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Fall 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Literary Fiction
The season’s most noteworthy new releases include Thomas Pynchon’s latest, autofiction by Patricia Lockwood, and Mona Awad’s return to the Bunny-verse.
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Fall 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Lifestyle
This season, authors provide advice on managing ailments new and old, from climate anxiety and digital overwhelm to chronic pain.
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Fall 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: History
New and revisionist accounts of Wild West outlaws, Nazi crimes, anticolonial revolutions, and civil rights struggles feature among the season’s histories.
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Fall 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Cooking & Food
Ramen and mocktails take center stage this season, alongside new books from Anthony Bourdain, Samin Nosrat, and Alice Waters.
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Fall 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Business & Economics
Divergent perspectives on authenticity in the workplace and guides for managing Gen Z and building brands headline the season’s business titles.
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Adult Books for Fall 2025
Back in March, we invited publishers to submit information on books publishing between Aug. 1, 2025, and Jan. 31, 2026. Our editors then sifted through the thousands of submissions to handpick fall’s most notable titles in 13 categories.
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Business Lessons from Taylor Swift
A pair of new books show how the pop icon is more of a boss.
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Financial Advice for Different Life Stages
New books steer readers through life’s tricky passages.
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Books to Help Understand the Current Economic Moment
New business and economics titles lend historical perspective to a chaotic present.
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Books on Finger Knitting, Hand Sewing, and Power Tool–Free Woodworking
No equipment? No problem, say these new hobby and craft books.
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Granny Square Crochet Books
PW rounds up new books on the crochet world’s most versatile pattern.
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Books on Making a House a Home
New titles help readers choose meaningful decor over fleeting trends and get the most out of their living spaces without spending most of their disposable income.
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Three Romance Novel Cover Artists
These three illustrators work to entice readers to get under the covers.
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New Trends in Romance Cover Design
Our favorites include bold graphics, retro-looking ranchers, and sexy beasts.
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Why Hobbies Are Good for You
New books tout the nurturing benefits of cooking, crochet, bird-watching, and more.
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Rest Is Essential Self-Care
New books see rest as the key to success.
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Self-Help Books for the Disconnected and Overwhelmed
New titles help readers shut out the noise and key into what’s really important.
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Girls to the Front of Manga Readership
Girls and young women have always been a key part of the U.S. manga audience, but that audience is changing as it grows up and branches out—and publishers are eager to follow.
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Falling for Girls’ Love Manga
American publishers are finally falling for yuri, or girls’ love manga, as fans of these tales of romance between female characters have gotten “queerer and louder and more demanding.”
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New Fiction by Trans and Nonbinary Writers
Authors discuss representation and the messy complexity of being human.



