Special Edition Books – 2023 Publications
This page is an archive of “special editions” published in 2023 – a couple are OOP but most are still available to buy, so please enjoy perusing the titles!
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List last updated Mar 30, 2023.
February 2023
Last Violent Call – Chloe Gong
Feb 28, 2023.
A pair of novellas set in the imaginative world of Foul Lady Fortune.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with a hidden case design under the dust jacket.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
➤ Find signed exclusive edition at Waterstones
She Is A Haunting – Trang Tranh Tran
Feb 28, 2023.
When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She’s always lied to fit in, so if she’s straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough, she can get out with the college money he promised.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with an alternative cover, endpapers with artwork, and an exclusive bonus chapter written from the ghost bride’s point of view.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Daughters of Madurai – Rajasree Variyar
Feb 28, 2023.
Sydney, 2019. Nila has a secret; one she’s been keeping from her parents for too long. Before she can say anything, her grandfather in India falls ill and she agrees to join her parents on a trip to Madurai.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with an exclusive afterword, a conversation with the author, a book club discussion guide, green sprayed page edges and patterned endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Sun and its Shade (The Night and its Moon #2) – Piper CJ
Feb 28, 2023.
As wounds heal and new relationships blossom, Nox and Amaris must confront impossible obstacles and stretch their magic to its limits if they are ever to create a world that might finally reunite them for good.
B&N exclusive: US paperback signed by the author with bonus novella featuring Zaccai, one of the Northern fae, and his complicated relationship with a mortal and another fae as the three train for the coming war with the queen.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Storm Watch (Joe Pickett #23) – CJ Box
Feb 28, 2023.
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facility.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, contains a behind-the-book essay by the author.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
A Day of Fallen Night (Roots of Chaos) – Samantha Shannon
Feb 28, 2023.
A prequel to the The Priory of the Orange Tree as the eruption of the Dreadmount brings three formidable women to the fore.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with bonus chapter about Tunuva and Esbar’s courtship.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
➤ Signed exclusive Waterstones edition while stocks last
Forbidden Planet exclusive: UK hardback with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Forbidden Planet
B&N exclusive: US hardback signed by the author with special end papers featuring a map, a custom cover foil stamp and a bonus scene about Tunuva and Esbar’s courtship..
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
➤ Signed exclusive Barnes & Noble edition while stocks last
The Rescue of Ravenwood – Natasha Farrant
Feb 23, 2023.
“An engrossing and empowering story of fighting for what you believe in, as a group of children set out to save the incredible titular house from demolition.”
Waterstones Exclusive: UK paperback with sprayed page edges (colour TBC).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Alchemist and Other Novels – Paulo Coelho
Feb 23, 2023.
Omnibus edition. Includes The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes and The Witch of Portobello.
B&N collectible edition: US hardback, bound in decorative bonded leather.
❦ Read more about the B&N Collectible Editions series here…
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Paris Apartment – Lucy Foley
Feb 21, 2023.
“From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… “
B&N exclusive: US paperback, with a new, connecting short story as well a list of the books and films that inspired the author and some of her favorite Paris locations.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Whale Done (FunJungle #8) – Stuart Gibbs
Feb 21, 2023.
After an escaped kangaroo starts a fire that burns down his house, Teddy Fitzroy accepts an invitation to go to Malibu with his girlfriend, Summer, and her mother, Kandace.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, an exclusive jacket with shiny blue foil, and a map of the USA on where to spot charismatic megafauna—plus bonus content that features fun facts about these cool creatures and some behind the scenes information from the author.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide – Rupert Holmes
Feb 21, 2023.
A devilish thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder where earnest students study how best to “delete” their most deserving victim.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, exclusive features include a bonus story featuring one memorable lesson in murder at the McMasters Conservatory.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Eleventh Hour (Adventure Zone #5) – McElroy Brothers
Feb 21, 2023.
The Bureau of Balance has located yet another Grand Relic, and this time it’s…time? A small mining town called Refuge has been locked away behind an arcane bubble, and somewhere inside it the Temporal Chalice is causing unknown mayhem.
B&N exclusive: US paperback, with foil treatment on the cover and four collectible foil-stamped trading cards
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Maame – Jessica George
Feb 14, 2023.
After a virus, unearthed from melting permafrost, unleashes a deadly plague upon humanity, those left alive are forced to adapt to a new world, and do so in myriad moving and inventive ways.
Independent Bookshop Edition: UK hardback, signed and numbered by the author, with exclusive printed endpapers and pink spine.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
How High We Go in the Dark – Sequoia Nagamatsu
Feb 9, 2023.
After a virus, unearthed from melting permafrost, unleashes a deadly plague upon humanity, those left alive are forced to adapt to a new world, and do so in myriad moving and inventive ways.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with additional essay.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Vladimir – Julia May Jonas
Feb 9, 2023.
Two married professors find themselves at the centre of a sordid scandal just as a very alluring – and very married – young author appears on campus.
Waterstones exclusive: Uk paperback, with pink sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Harry Potter Boxed Set – J. K. Rowling
Feb 7, 2023.
Includes the seven Harry Potter books in their original hardcover editions, housed in a collectible slipcase.
Slipcased set: US hardback editions featuring jacket artwork and chapter opening illustrations by Mary GrandPré.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Someone Else’s Shoes – Jojo Moyes
Feb 7, 2023.
Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope—she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with designed endpapers and a Q&A with the author.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
➤ Find signed edition at Barnes & Noble
Don’t Fear the Reaper (My Heart is a Chainsaw #2) – Stephen Graham Jones
Feb 7, 2023.
Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer Dark Mill South escapes into town to complete his revenge killings.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with two bonus chapters from the cutting room floor, providing insight into each of the first two novels of the Indian Lake trilogy.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A. F. Steadman
Feb 2, 2023
“Prepare to experience a magical world full of courageous heroes and warrior unicorns in the first instalment of Steadman’s exhilarating series, as young Skandar takes to the skies to battle a deadly enemy.”
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with red stencilled and sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
Feb 2, 2023
Sequel to This Woven Kingdom, as Alizeh and Kamran’s story continues in another unputdownable tale of destiny, danger and vengeance.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with blue sprayed page edges and signed bookplate.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Book of Night by Holly Black
Feb 2, 2023
Reckless Charlie is pitched into a world of gloamists, backstabbers and doppelgangers with a potentially world-changing secret up for grabs.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with exclusive colourway.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Villains Academy by Ryan Hammond
Feb 2, 2023
When werewolf Bram arrives at the Villains Academy, he is determined to find his inner badness and become the villain of his dreams.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with illustrated sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Rainbow Grey: Battle for the Skies (Rainbow Grey #3) by Laura Ellen Anderson
Feb 2, 2023
Rainbow Grey is faced with the ultimate challenge to save the world from the most evil villain of them all: Tornadia Twist.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Swifts by Beth Lincoln
Feb 2, 2023
Middle grade humour about a spate of slayings in a very unusual family home and the diminutive detective determined to crack the case.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Feb 2, 2023
Three students at a brutally strict prep school are investigated for the murder of the institution’s principal.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with red and white stencilled page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Feb 2, 2023
A woman fleeing an abusive relationship heads for Weyward Cottage and makes a startling discovery about her ancestors – a secret dating back to 1619, when her ancestor Altha Weyward was put on trial for witchcraft.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with butterflies and flowers stencilled on black page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Exiles by Jane Harper
Feb 2, 2023
Mystery. Set deep in the heart of South Australian wine country, detective Aaron Falk grapples with the mystery of a missing mother and the tensions that brew among the seemingly tight-knit community.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author (exclusive features TBC).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Independent Bookshop Edition: UK hardback, signed by the author with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie, e.g. Booka
As Old as Time (Disney Twisted Tales) by Liz Braswell
Feb 1, 2023
Belle is a lot of things: smart, resourceful, restless. Belle also happens to be the captive of a terrifying, angry beast. And that is her primary concern. But when Belle touches the Beast’s enchanted rose, intriguing images flood her mind-images of the mother she believed she would never see again. Stranger still, she sees that her mother is none other than the beautiful enchantress who cursed the Beast, his castle and all its inhabitants. Shocked and confused, Belle and the Beast must work together to unravel a dark mystery about their families.
Collector’s edition: Australian hardback with yellow gold sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
January 2023
Chain of Thorns (The Last Hours) – Cassandra Clare
Jan 31, 2023
“James and Cordelia must save London—and their marriage—in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series.”
