouds by Ai Jiang Cemetery Boys: Espíritu by Aiden Thomas Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery by Li Chen Queenie Is Working on It by Candice Carty-Williams The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories by Ken Liu Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman What We're Reading: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro More: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous collected by Gillian Anderson Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things by Arzu Tahsin and Rosemary Davidson Acid Green Velvet by Grace Krilanovich Olive: Lost in Inner Space by Vero Cazot, Lucy Mazel Paperbacks: Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar Bestsellers: The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson  Brain Damage by Freida McFadden One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, Lin King (translator) Triage by Claudia Rankine Links: Survivor by Octavia Butler returns to print. The Most Dangerous Games by MrBeast and James Patterson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices