6 of the Best New Book Releases Out August 11, 2026

There’s some very exciting news for podcast lovers and people who miss having a president who read: Obama is hosting a new book podcast. It will be about books that have greatly influenced him and society. It debuts on Audible September 24, 2026. This week’s new releases are just as exciting. Firstly, there are a few from this month’s round-up that are now officially out: A Tender Age by Chang-rae Lee, A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-Young, translated by Sophie Bowman, and The Ladies Hall by Vanessa Miller. There’s also the decolonial Palestinian romance Leila and Khaled by Nyla Matuk and Piñen by Daniela Catrileo, translated by Jacob Edelstein, a collection of stories about Mapuche youth in modern-day Chile. The books below include the latest by bestsellers Téa Obreht and Olivie Blake, as well as a thrilling Y2K fantasy, nonfiction on obscene art, and more. Sunrise by Téa ObrehtThe bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife comes a novel of three lives, all involved in one ghost town. Most recently (in 2024), there’s Nina, whose boyfriend crashed her small-engine plane in the Wyoming mountains. He’s missing, and as she searches for him, she finds a seemingly abandoned Old West town called Sun...