New Releases and More for September 29, 2026

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss From Beijing, With Love, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, Newbourne Park, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Celebrate Book Riot’s 15th anniversary with us! Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: From Beijing, With Love by Bei Lin Newbourne Park by Jennifer Thorne Set the Record Straight by Hannah Bonam-Young The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler The Siren by Tomi Adeyemi The House of Gardenias by Isabel Cañas The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia by Robert Kolker The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson Dodge City by Patrick deWitt The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar Mestra: A Short Story by Madeline Miller Ply by Hernan Diaz Galinda: A Charmed Childhood by Gregory Maguire May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry What We're Reading: If We Never End by Laura Taylor Namey Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison Jenny Will Eat You Now: A Meat Cute by Gillian Daniels Know It All: The Quiz Champion’s Essential Guidebook to Learning Anything by Victoria Groce Paperbacks: The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy Buckeye by Patrick Ryan We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor What a Time to Be Alive by Jade Chang Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill Bestsellers: The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang Burn of the Everflame by Penn Cole The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo The Disappearers by Marlon James The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu AnYan Links: The Booker Prize shortlist. Lili Reinhart wants to adapt novella about lesbian vampires. This episode is sponsored by Vinted. Download the Vinted app for free to start listing with no seller fees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices