This Week In Publishing (September 21 - 28, 2026)

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This Week in Publishing, Issue 26 (Sept 14–21, 2026), rounds up the week's biggest publishing news: the National Book Awards open with staggered longlist announcements, Rachel Gillig's gothic sequel "The Knave and the Moon" sweeps five bestseller lists at once, major fall titles hit shelves, and the Brooklyn Book Festival launches its Virtual Festival Day. A fact-checked, visually designed recap covering new fiction, nonfiction, bestsellers, author events, and festival programming for the week.

Table of Contents

1. The Week at a Glancep. 3
2. Fictionp. 4
   1. Also Out This Weekp. 4
3. Nonfictionp. 5
4. On Every List at Oncep. 6
5. Still Selling Strongp. 7
6. Book Events This Weekp. 8