It’s that time again! We’re back with another list of our top new releases for your convenience.
Find our entire list here. The books listed below are the titles that are on sale January 20th and January 27th. Also, you will find upcoming events where you can hear about forthcoming titles or directly from the authors.
Happy New Year, librarians! We’re so grateful to have spent a wonderful year talking books with you in 2025, and we’re looking forward to doing it all again in 2026.
Below is our list of our top new releases! The books listed are the titles that are on sale January 6th and January 13th. Also, you will find upcoming events where you can hear about forthcoming titles or directly from the authors.
Click here for an Edelweiss catalog of all of the titles mentioned below and even more.
It’s time for another list of our top new releases! The books below are the titles that are on sale through the end of December. We’ll be back in the new year!
Click here for an Edelweiss catalog of all of the titles mentioned below and even more.
Librarians, it’s been a great year for books! So many “best of” lists are pouring in and we are beyond thankful for the number of HarperCollins titles we’re seeing on these lists. We cannot express enough how thankful we are for the support you show our authors and their books.
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (9780063391147) Fair Play by Louise Hegarty (9780063360556) The Art Spy by Michele Young (9780063295896) The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (9780063318779)
Black in Blues by Imani Perry (9780062977397) — included in the Top 10! Spent by Alison Bechdel (9780063278929) —included in the Top 100 Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (9780063021471) — included in the Top 100 Strange Pictures by Uketsu (9780063433083)— included in the Top 100 ArchiveofUnknownUniverses by Ruben Reyes Jr. (9780063336315) — included in the Top 100 King Sorrow by Joe Hill (9780062200600) — included in the Top 100 So Far Gone by Jess Walters (9780062868145) — included in the Top 100 The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (9780063318779) — included in the Top 100 Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin (9780063434875) — included in the Top 100 Bad Company by Megan Greenwell (9780063299351) — included in the Top 100 Y2K by Colette Shade (9780063333949) — included in the Top 100 Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola (9780063306967) — included in the Top 100 Toni at Random by Dana A. Williams (9780063011977) Water Mirror Echo by Jeff Chang (9780358726470) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (9780063391147) Wreck by Catherine Newman (9780063453913) Helm by Sarah Hall (9780063439948) Crooks by Lou Berney (9780063445574) Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman (9780062998101) We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter (9780063336773) Motherland by Julia Ioffe (9780062879127) The Mission by Tim Weiner (9780063270183)
Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane (9780063292574) Intemperance by Sonora Jha (9780063440845) Strange Pictures by Uketsu (9780063433083) Twice by Mitch Albom (9780062406682)
The Phoenix Pencil by Allison King (9780063446236) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (9780063391147) Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (9780063021471) An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi (9780063335417) Black in Blues by Imani Perry (9780062977397) Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin (9780063434875)
Black in Blues by Imani Perry (9780062977397) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (9780063391147) Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (9780063021471) An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi (9780063335417) A Love Story from the End of the World by Juhea Kim (9780063446397) The Unexpected Diva by Tiffany L. Warren (9780063322134) The Unwanted by Boris Fishman (9780063387447) The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver (9780063394308)
Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (9780063021471) King Sorrow by Joe Hill (9780062200600) Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin (9780063434875) Les Normaux, Volume One by Janine Janssen (9780063414679) The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold by Ally Carter (9780063386976) Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz (9780063305700) Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory (9780063439689) Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Ace Atkins (9780063293441) Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman (9780062998101) — included in best covers
Congratulations to all, and thank you, librarians, for such a fantastic year! Here’s to more great books in 2026!
The Library Love Fest Team is back with another list of our top new books that are coming out on November 25th at December 2nd, as well as books that have been all over the media.
You can check out this Edelweiss catalog for all of the titles on sale in addition to those below.
The Library Love Fest team is excited to share a letter to librarians from Zefyr Lisowski! She is the author of Uncanny Valley Girls, a sharply personal and expansive memoir-in-essays dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections. Hear directly from her about her newest work and her connection to libraries.
Dear Librarians,
I’m so grateful for the opportunity to talk to you about my essay collection, Uncanny Valley Girls, out now through Harper Perennial.
Uncanny Valley Girls is a book about a lot of things—loving horror movies and loving other people despite being hurt by both; the vicarious thrill in an on-screen spurt of fake blood; the complexities of growing up trans in the rural South, and the horrors and joys that lurk there too. But, above all, it’s a book about survival. I started writing it at a period of my life that felt like an absolute nadir—emerging from a psych ward, knowing that something in my life had to change. I wrote it at a time where my greatest need was wanting to want to live, and, in writing it, something clicked open. Writing this book saved me, and I hope some of the care that experience gave me shines through into your life, too.
I’ve been heartened by the reaction to Uncanny Valley Girls. But I’m especially excited to share this book with you specifically, given the way libraries provided me a space to see into lives like my own and others. Every week, from elementary school onward, I would trek to the brick edifice downtown and check out books— Paul Beatty novels and Shirley Jackson short story collections, books of poetry and plays, histories of the ghosts in my town and state. As a queer kid in a rural North Carolina community, libraries helped me first dream of community before I found it. I first started to read LGBT writers through my library, first started to build my own canon of other writers thinking expansively about place and people, first started to think through difference and similarity and difference again.
I’ve also tried to give back to libraries how I can. Throughout high school, I volunteered at that same branch, working as a shelver and youth program coordinator. Since I moved to NYC ten years ago, I’ve discovered countless new books, authors, and experiences through the Brooklyn and New York Public Libraries, and had the honor of participating in a poetry showcase at the BPL in 2021. Libraries have deeply shaped my politics and imagination; at times I haven’t been able to afford to buy books, they’ve kept me reading. It’s no exaggeration to say I wouldn’t be a writer without them.
I hope you join me on the journey I describe in Uncanny Valley Girls—from a town secluded in the recesses of a swamp obsessed with a hundred-year-old drowned girl to a residential high school built on the grounds of an abandoned hospital. Here, you’ll find stories of gender-ambiguous figures in Texas wielding chainsaws and disabled girls pushed down wells—stories of people carved down to their last nerves. But through all of it, you’ll find light, the warmth of bodies huddled against each other and the relief we can find through and despite that fear. You’ll find love, and through that love, you’ll find life too.
Thank you to all of you for what you’ve done, and continue to do.
Warmly, Zefyr Lisowski
Thank you, Zefyr, for writing this touching letter to librarians and congratulations Uncanny Valley Girls, out now.
Praise for Uncanny Valley Girls:
“Lisowski takes an intimate approach to horror films…. drawing poignant parallels between her experience as a trans woman and the monsters and final girls of the films she loves…. [Lisowski is a] talent to watch, with a strong, singular voice.” —Library Journal
“Zefyr Lisowski has written a poignant, innovative, and urgent blend of memoir and criticism that has replenished my belief in how art and love can save your life—a book that can single-handedly infuse new and unexpected beauty into your favorite films.” —Torrey Peters, author of Stag Dance and Detransition, Baby
More about Zefyr Lisowski:
Zefyr Lisowski is a Lambda award-winning trans and queer writer, artist, and North Carolinian living in New York City. A 2023 NYFA/NYSCA Fellow and 2023 Queer|Art Fellow, she’s the author of the poetry collections Girl Work, winner of the 2022 Noemi Book Prize, and Blood Box, winner of the Black River Editor’s Choice Award from Black Lawrence Press. Zefyr’s work has appeared in The Believer, Electric Literature, Catapult, Literary Hub, Split This Rock, and elsewhere. From 2016 to 2024, she served as poetry co-editor for the Whiting Award-winning Apogee Journal. She’s seen grave robbers twice.
You voted, they counted, and the LibraryReads winners have finally been announced! Thank you to all who voted.
So excited to announce that Stacia Stark’s We Who Will Die has made the December 2025 LibraryReads List! And Margot Harrison’s The Library of Fates has been selected as a Board Bonus Pick!
Want to hear how our authors reacted to the big news? Listen below.
We know Halloween recently passed but we have one more scary thought for you: we are getting ready to vote for the JANUARY 2026 LibraryReads list! Yikes! Where did the year go? Find our recommendations for the January list here. Reminder to get your votes in for the January list by December 1st!
We’re back with another list of our top new books that are coming out on November 11th at November 18th, as well as books that the media has been buzzing about.
Be sure to check back for upcoming lists of don’t-miss titles for your patrons. You can find all of the titles in this Edelweiss catalog.
We know it’s a time of incredible change as many of you move orders away from Baker & Taylor to new partners. We wanted to make sure you don’t miss any key books during this transition, so we’ll be spotlighting our don’t-miss titles that your patrons will be looking for.
Let us know what else you need to make this a smooth transition.
If you’re emotionally ready to say goodbye to summer, dive into this list of December reads, just in time for the LibraryReads voting deadline! Check out these staff suggestions that we think you’ll love. Reminder: December LibraryReads votes are due by November 1st!
Happy reading, and don’t forget to vote!
All our best, The Library Love Fest Team (Lainey & Grace)
HarperCollins Publishers and Library Journal are hosting the Library Love Fest World-Famous Book Buzz!
Join us Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET to hear more about our faves from the Winter/Spring 2026 Adult list. Fiction, nonfiction, memoir, fantasy, and much more! PLUS: a special message from V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke (writing as Evelyn Clarke), authors of The Ending Writes Itself.
Our website might look a little different for a while! We are moving over from our old platform. Unfortunately that site is no longer in business so we created a quick site that would allow us to have limited disruption and still offer great updates on what the team is doing. More coming soon. Thank you for your patience! As always, you can email us at librarylovefest@harpercollins.com or find us on social (X, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube) at any time. Sign up for our newsletter here.
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Can you believe July is almost over?! That means we're getting closer to the deadline to vote for the September LibraryReads List. Check out our staff suggestions of titles we think you'll love! Find the entire title list here. Reminder that the deadline to vote for the September LibraryReads List is August 1st.
Happy reading and happy voting!
All our best, The Library Love Fest Team (Virginia, Lainey, & Grace)
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