BLOOMSBURY fall 2026
september –december
FICTION / LITERARY
Bloomsbury Publishing | 8/25/2026
9781639738434 | $29.99 / $39.99 Can.
Hardcover with dust jacket | 320 pages | Carton
Qty: 1
9.3 in H | 6.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Crocodilopolis
A Novel
John Manuel Arias
From the author of national bestseller, GMA Buzz Pick, and B&N Discover Pick Where There Was Fire comes a gripping tale of sibling rivalry, family secrets, and the fate of a nation.
Once a powerful, cold-blooded politician in Costa Rica, Seth Oreamundo is now living in exile in Washington, D.C.—and his younger brother Osario is to blame. Born into a corrupt political dynasty and raised on a seemingly idyllic coffee estate, the Oreamundo brothers were destined for greatness. But a dark family secret and a scandalous double crossing sent their lives into a tailspin, changing the country forever.
Osario must pay, and Seth decides the only way to do so is to return home to Costa Rica with the goal of feeding his brother to the infamous river crocodiles of their childhood. What follows is a spellbinding story of revenge alternating between Seth’s murderous plans and memories of the brothers’ upbringing. With the wisdom of biblical myth and the soapy wit of a telenovela, Crocodilopolis is a masterful interrogation of power, masculinity, destiny, and legacy from a literary star on the rise.
PRAISE
"Crocodilopolis is a darkly intoxicating novel, at once mythic and wickedly contemporary. Through the feud of two brothers born into a corrupt political dynasty, Arias exposes how power mutates love into rivalry and destiny into violence. With lush yet exacting prose replete with humor and lyrical potency, here is a writer in full command of his world, delivering a ferocious meditation on masculinity, legacy, and national myth through an audacious, unforgettable book." —Ocean Vuong, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of Gladness and On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
“Crocodilopolis is a lush, ambitious take on Cain and Abel intertwined with the rich history of Costa Rica." —Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of MexicanGothic
John Manuel Arias is a queer, Costa Rican American poet and writer and author of the national bestselling novel Where There Was Fire. A Canto Mundo fellow and an alumnus of the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop, his work has been published in the Kenyon Review, PANK, the Rumpus, and Akashic Books. He has lived in Washington D.C.; Brooklyn, New York; and in San José, Costa Rica with his grandmother and four ghosts.
EDUCATION / HISTORY
Bloomsbury Publishing | 9/29/2026
9781639732739 | $32.00 / $42.00 Can.
Hardcover with dust jacket | 384 pages | Carton
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9.2 in H | 6.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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California Dreams
The Making and Remaking of the University of California
Miriam Pawel
Pulitzer Prize–winner Miriam Pawel’s epic history of the world’s largest higher educational institution, the University of California, its sweeping social impact, and what it can teach us in a time of crisis.
Set apart by its founding mission to be an engine of upward mobility, the University of California system—constitutionally independent, a public trust—is a great American experiment that has endured through fraught battles over access, funding, and leadership and the looming crisis in education.
The University has been at the nexus of nearly every public policy decision and social movement in the Golden State since the Civil War, from affirmative action to immigration to student protests. Fiat Lux narrates the UC’s rise and resilience through the lens of those whose lives it has transformed—in particular, five pioneering graduates whose diverse paths underscore why, though imperfectly so, the UC remains, in the words of Berkeley graduate Joan Didion, “California’s best idea of itself.”
At a time of staggering inequality and uncertainty, as higher education faces unprecedented threats, that role has never been more crucial—or more difficult. Fiat Lux weaves the history of the inexorably linked school and state in all its drama, significance, and humanity, providing a clear-eyed analysis of the University’s roots with an incisive lesson, and a glimmer of hope, for our future.
PRAISE
“[A] wonderful and essential book.” —Los Angeles Times on The Browns of California
“Ms. Pawel . . . with her extensive interviews, deep archival research, and brilliant synthesis, has made an enormous contribution to the historical record.” —The Wall Street Journal on The Browns of California
“[R]igorous and captivating . . . Chavez’s epic story, told so astutely and passionately by Pawel, is essential for understanding today’s struggles for justice and equality.” —Booklist (starred review) on The Crusades of Cesar Chavez
Miriam Pawel is the author of The Browns of California, winner of the California Book Award Gold Medal; The Crusades of Cesar Chavez, an NBCC Award finalist; and The Union of Their Dreams. A Pulitzer Prize–winning editor and reporter, she spent twenty-five years at Newsday and the Los Angeles Times. For this book, she was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Fellowship and was named a fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. She lives in Southern California.
COOKING / COURSES & DISHES
Bloomsbury Publishing | 9/1/2026
9781639739455 | $35.00 / $47.00 Can.
Hardcover Paper over boards | 224 pages |
Carton Qty: 14
9.7 in H | 7.4 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Dinner Time
Deeply Delicious Meals in 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes
Zena Kamgaing
From star chef and creator Zena Kamgaing, 85 bold, delicious, time-saving dinner recipes that are ready when you are.
From social media sensation Zena Kamgaing, Dinner Time is full of lively recipes for every mood—and schedule. With sections organized into vibrant, flavor-packed dinners that can be on the table in 15 minutes, half an hour, 45 minutes, or later, Zena’s recipes are designed to fit your busy schedule, whether you're in a hurry or have time to savor the process. Featuring over 80 authentic yet innovative international classics, Dinner Time will delight with meals like Creamy Sundried Tomato & Harissa Pasta, Teriyaki Pork Miso Ramen, Gochujang Chicken Katsu, Oven-Baked Jollof Rice, and Tropical Tiramisu.
Zena is known for her ability to transform simple, healthy meals into flavorful heavy hitters, using the most accessible methods. Here, she delivers fan favorites and brand-new recipes to look forward to at the end of the day, including tantalizing vegetarian and vegan options. Reinvigorating familiar ingredients and elevating the quickest of weeknight dishes, Dinner Time reminds us that we can all find the magic in preparing a delicious meal.
PRAISE
"Big flavor, big-hitting dishes—that's dinner sorted!” Jamie Oliver
"A celebration of bold, delicious, home-cooked food. Zena’s recipes are exactly what you need for dinner.” —Alfie Steiner @alfiecooks
"There is not a single recipe in this book that I didn’t drool over. I can’t wait to devour each and every one.” Natalia Rudin, author of Cooking fast and Slow @natsnourishments
"A wonderful collection of midweek meals and warming, delicious recipes I’d cook for my friends. From east to west, it has absolutely everything! I love it!” Justin Tsang, author of Long Day? Cook This @justin_the_dustbin
Zena Kamgaing is a chef, recipe creator, and international social media sensation. She was a contestant on The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver for Channel 4 and has worked with well-known global brands including Le Creuset, Ninja, and Panasonic. Zena can be found @zenaskitchen on Instagram and TikTok as well as on her Substack page, Big Bold Flavours. She lives in London.
SCIENCE / SPACE SCIENCE / ASTRONOMY
Bloomsbury Sigma | 9/8/2026
9781399421447 | $28.00 / $37.00 Can.
Hardcover with dust jacket | 304 pages | Carton
Qty: 1
9.2 in H | 6 in W
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How to Design a Universe
The Science of Real and Virtual Worlds
Catherine Heymans
An exploration of the simulation hypothesis through the lens of modern physics, questioning whether our reality is real or a sophisticated digital illusion.
Could we be living inside a computer simulation?
Sent on a mission by her son to answer this existential question, Catherine Heymans throws all the physics she knows at the question. As the Astronomer Royal for Scotland she is used to creating giant maps of the universe, but what if all the ancient light that she has spent her career collecting is just a series of computer impulses in an elaborate simulation?
Assembling the facts, How to Design a Universe takes us on a journey to understand how one day we might simulate our own lives. Along the way it explores how the fundamentals of light and electricity underpin the world we see, the consequences of quantum theory, and how technological advances mean physicists can already creating their own simulated worlds and AI is a reaching a point where we can’t always tell what is real. Offering an engaging guide to the simulation hypothesis, Heymans shows how modern physics and technology combine to challenge our most basic assumption: that reality is real.
Catherine Heymans is Astronomer Royal for Scotland, the first woman to hold the title, whose research has been featured in the Guardian, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Washington Post and New Scientist. She is a regular contributor to BBC radio and has made a number of TV appearances.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES / CAPITALISM
Bloomsbury Publishing | 9/22/2026
9781639736324 | $33.00 / $44.00 Can.
Hardcover with dust jacket | 400 pages | Carton
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9.3 in H | 6.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Brought to You By
How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy
Amy Westervelt
Amy Westervelt, investigative reporter and host of Drilled, shows how the tentacles of corporate propaganda infiltrated our media ecosystem, undermined democracy, and now threaten the very nature of truth itself.
Whether it’s the tobacco industry lying about the health dangers of cigarettes, Big Pharma burying studies that make its products less marketable, or Big Oil misleading the public on the dangers of the climate crisis, we all know how corporations use doubt and science denial to avoid responsibility. So why do we continue to let them get away with it?
In Brought to You By, Amy Westervelt exposes the wider plot hidden within the familiar story of science denial. Over the last century, Big Industry has built a vast apparatus of think tanks, lobbyists, sponsored university labs, and obliging news networks to con the public and fool decision-makers, poisoning the informational ecosystem and warping the nature of truth itself along the way.
With her signature wit and fiery anger, Westervelt shows how the masterminds of corporate misinformation—people like Herb Schmertz, the public relations pioneer who made Mobil “the thinking man’s oil company,” Richard Edelman, the PR guy who helped the dairy industry vilify oat milk, and David Petraeus, the disgraced spy chief introducing counterinsurgency tactics to the fight against climate science—have ushered in an era of unprecedented corporate control. According to Westervelt, exposing their methods is the first step toward robbing them of their power.
Amy Westervelt, an acclaimed investigative climate journalist, is the founder and executive producer of the Critical Frequency network, which includes the award-winning podcasts Unfinished: Short Creek, This Land, and Drilled Drilled has expanded from a podcast into a climate-focused global newsroom, co-publishing with the Guardian, ProPublica, Rolling Stone, and more. She lives in Costa Rica.
FICTION / HORROR
Bloomsbury Publishing | 9/29/2026
9781639736409 | $27.99 / $36.99 Can.
Hardcover with dust jacket | 336 pages | Carton
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8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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W ither
A Novel
Dan Warner
The algorithm has a will of its own.
We were obsessed with technology. Now, technology is obsessed with us.
Before he went off the grid, Mick had a plan: get a high-powered job, find a girlfriend, and leave his past behind.
Then he met Regression. A black-box technology that builds a person's perfect digital twin. Every piece of data. Every secret. Every mistake. The greatest invention since fire. And Mick gets to test it out in a remote Ozark town.
A year later, Mick is clawing his way out of the woods, haunted by the act of violence that sent him into hiding. But when he gets back to Bloom, Missouri, he finds a ghost town with cars still in the driveways and cans in the cupboards, like everyone just walked away. Mick will leave, too, as soon as he finds his girlfriend, Alison, finds redemption, and finds Regression before it finds him first.
For readers of Jeff VanderMeer and Paul Tremblay, Wither is a propulsive, darkly funny horror about technology, privacy, and humanity in transition.
Dan Warner is a writer and documentary filmmaker from St. Louis, Missouri, where he lives with his wife and kids in an old home under perpetual repair.
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / HUMOROUS
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/6/2026
9781639735181 | $29.99 / $39.99 Can.
Hardcover Paper over boards | 192 pages |
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9.3 in H | 7.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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The Two Saddest Kitchens
A Comics Conversation
Roz Chast, Jason Adam Katzenstein
The New Yorker cartoonist duo, #1 New York Times bestselling author Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein, team up to pull back the curtain on our hilarious, all-too-relatable kitchen realities.
The kitchen is the “heart of the home,” or at least it’s supposed to be. But even when the countertops look tidy, there’s often madness lurking at the back of the refrigerator . . .
When celebrated New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein admitted to each other that their kitchens were far from shiny beacons of homemaking, they knew they couldn’t be the only ones who left the dishes to soak for a little too long.
In The Two Saddest Kitchens, Roz and Jason combine their hilarious cartoon sensibilities to take stock of what’s really going on in our kitchens—from Tupperware Drawer Tetris to the cabinet over the fridge where the forgotten yard-sale ice bucket and stale marshmallows go to die—filling each laughout-loud page with a new perspective on optimizing our kitchens and our cooking skills as they ponder the fancy utensils that will never be used, the recipes that will never be followed, and the people they will never be.
If you’ve ever found yourself hungrily wandering into the kitchen only to find too-ripe-even-for-banana-bread bananas and expired cheese, rest assured that Roz and Jason have already been there too—and this book is for you.
PRAISE
“I don't think I've ever laughed so hard. Everyone not named Martha Stewart will recognize themselves in this book. It is very reassuring to learn that you are not the only one who suspects that your kitchen is filled with malevolent microwaves and misfit lids. Besides, if you don't buy this book how will you find out what a touski is—or how to eat promiscuously?”—Ruth Reichl
“Buckle-over hilarious, and all too true. Turns out the kitchen is the great equalizer. LOVE. I’ll be gifting this to everyone.”—Wendy MacNaughton
“An achievement of dark humor that rings utterly true.” —The Washington Post on Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast is the author of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist; bestseller I Must Be Dreaming; New York City Book Award winner Going into Town; and many more. She lives in Connecticut and New York Jason Adam Katzenstein is a cartoonist and comedy writer whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times and MAD Magazine. He is the author and illustrator of Everything Is an Emergency. He lives in New York.
FICTION / FANTASY / CONTEMPORARY
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/13/2026
9798260200438 | $32.00 / $42.00 Can.
Hardcover with dust jacket | 352 pages | Carton
Qty: 1
9.3 in H | 6.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Mothsblood
Deluxe Limited Edition
Lynn D. Jung
An ambitious alchemist must uncover her university’s dark secrets while trying to escape from her mysterious past in this electrifying debut.
This deluxe limited edition includes stunning designed endpapers and stenciled edges.
“A triumph of a debut.” —Chloe Gong
On a rain-soaked night in modern-day Paris, Larkspur Lee and her academic rivals find themselves at the center of an impossible crime—the murder of their university’s headmistress, the immortal Petronelle Flamel.
In the aftermath of Flamel’s death, the school devolves into chaos. The mysterious investigator assigned to the case, Violaine, believes a cult known as the Promethean Genesis is responsible for Flamel’s murder. But Lark, who knows all too well what kind of horrors that the Prometheans commit, will do anything to stay out of the cult’s reach. Matters are complicated when the mentor she crossed an ocean and a continent to escape re-enters her life, enticing her to his side once again while secretly wielding an agenda of his own.
As the Prometheans’ plans come to fruition and the university’s dark history comes to light, Lark has no choice but to decide whether the power she desires is truly worth the price.
PRAISE
"Mothsblood: a dark alchemy mingling The Secret History and Frankenstein. Jung writes with the precision of an entomology pin, achieving here a masterclass in sharp prose, tight plotting, and a low, slow horror that will seep into your bones. This book is an intoxicating addition to the dark academia canon. In a word, extraordinary." —Brigitte Knightley, New York Times bestselling author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
“Sinister, sexy, and in utter command over its own allure.” —Chloe Gong, #1 NYT bestselling author of Immortal Longings
“A must-read.” —Kiersten White, #1 NYT bestselling author of Lucy Undying
“A piercing interrogation of academia, a riveting mystery, and an intimate portrayal of the diasporic identity.” —K. M. Fajardo, author of
Lynn D. Jung is a speculative fiction writer and educator born and raised in southern California. She is currently based in Wisconsin. Lynn loves writing about complex worlds and the messy characters that inhabit them, and she spends her free time identifying native flora, knitting socks, exploring new cities, and making YouTube videos about writing.
FICTION / FANTASY
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/20/2026
9781639739813 | $16.99 / $22.99 Can.
Hardcover Paper over boards | 96 pages |
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7.8 in H | 5.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City
Susanna Clarke
From the bestselling and prizewinning author of Piranesi, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated short story set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
During the conquest of Northern England, the fairy host sweeps across the countryside. The city of Durham finds itself surrounded. But the encircling forces are not fairies, nor even other humans, but trees that trap the city within an eerie wood.
Ranulf, Bishop of Durham—a consummate politician—understands that the survival of the Northern English people depends on his finding a way to unite the two races, human and fairy. And he’s not averse to improving his own position at the same time. With these aims in view, he sets off for the New Castle, in search of the new King—the leader of the fairy host, rumored to be a mysterious human boy, no more than fourteen years old, who speaks no word of any human language.
Set 700 years before the events of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City is a bewitching, must-have addition to any fantasy reader’s shelf, featuring beautiful illustrations throughout.
PRAISE
“Clarke’s imagination is prodigious.” —The New York Times on The Wood at Midwinter
“A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling.” —Madeline Miller, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Song of Achilles, on Piranesi
“Rich, wondrous, full of aching joy and sweet sorrow.” —NYTBR on Piranesi “A fiercely funny, beautiful writer.” —Lev Grossman, Time magazine, on Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke is the author of Piranesi, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Hugo Award–winning Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Wood at Midwinter, and The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories. She lives in England.
COOKING / SPECIFIC INGREDIENTS / FISH & SEAFOOD
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/20/2026
9781639738618 | $27.99 / $39.99 Can.
Hardcover Paper over boards | 304 pages |
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9.2 in H | 6.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Cod
A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky's classic history of the mighty fish that became "the tragic fable of our age" (Bill McKibben)—with a new foreword by New York Times bestselling fish afficionado Paul Greenberg.
JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER
The great codfish: root of revolutions and wars, centerpiece of diets and economies, and the foundation of North American settlement. To the millions it has sustained across the world, it's been a treasure more precious than gold.
Codfish history spans a thousand years and four continents—from the Vikings, who pursued it across the Atlantic, to the enigmatic Basques who commercialized it; from the apt naming of “Cape Cod” in 1602 to the ongoing battle for proper fish ‘n’ chips. Kurlansky expertly steers through it all, introducing the explorers, merchants, and chefs whose lives were interwoven with this prolific fish and punctuating their stories with gastronomic detail, recipes, and lore.
A modern classic, this “bitter ecological fable” (Los Angeles Times) is ever closer to its end. As our oceans warm and the codfish faces extinction, Kurlansky’s dazzling history—featuring new and updated material—is more ensnaring than ever.
PRAISE
"Fascinating . . . This exceptional book entertainingly reveals the consequential story of this wonderful fish in world history, which now nearly thirty years later remains current in its commentary on how the commodification and trade of a good can unite and connect across cultural and geographical lines." —Jacques Pépin
“A charming fish tale and a pretty gift . . . But in the last analysis, it’s a bitter ecological fable for our time.” —Los Angeles Times
“Deceptively whimsical. This little book is a work of no small consequence.” Business Week
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author ofSalt,Milk!,Havana,TheBig Oyster,Cheesecake,and 1968,among other titles. He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Bon Appétit’s Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. He contributes to the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. A four- time Jeopardy clue, he lives in New York City.
COOKING / SPECIFIC INGREDIENTS
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/20/2026 9781639738625 | $29.99 / $39.99 Can.
Hardcover Paper over boards | 496 pages |
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9.2 in H | 6.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Salt
A World History
Mark Kurlansky
A Mark Kurlansky fan favorite: The unlikely history of the world through a grain of salt—now with a new foreword by NYT bestselling author Simon Winchester.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Homer called salt a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Today we take it for granted: a common, inexpensive substance that seasons food or clears ice from roads. But as Mark Kurlansky relates in his now-classic book, salt—the only rock we eat—has shaped civilization from the very beginning.