First editions: US hardback – All first edition hardcovers will include full-color reverse jacket art, ten black-and-white interior illustrations, and a bonus short story.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble (preordering should guarantee first editions).
The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway Mysteries) – Elly Griffiths
Jan 31, 2023
” Ruth and Nelson are working on a murder case in which Cathbad emerges as the prime suspect. Can they uncover the truth in time to save their friend?”
Independent Bookstore Exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with celebratory full colour Ruth Galloway 15 Endpapers plus an exclusive note to readers. Also available with a limited edition Ruth Galloway 15 enamel pin badge.
➤ Find it at your local UK Indie, such as Booka
The Davenports – Krystal Marquis
Jan 31, 2023
Set in 1910 Chicago. Offers a glimpse into a period of African American history often overlooked.
B&N Exclusive: US hardback, with an exclusive cover and an Q&A with the author.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Snow Hare – Paula Lichtarowicz
Jan 31, 2023
Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, alongside her husband and child. But as her end approaches, buried memories begin to return. Of her childhood in Poland, and her passion for science. Of the early days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything.
B&N Exclusive: US hardback, Book Club Edition includes a Q&A with author Paula Lichtarowicz and a reading group guide for book clubs.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Last Hours: Chain of Thorns – Cassandra Clare
Jan 31, 2023
An emotionally broken Cordelia must rally herself one more time after receiving the shocking news that Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel and the Prince of Hell is heading to London.
Waterstones Rune edition: UK hardback, with exclusive jacket design and letter between characters.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Under the Whispering Door – TJ Klune
Jan 31, 2023
Life with Death as a character and a ghost who doesn’t want to cross over to whatever’s next.
B&N exclusive: US paperback, with stencilled page edges.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The House in the Cerulean Sea – TJ Klune
Jan 31, 2023
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
B&N exclusive: US paperback, with stencilled page edges and a bonus story “A Reaper’s Guide”.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Luminaries – Susan Dennard
Jan 26, 2023
Desperate to join the Luminaries, the ancient order that protects the world from nightmares and monsters, Winnie must restore her family’s honour against all odds.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with moon stencilled onto black page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Really Good, Actually – Monica Heisey
Jan 19, 2023
A young divorcee steps back into the world that fizzes with knockout one-liners and hilarious characters.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with exclusive endpapers, “Congratulations” stencilled on the boards in gold, and bonus author Q&A.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Empire of the Vampire – Jay Kristoff
Jan 19, 2023
A lone warrior captured by victorious vampires tells his chilling, unputdownable tale.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with exclusive cover and deleted scene.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Mapmakers (Hatmakers #2) – Tamzin Merchant
Jan 19, 2023
Cordelia stumbles upon a secret society of mapmakers who just might be able to help her find her missing father.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Godkiller – Hannah Kaner
Jan 19, 2023
A slayer of gods and a disillusioned knight must join forces in a perilous quest to defeat an indestructible deity
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with stencilled sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
Jan 17, 2023
Famed for providing legendary artists with the space to rediscover their authentic selves, music producer Rick Rubin reflects on the creative process and its engagement with the wider world.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, clothbound with ribbon and randomly allocated exclusive colourways.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
A Venom Dark and Sweet (Book of Tea #2) by Judy I. Lin
Jan 17, 2023
Lin’s magical Book of Tea duology concludes with an epic quest for four young women to reclaim the throne of Daxi for Princess Zhen, as an ancient evil rises throughout the land.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with pink sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore, illustrated by Ian Gibson
Jan 17, 2023
The ultimate edition of Alan Moore and Ian Gibson’s feminist space opera.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, full colour omnibus edition.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Jan 17, 2023
A hilarious and terrifying new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else…
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Forbidden Planet exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Forbidden Planet
B&N exclusive: US hardback, exclusive with new material from the author, including an introduction to the book discussing why he wrote it and what haunts him, and an essay on the uncanny nature and history of puppets and dolls.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels – Janice Hallett
Jan 12, 2023
From the mega-selling author of The Appeal and The Twyford Code comes another labyrinthine, twist-laden mystery focusing on a true-crime writer investigating the historic case of a disturbing cult.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with extra deleted scene.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Hell Bent (Ninth House) by Leigh Bardugo
Jan 10, 2023
Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with snakes stencilled on the page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback with a unique cover, designed endpapers, and bonus annotated chapter from the author.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Flame Tree Myths & Legends Series by various authors
Jan 10, 2023.
