This Banned Books Week, we’re celebrating resilience by supporting these new releases and upcoming titles from authors of banned books!
ROOM ON THE SEA: Three Novellas by André Aciman
9780374613419 | 6/4/25
The short fictions in ROOM ON THE SEA deal with the heart-wrenching vicissitudes of amorous ambivalence, in André Aciman’s inimitably nostalgic, lyric style.
“The Gentleman from Peru” tells the story of the life-changing encounter of a group of friends with an enigmatic solitary guest in a hotel on the Amalfi Coast. “Room on the Sea” is a dialogue between a man and a woman who meet on jury duty and embark on a complex relationship. “Mariana” is a modern retelling of a famous seventeenth-century novel about a love affair between a nun and a swashbuckling, unreliable aristocrat.
No one writes about the ups and downs, the yeses and nos, of contemporary love like Aciman. As The Times (London) writes: ”You don’t so much read André Aciman’s novels as tumble breathlessly into them.“
DEAT BEAT by Leigh Bardugo
9781250884312 | 9/15/26
Alex Stern made it to hell and back more than once, but this time she left the door open behind her. Demons are creeping through the streets of New Haven and the Yale campus, feeding on the souls of the living, terrifying the dead. Alex and her allies can hunt them, but it’s only a matter of time before the gates to the underworld open and they face a war they cannot win. To stop it, they’ll have to reach deep into the secrets of Yale and its societies, and discover the truth hidden in Alex’s own blood.
While she struggles to hold onto the dream of a future Yale once offered, Alex must contend with the machinations of a corrupt Lethe Board and a deadly vampire with his own connection to the societies. But for the first time in her life, she won’t have to face the fight alone. Dawes, Turner, Mercy, and even Tripp will have a role to play, none more so than Alex’s mentor Darlington, the golden boy who lived so long in her head, now back in the flesh and cursed with dangerous powers of his own. Hell itself is stalking the delegates of Lethe House, and they’re all about to learn that demons don’t play by human rules.
VICTORIOUS by V. E. Schwab
9781250192233 | 10/6/26
The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City, a secret group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a low profile, avoiding the ever-watchful eye of EON in the wake of the showdown with Marcella, Eli, and Serena.
But when EON—and its relationship to the ExtraOrdinaries—begins to change under the leadership of a new director with a terrifying agenda, the time for hiding is over. The path to the truth of what happened to EON leads Victor, Sydney, Mitch and the rest into the enemy’s lair at EON headquarters, where they encounter unexpected allies, shocking new abilities, and the ultimate confrontation.
Against all the years, the betrayals, and the odds—the arch rivals and their allies will meet for a final time, on a chess board laid out by a rival they didn’t expect.
BIRTH OF THE WITCH by Nora Roberts
9781250431363 | 11/17/26
Niamh McShane was born a witch and died a witch in the same moment, at noonday, at the tender age of thirteen . . .
An indentured servant in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1695, Niamh humbly did the bidding of the powerful Downing family. But she soon learned that these respected Puritans were quick to bear false witness against a helpless orphan—for the madness in Salem Town had spread to their home on Piety Island. Her only comfort in her last hours came from the weavers imprisoned alongside her, Elspeth and Dorcas, who saw the light and power that resided within her . . .
More than three hundred years later, on the same island, Neve McShane wakes excitedly on her thirteenth birthday. Under the loving gaze of her aunts, Elspeth and Dorcas, she unwraps her gifts: sneakers, an iPhone, and a stunning antique pendant. Then she receives something else: a revelation that will change her life.
Until now, Neve has been an ordinary girl who mixes lotions and potions for her aunts’ shop and dreams of playing guitar and getting a tattoo. But today, she learns that her aunts’ abilities go beyond simple kitchen magic, and their tales of past lives aren’t just whimsical fantasies.
As she grows into adulthood, Neve must prepare for the dangerous battle that awaits. She knows now that all magick is not of the light. And as she hones her skills against forces of darkness, a young man named Caden is building his own formidable powers across the sea in Ireland, a wolf at his side and a sword in his hand…
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE: The Private Correspondence by Casey McQuiston
9781250481801 | 12/1/26
After the email leak that made Alex and Henry front page news worldwide they vowed never to use email again for their personal communication. Still, they do love to write each other, so they borrowed a trick from their predecessors: handwritten love letters.
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE: The Private Correspondence delves into the intimate archives of Alex and Henry, spanning over twenty years since the fateful day Alex and Henry joined together on the world’s stage. This epistolary novella includes their personal letters, post cards, journal entries, and more, sharing everything from sarcastic bon mots to sexy fantasies to emotional discussions about starting a family, giving readers compelling insight into the long term futures of Alex and Henry as well as beloved supporting characters.
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