Special Edition Books – September 2025
Special Editions - September 2025
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This page includes special editions that are anticipated publications in September 2025.
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Thorn Season - Kiera Azar
Release date: Sep 2, 2025
“Shadow and Bone meets The Selection in this first book in Kiera Azar’s sharp, sexy, and twisty debut YA romantasy trilogy.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with alternate dust jacket on shimmery paper, white case with rose gold stamp and embossed vine pattern, decorative endpapers, sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Rings of Fate – Melissa de la Cruz
Release date: Sep 2, 2025
“Princess Bride meets The Wheel of Time, in an epic romantasy where a sharp-tongued barmaid and an infuriatingly handsome prince agree to a fake engagement to stop a deadly magical power.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first print run). US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Wild Reverence - Rebecca Ross
Release date: Sep 2, 2025
“A young goddess must forge a path for herself — and her heart — in this enchanting romantasy from the author of Divine Rivals.”
First Printings. US hardback with foiled dust jacket, character art printed on the case under the jacket, decorative endpapers and black sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with exclusive cover colorway, printed case under the jacket, decorative endpapers and blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with decorative stencilled and sprayed purple page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
National Geographic Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History
Release date: Sep 2, 2025
“Blending the allure of the supernatural with keen historical insights and stunning photography, this enchanting chronicle of magic around the world will bewitch true believers and skeptics alike.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with moons and stars stencilled on black sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Duke and I (Bridgerton) - Julia Quinn
Release date: Sep 2, 2025
“A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable…but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. US hardback with illustrated endpapers, ribbon bookmark, and decorative spine that connects across all 8 titles in the series to unveil a beautiful image.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Nothing Like the Movies - Lynn Painter
Release date: Sep 2, 2025
“When the future calls, what do you do with your feelings? Wes and Liz are grappling with both, trying to find a way to have it all in this charming tale of young love.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with a unique cover, decorative sprayed page edges, and bonus content of an alternate scene and a deleted chapter.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Stars Are Dying - Chloe C. Peñaranda
Release date: Sep 2, 2025
“A dark romantic fantasy loosely inspired by the Greek myths of Astraea with a page-turning new epic world and a darkly seductive star-crossed romance.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with gold sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Medusa - Rosie Hewlett
Release date: Sep 4, 2025
“A compelling reimagining of the myth of Medusa, as the snake-haired Gorgon sets the record straight about her monstrous reputation.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with illustrated endpapers and “Medusa” stencilled with moons on black sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Macabre - Kosoko Jackson
Release date: Sep 4, 2025
“A blending of art history, time- and globe-hopping adventure, and dark horror and fantasy about ten cursed paintings and the lengths people will go to collect them, destroy them…or be destroyed.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with stenciled edges, a stamped case, a reversible jacket that readers can color in and make their own, and endpapers featuring two more paintings from the book.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Release date: Sep 9, 2025
“Beloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all.”
Deluxe Special Edition. US paperback with yellow stained page edges and bonus content.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Pitcher Perfect - Tessa Bailey
Release date: Sep 9, 2025
“An all-new enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating sports romance about a playboy hockey rookie and the disciplined softball pitcher completely immune to his charms.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges, special effects on the cover and a bonus scene not available anywhere else.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Howl’s Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
Release date: Sep 9, 2025
“This entrancing classic fantasy novel is filled with surprises at every turn. An international bestseller, this much-loved book is the source for the Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with decorative stenciled page edges, new jacket art and full-color endpapers by Devin Elle Kurtz, foil stamping on the case, and a frontispiece and chapter decorations by Stefan Bachmann.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
At the Edge of Surrender (Moonlit Ridge) - A. L. Jackson
Release date: Sep 9, 2025
“Don’t miss the sexy new series from NYT bestselling author A.L. Jackson.”
First Printings. US paperback with stained page edges and bonus material.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Rebel and the Rose - Catherine Doyle
Release date: Sep 11, 2025
“Adventure set in the city of Fantome. Details TBC.”
Waterstones Exclusive. Two UK hardbacks with decorative stencilled page edges (one with a rebel design, one with a rose design) with covers TBC.
➤ Buy Rebel edition from Waterstones
➤ Buy Rose edition from Waterstones
The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Release date: Sep 11, 2025
“An immaculate portrait of innocence tainted by the brutal reality of human greed.”