Throughout history, salt has been so valuable that it has served as currency, and its ability to preserve and sustain life made it a common religious symbol. Demand for salt established the world’s earliest trade routes; salt making inspired ingenuity from the creation of natural gas furnaces in ancient China to new drilling techniques that led to the age of petroleum. All the while, salt has shaped food history by way of cod, cheese, olives, and nearly everything in our grocery stores today.
Mark Kurlansky's beloved Salt is a kaleidoscope of history that blends economic, political, religious, and culinary records into a rich tale. Returning to this modern classic, we’re reminded anew of this beloved rock's glittering role in the history of humankind.
PRAISE
“Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Darned interesting … This is a ‘wow!’ book: roving, startling, engaging.” —The Washington Post
“[Kurlansky is] remarkably adept at taking a most unlikely candidate and telling its tale with epic grandeur . . . immensely entertaining.” —Los Angeles Times
“This is terrific food writing; like fleur de sel, something scarce and to be savored.” San Francisco Chronicle
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Salt, Milk!, Havana, The Big Oyster, Cheesecake, and 1968, among other titles. He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Bon Appétit’s Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. He contributes to the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. A four- time Jeopardy clue, he lives in New York City.
ARCHITECTURE / SUSTAINABILITY & GREEN DESIGN
Bloomsbury Sigma | 10/6/2026
9781399429542 | $28.00 / $37.00 Can.
Hardcover with dust jacket | 320 pages | Carton
Qty: 1
8.5 in H | 5.3 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Future Build
How Construction Can Heal Our Planet
Will Arnold
Future Build exposes the devastating environmental impact of modern construction while offering a bold vision for change.
Construction shapes the world we live in, but also leaves one of the heaviest footprints on our planet. From the relentless heat of cement kilns to the towering steel and concrete skeletons of our cities, Future Build reveals how our dependence on five key materials has led to soaring carbon emissions, waste and ecological destruction.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Structural engineer Will Arnold offers a bold vision for change, revealing how every stage of construction—from design to demolition—can be transformed for the better. Through a global journey of pioneering projects and groundbreaking innovations, he showcases buildings that do more than just minimize harm: they actively heal the planet. From schools built of bamboo, to concrete floors designed with plant-like efficiency and houses made from waste, a better future is not only possible, it is already being built.
Will Arnold is a multiple award-winning environmentalist and structural engineer, and a visiting professor at the University of Bath. He is best known for his work around policy, standards and guidance related to the sustainable use of construction materials.
FICTION / ROMANCE / FANTASY
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/27/2026
9781639739134 | $32.00 / $42.00 Can.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses 6
Sarah J. Maas
Sarah J. Maas, the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, returns to the courts of Prythian . . .
Romance, danger, and intrigue await you in the stunning new installment.
The full Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:
1) A Court of Thorns and Roses
2) A Court of Mist and Fury
3) A Court of Wings and Ruin
4) A Court of Frost and Starlight
5) A Court of Silver Flames
Also available from Sarah J. Maas is the bestselling Crescent City series, beginning with House of Earth and Blood, and the bestselling Throne of Glass series, starting with Throne of Glass
PRAISE
"A deliciously badass rivals-to-lovers romance that nearly singed my fingers. Intensely emotional, wildly sexy, and absolutely unputdownable." —Sarah MacLean on A Court of Silver Flames
"Deeply sexy and spectacularly propulsive.." —Christina Lauren on A Court of Silver Flames
"Simply dazzles." —Booklist on A Court of Thorns and Roses, starred review
"Passionate, violent, sexy and daring." —USA Today on A Court of Thorns and Roses
"Suspense, romance, intrigue, and action. This is not a book to be missed!" HuffPost on A Court of Thorns and Roses
"Fiercely romantic, irresistibly sexy, and hypnotically magical. A veritable feast for the senses." —USA Today on A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas is the #1 bestselling author of the CourtofThornsandRoses,ThroneofGlass, and CrescentCity series. Her books have sold more than seventy-five million copies and are published in forty languages.
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COOKING / SPECIFIC INGREDIENTS / PASTA
Bloomsbury Publishing | 11/17/2026
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Pasta Tricolore
Recipes in Green, White and Red Jacob Kenedy
An essential guide to pasta sauce, the holy trinity of butter, tomato, and herb.
Green, white, and red. Verde, bianco, rosso. To renowned chef Jacob Kenedy, whose cult classic The Geometry of Pasta celebrated pasta shape, these colors don’t just make up the Italian flag but also the elemental trio of pasta sauces. Pasta Tricolore boils over with dreamy sauce and pasta recipes, from the rising star Pesto Brontese to the beloved Brown Butter & Sage and the glorious Amatriciana—all designed to become go-to favorites.
With clear and easy guides to technique and exploration, Pasta Tricolore is an irreverent take on our most familiar meal. It’s stylish, straightforward, and a true kitchen essential for home chefs and professionals alike, full of recipes to please the most particular eaters to the most adventurous—and most importantly, to share in good company, with a glass (or two) of wine.
PRAISE
"A book to really fall in love with—I did! The recipes are irresistible!" —Claudia Roden, author of the James Beard Award-winning The Book of Jewish Food and the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame inductee A Book of Middle Eastern Food
"Page after page of divinely simple delicious recipes—Italian cuisine at its best."
—Michel Roux Jr., former Chef Patron of the two-Michelin-starred Le Gavroche restaurant
"A beautiful book full of brilliant pasta dishes you will want to cook immediately." —Jay Rayner, restaurant critic for the Financial Times and 2025 Press Awards Critic of the Year
The Geometry of Pasta:
“The Geometry of Pasta is the most stylish, and delicious, foodie publication of the year.” — magazine
“An arresting book . . . A careful matching of sauce recipe to shape.” —Florence Fabricant,
Jacob Kenedy has worked in kitchens from London to San Francisco. Inspired by a yearlong trip to Italy, he opened Bocca di Lupo, which has been named London’s best restaurant twice. In 2010 he opened Gelupo, a gelateria and delicatessen. He is the author of Bocca and Gelupo Gelato and the co-author of The Geometry of Pasta. He lives in London.
HISTORY / EUROPE / UKRAINE
Bloomsbury Publishing | 11/10/2026
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The Land of Tears and Hope
The Ukrainian Story
Illia Ponomarenko
An epic popular history of Ukraine, from an acclaimed front-line war reporter, directly countering Putin’s attempted erasure of Ukrainian identity.
“Likely the best-known Ukrainian after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy” (Der Spiegel), Illia Ponomarenko, author of I Will Show You How It Was, returns with a magisterial history of his homeland, dating back over 1,000 years and bringing us right up into the fraught present of Russia’s invasion. Colorful and dramatic, The Land of Tears and Hope weaves the stories of animistic Slavic tribes, the arrival of the Vikings, Cossack revolutions, Soviet repression, and the Euromaidan uprising into an urgent history of a nation under attack.
Ukraine lies at a major European crossroads and has seen endless cycles of conquest and liberation, subjugation and self-determination, all of which have played out on an epic scale. Ponomarenko brings us history as it lives in the popular imagination, with myth, folklore, and poetry, alongside stories of conquest, resistance, and survival. From Yaroslav the Wise, the greatest figure in Ukrainian history, to Taras Shevchenko, the peasant painter whose poems live on to this day, to Serhiy Korolyov, the Ukrainian engineer at the heart of the Soviet space program, and beyond, readers will come away with a new understanding of who Ukrainians are and why they are fighting so hard.
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for I Will Show You How It Was
“A clear-eyed account of Ukraine under siege . . . a gripping account of Ukrainians’ struggle, offering moral clarity about the causes of the war.” —The Economist
“Candid and arresting.” —NPR
“A story of searing clarity from Ukraine’s front lines.” —Nicole Perlroth, bestselling author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
Illia Ponomarenko, the author of I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv,is Ukrainian journalist who has covered the war in eastern Ukraine since the conflict’s earliest days, as well as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine since 2022. Ponomarenko won the Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellowship and was selected to work as USA Today’s guest reporter at the U.S. Department of Defense. He lives in Bucha, outside Kyiv.
FICTION / SMALL TOWN & RURAL
Bloomsbury Publishing | 11/10/2026
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O Now!
Niall Williams
From novelist Niall Williams, bestselling author of Time of the Child and This Is Happiness, a new story set in the small Irish town of Faha, exploring love, loss, and the “why” of life.
Mossie Crowe, known as “Ganga,” is that rare man who is beloved by everyone who knows him and is particularly cherished by his best friend, Bat. On one ordinary November day, Bat interrupts their usual evening tea to ask Ganga why God created the earth. But when Ganga passes away that night, Bat finds himself at a loss, without his friend and without an answer to his question. Over the next days, as all of Faha comes to care for and honor the body of the man they loved, Bat begins a new journey towards understanding life, death, and love.
A tender exploration of life’s many meanings, O Now! is a perfect gift for readers who loved Niall Williams previous Faha novels and features an all-new essay from Niall exploring Faha’s creation and legacy.
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“I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams.” —Ann Patchett, NYT bestselling author of Tom Lake
“A study in human community that made me laugh out loud.” —Margaret Renkl, The New York Times on Time of the Child
“Comic and poignant in equal measure.” —The New Yorker on This Is Happiness
“[A] magical work of fiction.” —New York Times Book Review on Four Letters of Love
Niall Williams was born in Dublin. He is the author of eleven novels, including History of the Rain, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Four Letters of Love, which is now a major motion picture, This Is Happiness, which was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Book of the Year and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize, and Time of the Child. He lives in Kiltumper in County Clare, Ireland
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / HUMOROUS
Bloomsbury Publishing | 12/1/2026 9781639737635 | $28.99 / $38.99 Can. Hardcover Paper over boards | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 1
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Thirty
A Guide to Embracing the Wonderfully Messy Decade
Ariella Elovic
A fun, fully illustrated guide to the decade of major milestones and surprising setbacks—celebrating the flailing, failing, and figuring out.
“Ariella Elovic is a gem.” —Samantha Irby
Do you sometimes wake up and wonder if your true adult life is just across the country? If you’ll ever have the confidence to roast a whole chicken for a dinner party that you’ll host at your apartment, atop a fully accessorized dining table?
34-year-old Brooklyn-based illustrator and author Ariella Elovic has spent the last four years investigating (and being plagued by) these questions, and she writes with a revelation: The truth is, thirty (and adulthood) isn’t about finally feeling settled. It’s about understanding that life is in the in-between.
In these pages, Ariella presents an array of disorienting, thrilling, disappointing, hilarious, and grounding experiences in all the most important areas of life—from home to career, through family and love— offering ways she's been able to find “richness in the flailing.” Despite all that we’ve been told, our thirties are actually made more valuable by not having everything figured out.
PRAISE
“Thirty feels like reading a more beautiful version of your own diary. I found in equal measure: laughs and affirmation of my own hellish life choices. It has the brilliant mix of humor and thoughtful truths that make Ariella's writing like no other. THIRTY and its illustrations on dating, working, food, and the pressures of having it all are the perfect reminder that through a lens like Ariella's my life can feel like art too.” —Aidy Bryant, SNL alum and co-creator of Shrill
“I am obsessed with Ariella Elovic . . . She is a gem, a light in the darkness, and a balm for the weary soul.” —Samantha Irby, The New York Times, bestselling author of Wow, No Thank You
Ariella Elovic is the author of Cheeky, which she developed as a pilot for Peacock with Aidy Bryant and Sudi Green. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and elsewhere. She writes and illustrates a weekly newsletter on Substack called Snack Time. Originally from Boston, she lives in Brooklyn.
FICTION
Bloomsbury Publishing | 12/1/2026
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W ild Aster
A Novel Anna Hogeland
"A novel that marries the feel of a timeless classic with a sharp, contemporary sensibility” (Alexis Schaitkin) about a woman with a talent for survival, whose life spans the early twentieth cent
Mae Smith starts her life as a stolen good: her biological mother, Ida, kidnaps her from her adoptive parents, and Mae grows up on the run, constantly changing towns and names, never able to find a home. After her mother’s death, Mae is determined to live a different kind of life. But over the next half century, as she reinvents herself against the backdrop of the Depression and Second World War and pursues stability amid the personal upheavals of marriage and motherhood, she must reckon with the choices she’s made and life’s inexorable turns.
For readers of The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott and The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant, Wild Aster explores the price of security, the drive to be a different mother than your own, and the daily gains and losses that define who we become. Ultimately, Mae’s story challenges us to confront the choices we make for personal fulfillment and family obligation and the perseverance that even a seemingly ordinary life demands.
PRAISE
"Anna Hogeland’s Wild Aster is that rare thing: a novel that marries the feel of a timeless classic with a sharp, contemporary sensibility. Mae’s journey is filled with twists and turns—at times devastating, at others affirming, often unexpected, yet always with a deep feel of truth to them. Mae herself is a singular protagonist, filled with strength, curiosity, and an unwavering commitment to herself that I found completely mesmerizing. I fell in love with her and with this beautiful, insightful book.” —Alexis Schaitkin, author of Saint X and Elsewhere
"Wild Aster spans decades of quiet tragedy and delivers one of the most satisfying endings I have read in a long time. Hogeland’s prose feels like a character in its own right, stoic and resolute, leaving space for readers to consider their own longing, loss, and repair." —Cara Wall, author of The Dearly Beloved
Anna Hogeland is the author of the novel The Long Answer, which has been translated into seven languages. She is a psychotherapist in private practice, with an MSW from Smith College School for Social Work and an MFA from the University of California, Irvine. Her writing has appeared in Lit Hub, The Southern Review, Electric Literature, The Common, and elsewhere. She lives in western Massachusetts. You can find her online at www.annahogeland.com.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / CULINARY
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The Nasty Bits
Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
Anthony Bourdain
A well-seasoned hellbroth of the legendary chef’s early nonfiction—freshly packaged and served up Bourdain-style on its 20th anniversary, with a new foreword from Bill Buford.
Anthony Bourdain has never been one to pull punches. In The Nasty Bits, he serves up the trimmings, scraps, and bones of his early life as a chef-turnedcelebrity: candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures. Whether he was scrounging for eel in the backstreets of Hanoi, calling for the head of raw-food activist Woody Harrelson, revealing what you didn’t want to know about the unglamorous aspects of making television, or confessing to feeling guilty about killing lobster, Bourdain is as enthralling as ever.
Bringing together the best nonfiction from his first five years of his fame, including never-before-seen material and a new foreword by legendary New Yorker editor Bill Buford, The Nasty Bits is a rude, funny, brutal stew for acolytes and gourmands alike. And twenty years later, it’s still steaming hot.
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“Bourdain’s enthusiasm is so intense that it practically explodes off the page . . . One of the country’s best food writers.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A vivid, bawdy, and often foul-mouthed writer. He thrills in the attack, but he is an enthusiast.” —The Wall Street Journal
“A one-man army traveling the world on his stomach—and his droll wit.” —People “There will never be anyone quite like Anthony Bourdain.” —Fortune
Anthony Bourdain is author of the New York Times bestselling memoirs Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw, and A Cook’s Tour; the novels Bone in the Throat, The Bobby Gold Stories, and Gone Bamboo; the biography Typhoid Mary; and the cookbooks Appetites and Les Halles. Bourdain hosted the award-winning docuseries Parts Unknown, No Reservations, The Layover, and The Taste. He died in 2018.
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/ MEMOIRS
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The Devil in the Kitchen
Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
Marco Pierre White
An exhilarating memoir from the original "bad boy" of cooking and a thrilling look behind the doors of a 3-star kitchen.
Without question, the original rock-star chef is Marco Pierre White. Anyone with even a passing interest in the food world knows White is a legend. The first British chef (and the youngest chef anywhere) to win three Michelin stars—and also the only chef ever to give them all back—is a chain-smoking, pot-throwing culinary genius whose fierce devotion to food has been the only constant throughout a life of tabloid-ready turmoil.
In THE DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN, White tells the story behind his ascent from working-class roots to culinary greatness, leaving no dish unserved as he relays raucous and revealing tales featuring some of the biggest names in the food world and beyond, including Mario Batali, Gordon Ramsay, Albert Roux, Raymond Blanc, Michael Caine, Damien Hirst, and even Prince Charles.
With searing honesty and wicked humor, he gives us insight into how one becomes a great chef, what it's like to run a 3-star kitchen, and why, sometimes, you really do need to throw a cheese plate at the wall.
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"A moving, unaffected, delightfully honest book. He may have been one of the most disagreeable bastards ever to command a kitchen brigade, but in the same guileless, unfiltered way in which he cursed out sous-chefs, he's told one hell of a story."
—David Kamp, New York Times Book Review
"Bubbles over with pot-hurling, star-chasing antics that earned him the title The Devil in the Kitchen." —Vanity Fair
"His memoir walks us through his career like a grand tasting menu." —San Francisco Chronicle
"[The] story of the working-class boy from Leeds who grows up and becomes a world-class chef, is fascinating, especially in our food and
Marco Pierre White was born in Leeds in 1961. After training in Britain's finest kitchens, he opened Harveys, which earned three Michelin stars and was London's most talked-about restaurant. He went on to build a gastronomic empire that included many of the most acclaimed restaurants in the U.K. He lives in West London with his wife, Mati, and their three children. He also has a daughter by his first wife.
As a gossip columnist in the late eighties, James Steen phoned Harveys to speak with Marco Pierre White. A maître d' answered the phone and ranted on in a strong French accent about how White was "a monster, a crazy man, a lunatic to work for." The "maître d'" in question was White. Steen, now a freelance
HISTORY / ASIA / SOUTH
Bloomsbury Publishing | 9/8/2026
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The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World William Dalrymple
The instant New York Times bestseller and international sensation—a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia’s underappreciated role in producing the world as we know it.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER
A Kirkus Reviews Best History Book of 2025 • An NPR Book We Loved This Year
For a millennium and a half, India was a con?dent exporter of its diverse civilization. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics, and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific.
In The Golden Road, William Dalrymple gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the world, drawing from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India’s oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of China, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today, India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world—and our world today as we know it. And in this magisterial account, Dalrymple restores ancient India as a cultural and economic superpower.
PRAISE
“Dazzling . . . Not just a historical study but also a love letter.” —The Guardian
“[Dalrymple is] one of India’s finest popular chroniclers . . . delightfully readable.” New York Times Book Review
“An outstanding new account . . . The most compelling retelling we have had for generations.” —Financial Times
“Audacious.” —The Wall Street Journal
“[A] masterful new work . . . The Golden Road ?lls an important gap in our understanding of the intra-Asian relations that predated the arrival of European colonizers.” —Bloomberg
William Dalrymple is the bestselling author of ten books, including The Golden Road, the Duff Cooper Prize–winning The Last Mughal, the Hemingway Prize–winning Return of a King, and The Anarchy, one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2019. He has written and presented three television series, and writes regularly for the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, and the Guardian. He currently cohosts the podcast Empire. He lives with his wife and three children outside Delhi.
FICTION / FANTASY / DRAGONS & MYTHICAL CREATURES
Bloomsbury Publishing | 9/8/2026 9798260201190 | $20.99 / $27.99 Can.
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Among the Burning Flowers
Samantha Shannon
With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Take your first steps into the epic.
Yscalin, land of sunshine and lavender, will soon be ablaze.
It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind.
Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world.
A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries.
And now the great wyrm Fýredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall.
A story of human resilience in the face of dire circumstances, Among the Burning Flowers leads readers through the gripping and tragic events that pave the way for the opening of the million-copy bestseller The Priory of The Orange Tree.
Richly illustrated with magical artwork by Rovina Cai (@rovinacai).
PRAISE
“This suspenseful novel boasts a shorter page count than its predecessors, making it a perfect lead-in for readers new to the series or to high fantasy . . . An army of dragons reawakens to trouble humankind in this accessible addition to Samantha Shannon’s expansive, inclusive, high-fantasy saga.” —Shelf Awareness
"Her most elegantly written work . . . [T]his prequel will help newcomers enter a planetary whirl unlike any other . . . Samantha Shannon is a gifted and delightfully creative storyteller." —Bookreporter
“Shannon’s command of this fictional universe is wildly impressive. Her worldbuilding truly remains unmatched . . . And the story slides effortlessly into conversation with the other two books . . . Yet another beautifully realized entry into one of the best high fantasy worlds in recent memory.” —Paste Magazine
Samantha Shannon is the million copy bestselling author of TheBoneSeasonand TheRootsof Chaosseries. Her work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. She lives in London. samanthashannon.co.uk • @say_shannon
FICTION / SMALL TOWN & RURAL
Bloomsbury Publishing | 9/22/2026 9781639737581 | $19.99 / $26.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 1
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Time of the Child A
Novel
Niall Williams
From the author of This Is Happiness, a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha.
Good Morning America’s #1 Favorite Book of the Year
Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in the small Irish town of Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from the town. His eldest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father’s shadow, and remains there, having missed one chance at love—and passed up another offer of marriage from an unsuitable man.
But in the Advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troy’s lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. As the winter passes, father and daughter’s lives, the understanding of their family, and their role in their community are changed forever.
Set over the course of one December in the same village as Williams’ beloved This Is Happiness, Time of the Child is a tender return to Faha for readers who know its charms, and a heartwarming welcome to new readers entering for the very first time.
PRAISE
“I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams.” —Ann Patchett, NYT bestselling author of Tom Lake
“Made me laugh out loud and remember how to love even the people who cause others so much suffering.” —Margaret Renkl, The New York Times
“Dazzles.” —Hamilton Cain, The Washington Post
“Another master class in stunningly poetic depictions of the sorrow and beauty of arduous lives.” —People magazine
Niall Williams was born in Dublin. He is the author of eleven novels, including History of the Rain, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Four Letters of Love, which is now a major motion picture, This Is Happiness, which was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Book of the Year and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize, and Time of the Child. He lives in Kiltumper in County Clare, Ireland.
SCIENCE / CHEMISTRY / TOXICOLOGY
Bloomsbury Sigma | 9/22/2026
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V is for Venom
Agatha Christie's Chemicals of Death
Kathryn Harkup
Fourteen stories. Fourteen more poisons. Just because it’s fiction doesn’t mean it’s all made-up . . .
Agatha Christie is renowned for her captivating plots and creative ways of killing off ill-fated victims. And what better way to add intrigue to a story than poison? The surreptitious ways they can be administered and the characteristic symptoms they produce make these killer chemicals the ideal method of murder in a “whodunit.” Christie perfected the use of poisons in her plots; her deft and varied use of toxic substances is one of her great strengths as a writer. But how is it that some compounds prove so fatal, and in such tiny amounts?
The follow up to Kathryn Harkup's best-selling A is for Arsenic, V is for Venom is a compelling exploration of Christie’s use of poisons and her extensive chemical knowledge. Featuring fourteen more poisons from the works of Agatha Christie, this book investigates the science behind the deadly substances, the history of their use in real-life murder cases, and how feasible was it to obtain, administer and detect these poisons in Christie’s time and today. Combining Christie’s murder mysteries, chemical science and true crime, V is for Venom is a celebration of the use of science by the undisputed Queen of Crime.
PRAISE
“Harkup balances the macabre with the scientifically intricate.” —New Scientist
“Harkup’s book overflows with clear science, intriguing crimes both fictional and real, many warnings to aspiring murderers of the ‘Don’t try this at home!’ variety, and lots of interesting details about Christie’s life in crime.” —Air Mail
“A fascinating look at the world of poison in Agatha Christie’s work that will engage any readers ‘little grey cells.’ Harkup blends her scientific expertise with deep knowledge of Christie's extensive body of work.” —Shelf Awareness
Kathryn Harkup is a former chemist turned author. She writes and gives regular public talks on the disgusting and dangerous side of science. Her first book was the international best-seller A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, which was shortlisted for a Mystery Readers International Macavity Award and a BMA Book Award. Her other books include Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts and Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond.
HISTORY / CIVILIZATION
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/6/2026 9798260201831 | $19.99 / $29.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 356 pages | Carton Qty: 1 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Proto
How One Ancient Language Went Global
Laura Spinney
Proto is a revelatory portrait of world history in its own words.
Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Washington Independent Review of Books
Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely journeys. All four languages—along with hundreds of others, from French and Gaelic, to Persian and Polish—trace their origins to an ancient tongue spoken as the last ice age receded. This language, which we call Proto-Indo-European, was born between Europe and Asia and exploded out of its cradle, fragmenting as it spread east and west. Its last speaker died thousands of years ago, yet Proto-Indo-European lives on in its myriad linguistic offspring and in some of our best loved works of literature, including Dante’s Inferno and the Rig Veda, The Lord of the Rings and the love poetry of Rumi. How did this happen?
Acclaimed journalist Laura Spinney set out to answer that question, retracing the Indo-European odyssey across continents and millennia. With her we retrace the epic journeys of nomads and monks, warriors and kings – the ancient peoples who carried these languages far and wide. In the present, Spinney meets the scientists on a thrilling mission to retrieve the lost languages and their speakers: the linguists, archaeologists and geneticists who have reconstructed that ancient diaspora. What they have learned has profound implications for our modern world as people and their languages are on the move again.
PRAISE
"A compelling portrait of a people thought lost to time . . . a remarkable account of humanity’s quest to rediscover its ancient origins, using modern methods to illuminate the world as it was before the advent of written history." —Michael Patrick Brady, Wall Street Journal
"Fluid . . . a global scientific odyssey." —Anjana Ahuja, The Guardian "Best Science and Nature Books of 2025"
"An impressive piece of work . . . Rewarding." —Dennis Duncan, Washington Post
Laura Spinney is the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World, which has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and two novels. Her science writing has appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, Nature, The Economist, The Guardian, and elsewhere. She lives in Paris.
FICTION / LITERARY
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/13/2026 9798260200377 | $17.99 / $23.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 1 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt
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Bog Queen
A Novel
Anna North
From the NYT bestselling author of Outlawed, a forensic anthropologist confronts a strangely well-preserved Iron Age body in this “absorbing, complex mystery” (People magazine).
National Bestseller
When a body is found in a bog in northwest England, Agnes, an American forensic anthropologist, is called to investigate. But this body is not like any she’s ever seen. Though its bones prove it was buried more than two thousand years ago, it is almost completely preserved.
Soon Agnes is drawn into a mystery from the distant past, called to understand and avenge the death of an Iron Age woman more like her than she knows. Along the way, she must contend with peat-cutters who want to profit from the bog and activists who demand that the land be left undisturbed. Then there’s the moss itself: a repository of artifacts, with its own dark stories to tell.
Flashing between post-Brexit England and the druidic order of Celtic Europe, Bog Queen brims with ancient wisdom as it connects across time two gifted, farsighted young women learning to harness their strengths in a landscape more mysterious than either can imagine.
PRAISE
“North reaches new heights with this brilliant novel.” Publishers Weekly (starred review), “Best Books of the Year”
“An absorbing, complex mystery.” —People magazine, “Best Books of the Month” “North’s new novel captures attention even before the first page.” —Scott Simon, NPR Weekend Edition
“Daring, delightful, and moving.” —Rachel Khong, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans
“An absolute astonishment.” —Vauhini Vara, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Immortal King Rao
Anna North is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Outlawed, America Pacifica, and Lambda Literary Award winner The Life and Death of Sophie Stark. She is a senior correspondent at Vox. She lives in Brooklyn.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / POPULAR CULTURE
Bloomsbury Sigma | 10/6/2026
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Ghosted
A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking
Alice Vernon
A social, historical and scientific exploration of ghost-hunting, and why our fascination with the paranormal is as timeless as the ghosts we hope to find.
The history of ghosts is ancient, but the history of active ghost-hunting is relatively recent, and investigations into the paranormal have developed hand-inspirit-hand with scientific discoveries, from radio waves to smartphone apps. Now, more than ever, we want to find our own ghosts. Is it to help process grief? Become influencers? Or ease our fears of death?
Ghosted follows the story of paranormal investigations from the Victorian era to the modern day, examining how our fascination with ghost hunting has changed alongside technology and culture. Where we once gathered around tables, observing and recording every movement of the medium, we now take electronic equipment and app-laden phones around haunted locations to catch ghosts digitally. Where theatres and concert halls held sold-out performances by conjurers recreating the tricks of fraudulent mediums, we now delight in picking apart and exposing the evidence presented on reality television programmes.
In this book, Alice Vernon embarks on a journey to encounter a ghost, travelling to some of the UK’s most haunted locations and encouraging readers to interrogate their own scepticism and belief. Ghosted examines what we are looking for, why we are looking for it, and why have we never given up the ghost.
PRAISE
“Engaging . . . Vernon’s real subject is the basic need to believe, as true now as at the turn of the last century. Indeed, perhaps it’s more vital—and human—than ever before.” —New York Times
“A lively, highly readable book.” —The Daily Mail
“In this overview of our long-standing fascination with ghosts, Alice Vernon offers an honest, respectful and thought-provoking reflection on grief and the conflicting forces of scepticism and belief.” —Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, founder and editor of Hellebore
“Whether you believe in ghosts or are skeptical—this book will enthral. Vernon describes beautifully the history of ghost hunting and questions why we
Alice Vernon is Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University, where her research focuses on parapsychology, sleep disorders, and the horror genre. Alice’s debut book, Night Terrors (2022) explored troubled sleep in literature and culture, and was BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week.
FICTION / FANTASY / EPIC
Bloomsbury Publishing | 10/6/2026
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Roots of Chaos Box Set
Samantha Shannon
Samantha Shannon’s New York Times bestselling series The Roots of Chaos, now in a stunning hardcover box set.
Long ago, something disturbed the fragile balance between two magical forces, and every few centuries, the Dreadmount—a volcano in the land of Mentendon —erupts with fire-breathing wyrms, bringing plague and destruction wherever they fly.
Now humankind must rise to meet the threat of the Nameless One and his armies—but it will take a miracle to bring the divided countries of the known world together.
Inspired by the legend of Saint George and the Dragon and other tales from around the world, the Roots of Chaos cycle is a fantasy of epic proportions.
This beautiful three-book set of the New York Times bestselling series by Samantha Shannon includes A Day of Fallen Night, Among the Burning Flowers, and The Priory of the Orange Tree
PRAISE
“Inventive, intriguing, and endlessly surprising.” —R. F. Kuang, #1 NYT bestselling author of Babel and Katabasis,on Among the Burning Flowers
“A magnificent, sweeping epic.” —Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne,on A Day of Fallen Night
“Epic in scope.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on A Day of Fallen Night
“Mesmerizing.” —The Washington Post on The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon is the million copy bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Roots of Chaos series. Her work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. She lives in London. samanthashannon.co.uk • @say_shannon
FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / HISTORICAL
Raven Books | 11/17/2026
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A Case of Life and Limb
The Trials of Gabriel Ward Sally
Smith
“A thoroughly appealing yuletide mystery” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and the second installment in The Trials of Gabriel Ward series—now in paperback.
Christmas Eve, 1901. Gabriel Ward KC is hard at work on a thorny libel case involving London’s most famous music hall star, Topsy Tillotson, and its most notorious tabloid newspaper, the Nation’s Voice, but the Inner Temple remains as quiet and calm as ever. Quiet, that is, until a severed hand arrives in the post.
While the hand’s recipient, Temple Treasurer Sir William Waring, is rightfully shaken, Gabriel is filled with curiosity. Who would want to send such a thing? And why? But as more parcels arrive—one with fatal consequences—Gabriel realizes that it is not Sir William who is the target, but the Temple itself.
Someone is holding a grudge that has already led to at least one death. Now it’s up to Gabriel, and Constable Wright of the City of London Police, to find out who, before an old death leads to a new murder.
PRAISE
"With all the makings of a first class historical cozy mystery, A Case of Life and Limb by gifted novelist and former British barrister Sally Smith is an extraordinary and fun read for mystery fans from start to finish. Great characters, unexpected plot twists, and a satisfying (if surprising) finale.” —Midwest Book Review
“Elegant prose, expert pacing, and a well-drawn protagonist . . . This series deserves a long life.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Smith . . . is as deft, nuanced, and prepossessing a writer as Gabriel is a lawyer.” Library Journal, starred review
“A masterful voice in the mystery world. Topsy Tillotson is a heroine I thoroughly enjoyed rooting for, and the court scenes are a heart-in-mouth highlight.” —S.J. Bennett, author of
Sally Smith is the author of A Case of Mice and Murder, the first in a series starring the reluctant sleuth Sir Gabriel Ward KC. Having spent all her working life as a barrister and later King’s Counsel, Smith was inspired by the historic surroundings and rich history of the Inner Temple in which she still lives and works. A Case of Life and Limb is her latest work.