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Deal of the Week
Putnam Nabs Monika Kim’s Dark New NovelDaphne Durham at Putnam bought, at auction, North American rights to What Hungers in the Dark by Monika Kim from Gráinne Fox at UTA. The dual-timeline novel, which alternates between modern Manhattan, Los Angeles, and Seoul and 19th-century Korea, follows “a young woman searching for her missing brother and falling into the clutches of an enigmatic and dangerous family, and a young nobleman facing off against his powerful, pitiless father,” per the publisher. Release is scheduled for summer 2027.
Freida McFadden Re-ups with SourcebooksJenna Jankowski at Sourcebooks’ Poisoned Pen Press took world English print rights to three hardcover fiction titles by McFadden in an exclusive submission by Christina Hogrebe of Jane Rotrosen Agency. The deal follows the box office success of the film adaptation of The Housemaid.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are Emma MacDonald’s Romantasyland, a queer satire in which a superfan finds herself in an alternate reality ruled by romantasy tropes; Antony Johnston’s interactive whodunit The Forest of Death; and Substacker Jeannine Ouellette’s One Word at a Time, a collection of resources “for using language more intentionally.”
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include The Night Serpent by Alex Land, a YA fantasy in which a queer teen’s heartbreak and rage are so strong they summon the big bad from their failed D&D campaign, forcing her and her estranged friends to work together with their characters to stop the Night Serpent from destroying both worlds; Brent Fisher’s The Day the World Drowned, aimed at fans of Jandy Nelson and A.S. King, in which 17-year-old Jackson has to escape the cycle of grief he's been trapped in since his father's death—and work with the boy who caused it—to stop Lake Michigan from swallowing a small town; and Deady Bear by K.R. Alexander, a middle grade horror novel in which a discarded birthday present returns with a vengeance, and Gideon learns that no bad deed goes unpunished.
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Deal of the Week
Klein and Taylor Team Up for FSGAlex Star at FSG took U.S. rights to End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor. The authors were represented by Kimberly Witherspoon at InkWell Management and Melissa Flashman at Janklow & Nesbit Associates, respectively. Per FSG, the book explores a “new iteration of the far right” comprising an alliance of “religious fundamentalists, Silicon Valley technologists, and ethno-nationalists” who are “united in their belief that some kind of cleansing cataclysm is coming” and “convinced they will be among the saved.” Release is set for September 2026.
Union Square Nets Grainger’s British Sleuth SeriesEmily Meehan and Claire Wachtel at Union Square & Co. preempted North American rights for Peter Grainger’s previously self-published DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation series from Emma Parry at Janklow & Nesbit Associates.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are an as-yet-untitled book by Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and star Lauren Graham that will take readers behind the scenes of the beloved aughts-era dramedy; Heather Radke’s Juvenalia, which considers the notion of the “wildness” of preadolescent girls through a blend of memoir, science, reportage, and folklore; and an English manga adaptation of the Japanese mystery-horror novel Strange Pictures by Uketsu, with art by Aiba Noriyuki.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include Like the Moon We Rise by Annabelle Cormack, a debut YA fantasy following Auriel, a servant-witch who is offered a bargain by the haughty Prince Ambrose: pretend to be the enchantress prophesied to liberate his people from the cruel Empress, and live a life of luxury and power, but the more Auriel learns about the Empress, the less sure she is that she’s the enemy; Kiersten White’s Wilde and Wicked, in which a girl reluctantly accepts a boarding school scholarship, only to discover she's the heir to a notorious magical bloodline everyone thought was destroyed; and Seven Dishes to Fall in Love by debut author Kate Emilie, a speculative contemporary novel aimed at fans of You’ve Reached Sam and If I Stay, which follows teenager Zoe who becomes suspended between life and death and must untangle her life-altering regret before her death becomes permanent.
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Deal of the Week
Hogarth Wins Han Kang’s Nonfiction DebutDavid Ebershoff at Hogarth won North American rights to Light and Thread by Han Kang (pictured) from Laurence Laluyaux at RCW Literary Agency. The Nobel Prize winner’s first book of nonfiction published in English is “an intimate, inspiring collection of Han’s writings that illuminates the connections between her life and art,” per the publisher, and will include her 2024 Nobel lecture. The book was translated from the Korean by Maya West and e. yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris. Publication is scheduled for March 2026.
More New Book Deals of NoteThis week’s offerings include Birth of a Culture, a memoir by hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash, written with journalist Robert “Scoop” Jackson; Marc Craste’s Picatopia, the first volume in a graphic novel series following two siblings through a “strange other world”; and Ellen Meny’s A Gorgon’s Guide to Getting a Life, which recasts the myth of Medusa as a coming-of-age journey.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include The House of Gardenias, the YA debut of Isabel Cañas, about a self-described coward who seeks refuge from poverty and civil war in a gothic mansion far above the capital city, but who instead finds herself in a position to destroy the fascist colonizers who are trading souls for wealth; Everlore by Margie Fuston, a twisted YA fairy tale in which two sisters living in a cursed village attend a ball hoping to win the heart of the eldest prince, and whichever sister succeeds will face a grisly fate, while saving the other from it; and Limitlessly, Mina by Gianna Lakenauth, a middle grade novel in verse about a Guyanese American eighth grader from Queens, whose life is turned upside down when her Nani, the pillar of the family, begins to lose her memory.
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Deal of the Week
Putnam Takes Mulholland Editorial Director’s DebutDaphne Durham at Putnam preempted world rights, excluding British Commonwealth, to I’m Not Here to Hunt Rabbits by Josh Kendall from David Gernert at the Gernert Company. The Mulholland Books VP and editorial director’s debut novel centers on “an elite private security contractor grieving the death of his lover who is sent to Ethiopia to protect a wealthy, powerful family, only to uncover the dark secrets behind the family, his mysterious employer, and the woman he loved,” per the publisher. Release is planned for spring 2027.
More New Book Deals of NoteThis week’s globetrotting offerings include Ony Ratsifandrihamanana’s A Long Ballad of a Short Marriage, in which a pair of families living on an island nation in the Indian Ocean grapple with their collective destiny; Samuel Kolawole’s Blackland, a speculative novel imagining Africa’s role on the global stage post-climate-collapse, and The Hyena Boys, a short story collection set in contemporary Nigeria; and Sarah McCarry’s Possession Island, which follows a college student who finds herself accused of her estranged best friend’s murder upon returning to her Pacific Northwest hometown.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include Sophie Jo’s Red Flags, a YA rom-com in which a girl with “high standards” and a boy who is “easily spooked” are challenged by their friends to stay in a relationship for two months, despite doing everything to put each other off; Glamored by Rochelle Hassan, a YA fantasy twist on “Cinderella” in which a magical seamstress is forced to make dresses for her stepsisters so they can win the prince’s hand in marriage, only to fall for the prince herself; and 16 Wishes by Gabrielle Prendergast, a romance steeped in Irish folklore that follows a teen girl’s near-disastrous journey after she unknowingly saves a faerie prince and is rewarded with wishes that only create more chaos in her already overwhelming life.
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Deal of the Week
Random House Bags Barkan’s Look at Mamdani’s AscentMaddie Caldwell at Random House preempted world rights to an untitled book on Zohran Mamdani by New York magazine journalist Ross Barkan from Julie Flanagan at CAA. The book, per the publisher, offers “a deeply reported window into Mamdani’s campaign and early days as mayor of New York,” as well as “an analysis of what it means for a young democratic socialist and Muslim to run America’s largest city—and the implications for both the Democratic Party and the nation.” A pub date hasn’t been announced.
More New Book Deals of NoteThis week’s offerings include Danica Nava’s Sunflower Season, in which a Native American tech executive trades her job to reconnect with her hometown; Forrest Gander’s Weight of a Frozen Moment, a coming-of-age novel about two sisters growing up in a utopian community in the Sierra Nevadas; and We Were Forbidden, a collection of three novellas by Jacqueline Harpman, the late Belgian author behind the BookTok sensation I Who Have Never Known Men.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include The Gods Will Sing Our Song by Autumn Krause, a YA historical fantasy pitched as Divine Rivals meets Lovely War, about two Japanese American teenagers in a WWII incarceration camp, who collide with ancient magic and confront heart-wrenching injustices; Tara Dairman’s We Are the Devils, a darkly humorous YA novel about five cheerleaders who resolve to bully a new teammate off the squad—until that teammate's violent agenda starts to transform their lens on femininity, perfection, and themselves; and Livia Blackburne’s middle grade fiction debut, Echoes Across the Water, set in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War, in which two girls, one in Mao’s China and one in Kuomintang-ruled Taiwan, find their lives intertwined through dreams as they navigate a secret that may heal their families or tear them apart.
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Deal of the Week
Vintage Snags Horror Screenwriter’s Shining-Inspired AnthologyAnna Kaufman at Vintage bought North American rights, at auction, to Views from the Overlook, by screenwriter Jamie Flanagan (pictured), from Lane Heymont at the Tobias Literary Agency. The horror anthology features new stories set at the infamous hotel from Stephen King’s The Shining, prior to the events of the novel, featuring such writers as Chelsea Cain, Johnny Compton, Justina Ireland, Ai Jiang, Alma Katsu, Brian Keene, Daniel Kraus, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Chuck Palahniuk, and others. Ellie Pritchett will edit. Publication is planned for fall 2027.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include The Peacock Throne by Zeba Shahnaz, a YA fantasy duology pitched as Anastasia meets This Woven Kingdom, set in a world inspired by 19th-century India, about a young woman who believes she's a descendant of a long-overthrown imperial dynasty and gets entangled in a conspiracy that could spell her country’s doom; Plenty of Fish by Kit Rosewater, a queer YA romance about an heiress to a beloved fish and chips shop whose niche video channel goes viral after she interviews—and falls for—a rising TV star; and debut author Deborah Yelle’s A Most Decadent Curse, a gothic romantic YA fantasy inspired by the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, in which two opposite sisters must work together to break a century-long family curse.
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Deal of the Week
Pamela Dorman Snags New Jenny Jackson NovelPamela Dorman, who has an eponymous imprint, acquired North American rights to The Shampoo Effect, by Knopf executive editor Jenny Jackson (pictured), from Brettne Bloom at the Book Group. Foreign rights have sold in Canada, Germany, Italy, and the U.K. The book, the publisher said, “follows an ambitious young New Yorker who moves to seaside Massachusetts and falls into a tight-knit social scene, only for a burgeoning romance and an unexpected pregnancy to upend decades- long loyalties.” Publication is set for next summer.
Pluto to Publish Francesca Albanese’s Reports on PalestinePluto Press will publish a new book of reports by Francesca Albanese (l.), special rapporteur for Palestinian Human Rights, titled A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine. World rights were acquired by Pluto’s commissioning editor David Shulman from the volume’s co-editors Mandy Turner and Lex Takkenberg. The book “compiles Albanese’s indispensable and damning reports on Israel’s conduct in Palestine since October 2023,” per the publisher. All royalties will be donated to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Publication is slated for October 8.
2025 Frankfurt Book Fair Rights ListingsFor the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Publishers Weekly will run its annual literary agency rights listings online only. Literary agents wishing to submit titles for which rights will be available at the fair can add their information via a submissions form available at publishersweekly.com/fbf25rights. Agencies are limited to four entries. Any questions can be emailed to deals@publishersweekly.com.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offering are Romances Without Words/In Solitary by Paul Verlaine, newly translated from the French by Larry Beckett; Alexander Boldizar’s Ride or Die Girl, an absurdist crime novel by the 2025 Locus Award winner; and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna’s memoir, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include We're All Going to Die Tonight by Veronica Bane, a twisty mystery about seven teens who are forced to spend a stormy—and deadly—night together in a remote mansion; Kathryn Purdie's The Lovely Invisible, a YA romantasy duology pitched as The Bachelorette meets ancient Greece, plus a reimagining of Cupid & Psyche, in which a bold young woman forced to marry one of three suitors to be granted power to rule her kingdom begins falling for someone mysterious and invisible; and Alexandra Kyllingstad's American Nightmare, a debut YA horror novel pitched as The Breakfast Club meets Black Mirror, about a group of students who hack their school's AI security system for a midnight prank—only to be trapped inside by a killer who uses the technology against them.
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Deal of the Week
Summit Snags Akhtar’s LatestJudy Clain at Summit acquired world English rights, in a two-book deal, to The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar from Julie Barer at the Book Group. “When a hit-and-run shatters more than his body, a writer is caught between revelation and madness as an uncanny pull toward a brilliant colleague ensnares him in a scandal that threatens to destroy them both in this novel of spiritual transformation in an age of fracture,” the publisher said of the book. Publication is planned for October 2026.
2025 Frankfurt Book Fair Rights ListingsFor the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Publishers Weekly will run its annual literary agency rights listings online only. Literary agents wishing to submit titles for which rights will be available at the fair can add their information via a submissions form available at publishersweekly.com/fbf25rights. Agencies are limited to four entries. Any questions can be emailed to deals@publishersweekly.com.
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More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offering are Leah Redmond Chang’s The Nuns, a chronicle of 16 Carmelite nuns guillotined in Paris at the height of the Terror; Catherine Ryan Howard’s Buyer Beware, a puzzle box thriller about a woman trying to flee the violence of her past; and Lucille Clifton’s posthumous book of uncollected poems, At the Gate.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include The Secret World of Briar Rose, a YA fantasy novel by YouTuber Cindy Pham, a queer “Sleeping Beauty” retelling about a cynical thief and her sister who travel inside the dreams of a cursed princess and suspect she is hiding darker secrets; The Sun Has a Shadow by Dami Salako, a Nigerian-inspired YA fantasy set in a world plagued by perpetual darkness and shadow-monsters, where a boy must guide the last remaining phoenix-rider on a perilous journey to save their kingdom; and Kiss Me Like the Last Time by Darianne Schramm, pitched as Adam Silvera meets Don't Look Up, in which a girl with the ability to glimpse a relationship's final kiss the moment their lips touch spends the days before the nuclear apocalypse with the one boy whose end she can't bear to see.
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Deal of the Week
Algonquin Takes NBCC Award Winner’s Next NovelKathy Pories at Algonquin bought North American rights, at auction, to A Happy Death by National Book Critics Circle Award and Kirkus Prize finalist Dina Nayeri from Michael Taeckens in his first deal as an agent at Massie McQuilkin & Altman. The novel, per the agency, “follows a messy, horny, middle-aged woman who flees New York City for Edinburgh, and depicts the tender and often hilarious humiliations of desire, aging, and the need for purpose and community.” Publication is planned for early 2027.
Doubleday to Publish New Nonfiction by John GrishamSuzanne Herz at Doubleday acquired U.S. rights to Shaken: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man by John Grisham from David Gernert at the Gernert Company. The book centers on “the tragic case of Robert Roberson, a Texas father who has spent years on death row for a crime that never occurred,” per the publisher. Publication is set for June 9, 2026. Publication is slated for June 9, 2026.
Montlake Nets Colleen Hoover’s LatestAnh Schluep at Montlake acquired world English rights to Woman Down by Colleen Hoover from Jane Dystel at Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret. The publisher called the book a “twisty thriller” in which “a frustrated author looks for her muse in a remote hideaway” after “viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced her to take a hiatus.” Publication is set for January 13, 2026.
Atria Nabs Marianne Levy’s Adult DebutKatherine Nintzel at Atria Books preempted U.S. rights to The Fix by Marianne Levy from Sarah Fuentes at UTA. The novel follows Julia, a 45-year-old freelance journalist who gets the opportunity to try a “pioneering anti-aging drug” for a story at a respected newspaper, but sees her life “spin into chaos” when the treatment takes effect, per the publisher. A spring 2027 release is planned.
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More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are Rachel Eliza Griffiths’s The Flower Bearer, a memoir that recounts the death of Griffiths’s best friend, poet Kamilah Aisha Moon, and the attack on the life of her husband, novelist Salman Rushdie; Tina Mars’s This Wretched Alchemy, a dark romantasy about a young roman thrust into a deadly competition in order to save her family; and documentarian Matt Wolf’s Trust Me, a behind-the-scenes look at the “second story” behind every documentary.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include Queensmage by Robyn Schneider, a YA romantasy pitched as Kingsman meets Throne of Glass, set in an 1800s French-inspired kingdom, in which two former magic school rivals enter a competition to become the new royal mage that turns deadly; Born Lucky, a YA memoir by Lucky Karim with Jessica Olney, which tells the story of the stateless Rohingya genocide victims of Myanmar, through the author's own story of persecution, survival, and resilience while living in the world's largest refugee camp; and Who Dunne It? by Morgan Matson, pitched as a YA Knives Out, a murder mystery following college freshman Elliot, who accepts an invitation to spend Thanksgiving with her crush on his family's private island in Maine but soon realizes it isn't about getting the guy—it's getting out alive.
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Deal of the Week
Summit Snags a Booker LonglisterLaura Perciasepe at Summit acquired North American rights, in a two-book deal, to 2025 Booker Prize–longlisted novel The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits from Barry Harbaugh at WLA Books in his first deal as an agent. “When Tom Layward’s wife had an affair 12 years ago, he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest child left the nest,” per the publisher. “After driving his college-bound daughter to Pittsburgh, he remembers his promise to himself and keeps driving west, moving towards a future he hasn’t even envisioned yet while considering his past and the choices that have brought him to this particular present.” Release is set for next January.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are Prima Donna by Wang Zhanhei, following an unusual friendship between a young woman and a gay hairdresser from an old-fashioned neighborhood outside of Shanghai; Megan Jauregui Eccles’s Opera Magique duology, about an ambitious soprano who makes a blood bargain with a ghost trapped in the basement of an opera house in order to win a competition to become King’s Mage and redeem her father’s reputation; and Katie Jung’s debut romance You’re the One That I Haunt, following a woman who must team up with a distractingly handsome ghost to save her childhood crush from a generational curse.
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The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include Stops Along the Way by Anna Sortino, a YA romance about a teenage girl picking up her sister from college, where she unexpectedly runs into her cute board-game rival, who tags along for the road trip home, but can’t fully distract her from the rare diagnosis on her horizon; A Darkness Lives There, a YA speculative thriller by Rebekah Faubion, in which Olivia is determined to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, and discovers that her fate is intertwined with a mysterious house's dark legacy; and Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures, a debut YA novel by Taylor Hobbs, in which Kaley learns that her developmentally disabled older sister Zoey needs a new kidney but is at the bottom of the transplant list, so they set off on a road trip to track down their estranged father, who may be a donor match.
2025 Frankfurt Book Fair Rights ListingsFor the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Publishers Weekly will run its annual literary agency rights listings online only. Literary agents wishing to submit titles for which rights will be available at the fair can add their information via a submissions form available at publishersweekly.com/fbf25rights. Agencies are limited to four entries. Any questions can be emailed to John Maher at jmaher@publishersweekly.com.
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