This Week in Publishing - September 1-7, 2026

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Issue 23 of "This Week in Publishing" covers early September 2026. It highlights major nonfiction releases, including books by Jeremy Adelman, Pam Manfredo Curtis, Jared Diamond, and Angela Duckworth. The bestseller lists feature "Theo of Golden," "Yesteryear," "Whistler," "Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 8," and "The Calamity Club". The issue also recaps the 21st annual Spencertown Academy Festival of Books held over Labor Day weekend in New York.

Table of Contents

1. This Week in Publishing · Issue 23p. 2
2. THE WEEK AT A GLANCEp. 3
   1. 4 — new titles tracked from major publishers on September 1p. 3
   2. 5 — books that appeared on all five major bestseller lists at oncep. 3
   3. 21st — year of the Spencertown Academy Festival of Booksp. 3
3. NEW RELEASES, PART ONEp. 4
4. NEW RELEASES, PART TWOp. 5
5. ON EVERY LIST AT ONCEp. 6
6. NEW ON THE LISTSp. 7
7. LABOR DAY IN SPENCERTOWNp. 8
8. CLOSING NOTEp. 9