Mythology collections. The next set of books in the Flame Tree Collector’s Editions series are four new sets of myths & legends, covering tales from Egyptian, Indian, Persian and Arthurian legends.
Collector’s editions: Foiled and embossed covers with gilded page edges. Some minimal black & white line drawings (3 per book).
➤ Find them at Amazon | Book Depository
Lune – Kate Reid
Jan 7, 2023
Lune Croissanterie in Melbourne is one of the most talked about bakeries in the world.
Special Edition: AUS slipcased hardback featuring holographic foil and ribbon, with a 272-page cookbook and an exclusive 48-page anniversary lookbook celebrating the first 10 years of Lune. Both hardback volumes feature holographic foil and stunning colour photography throughout.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Witcher Series – Collector’s Hardbacks by Andrzej Sapkowski, translated by David French
Jan 5, 2023
The series about the eponymous “witcher”, Geralt of Rivia, that inspired the Netflix show and video games.
Collector’s Editions: UK hardbacks with new cover designs.
➤ Find Blood of Elves at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find Time of Contempt at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find Baptism of Fire at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find The Tower of Swallows at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find The Lady of the Lake at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find Season of Storms at Amazon | Book Depository
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Jan 5, 2023
Traversing three centuries and three alternative versions of the American experiment, the author of A Little Life returns with a spellbinding chronicle of love, the meaning of family and the excruciating cost of unattainable dreams.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive glossary of Hawaiian flora and fauna.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kakafka
Jan 5, 2023
Turning the serial killer narrative on its head, Kukafka’s searing and intelligent second novel focuses on three women whose lives are irrevocably changed by their contact with a brutal murderer on death row.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive author essay.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy
Jan 5, 2023
Rules of The Midnight Game: Do not turn on the lights. Do not go to sleep. Do not leave the building. When a group of strangers who have met on a creepy Deddit thread decide to meet in real life, they only have one plan in mind: they are going to summon the Midnight Man. And once you start the Midnight Game, you must finish it – there’s no other way out.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with pink sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Jan 5, 2023
The discovery of a mysterious ancient Greek vase in Georgian London sets in motion conspiracies, revelations and romance.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with extra chapter.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Stolen Heir (Elfhame) by Holly Black
Jan 5, 2023
A reluctant prince. A runaway queen. And a quest that may destroy them both.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with inverted jacket colour.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback with inverted jacket color, and author’s personal journal pages and notes on the manuscript.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Dark Inspiration (20th Anniversary Ed) by Victionary
Jan 5, 2023
Some artists are inspired by the unsettling to create intriguing works of art that push the boundaries of normality and provoke viewers into exploring their fears and taboos. Features chilling depictions of childhood reveries, folklore, mysteries, and death in a variety of styles and interpretations.
20th Anniversary edition: Illustrated hardback with holographic cover art.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Jan 4, 2023
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
Dymocks edition: Hardback with periodic table stencilled on the page edges.
➤ Find it at Dymocks (Australia)
(nb: appears to be the same as the UK Waterstones exclusive edition)
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao
Jan 3, 2023
In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past—and unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic fantasy series inspired by the mythology and folklore of ancient China.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback signed by the author with orange sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback features a unique jacket with special effects, an original stamped case, and color endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
★You might also be interested in checking out the preorder offers page for bonuses if you preorder this title
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Jan 3, 2023
A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands.
B&N exclusive: US hardback exclusive features include an essay from author reflecting on the inspiration for and experience of writing the book, a Q&A with the author and a reader discussion guide.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
Jan 3, 2023
Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India, Age of Vice is an epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family — loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with designed endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
➤ Find signed edition at Barnes & Noble
Ant-Man by Marvel Studios
Jan 1, 2023
Before he was Ant-Man, Scott Lang was a master thief who wanted to change his ways. But when Dr. Hank Pym recruits him to wear a superpowered suit that shrinks him down to the size of an insect, he reluctantly realises his life of breaking-and-entering is far from over.
Collector’s Edition: AUS hardback with red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository