This Week in Publishing (September 14 - 21)

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This Week in Publishing, Issue 25 (Sept 14-21, 2026) tracks a week of bestseller-list debuts including Rachel Gillig, Marlon James, and a MrBeast-James Patterson collaboration, plus the books still holding every major list. The centerpiece is the National Book Foundation's rollout of its 2026 longlists, Fiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature, alongside book festivals opening in Vermont, Missouri, California, and Yorkshire.

Table of Contents

1. This Week in Publishing · Issue 25p. 2
2. THE WEEK AT A GLANCEp. 3
   1. The Knave and the Moonp. 4
   2. The Disappearersp. 4
   3. The Most Dangerous Gamesp. 4
   4. This Is Me: A Reckoningp. 4
   5. The Titles Holding Every Major Listp. 5
   6. Worth Knowing About This Weekp. 5
   7. Ten Books, Announced with The New Yorker, September 17p. 6
   8. Poetryp. 7
   9. Translated Literaturep. 7
   10. Young People's Literaturep. 7
   11. Festivals Open on Two Continentsp. 8