Penguin Clothbound Classics. UK clothbound hardback with decorative cover design by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
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The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures) - Katherine Rundell
Release date: Sep 11, 2025 (UK), Sep 16 (US)
“The Archipelago awaits Christopher and Mal in their return to the world of magical creatures. And this time, there’s a new evil afoot.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with exclusive features TBC.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with exclusive features TBC.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
House of Slaughter, Book 1 - James Tynion IV& Tate Brombal (author), illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera
Release date: Sep 11, 2025
“The “Butcher’s Trilogy,” the hidden history of one of the Order of St. George’s most enigmatic hunters.”
Deluxe Slipcase Edition. Slipcased hardback, collects House of Slaughter #1-5, #11-15, and #21-25.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Harry Potter Boxed Set – JK Rowling, illustrated by Mary GrandPré
Release date: Sep 16, 2025
“A boxed set of stencilled edge paperbacks”
Boxed Set. US illustrated paperbacks.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Things Gods Break (Crucible #2) – Abigail Owen
Release date: Sep 16, 2025
“The games continue in the highly anticipated and thrilling follow-up to The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen.”
Deluxe Exclusive / First Printings. US hardback, with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Shift (Silo #2) - Hugh Howey
Release date: Sep 16, 2025
“The second book in the New York Times bestselling Silo trilogy.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. US hardback, with fully illustrated endpapers, blue sprayed edges, a poster on the inside of the jacket with a topographical map of the silos, plus an original short story set in the Silo universe.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Matching Wool special edition with red sprayed page edges from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells | Abes | eBay
Hekate - Nikita Gill
Release date: Sep 18, 2025
“The bestselling poet delivers a fiery, absorbing retelling of the myth of Hekate, an orphan girl who grows up in the underworld and goes on to become the goddess of witchcraft, necromancy and darkness.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, with decorative endpapers and wolves stenciled on black page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
What Fury Brings - Tricia Levenseller
Release date: Sep 23, 2025
“Levenseller makes her adult debut in a sexy, empowering romantasy featuring a warrior general who must kidnap and train a husband in order to take her rightful place as queen.”
First Printings. US hardback, with decorative stencilled page edges and a hidden cover design on the boards.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
One Dark Window (Shepherd King #1) - Rachel Gillig
Release date: Sep 23, 2025
“A dark, lushly gothic fantasy, One Dark Window follow a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom—but the monster in her head isn’t the only threat lurking.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (First Printings). US hardback, with decorative stencilled page edges and other features TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Two Twisted Crowns (Shepherd King #2) - Rachel Gillig
Release date: Sep 23, 2025
“Elspeth must confront the weight of her actions as she and Ravyn embark on a perilous quest to save the kingdom.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (First Printings). US hardback, with decorative stencilled page edges and other features TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune
Release date: Sep 23, 2025
“A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.”
Deluxe Paperback. US paperback, with cerulean sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Somewhere Beyond the Sea - TJ Klune
Release date: Sep 23, 2025
“Hope is the thing with feathers. And hope is the thing with fire.”
Deluxe Paperback. US paperback, with ochre sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Thief of Night - Holly Black
Release date: Sep 23, 2025
“The eagerly anticipated sequel to Black’s bestselling adult debut The Book of Night, this spellbinding story finds the luckless Charlie Hall in even greater peril in a dangerous world.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, with foiled boards, night scene stencilled on black page edges, and exclusive endpapers.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Court of the Dead - Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
Release date: Sep 23, 2025
“Nico di Angelo teams up with his half-sister Hazel Levesque to protect . . . monsters?”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with stenciled and stained edges, special endpapers, and an exclusive epilogue.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive from Barnes & Noble
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
We Love You, Bunny - Mona Awad
Release date: Sep 23, 2025
“Creepy, kooky and crackling with energy, We Love You, Bunny is the long-awaited return to the world of the sickeningly sweet (and maniacally maddening) clique — and this time, the Bunnies are taking center stage.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive from Barnes & Noble
A Steeping of Blood - Hafsah Faizal
Release date: Sep 25, 2025
“A dark and swoonsome sequel to the TikTok-conquering A Tempest of Tea, A Steeping of Blood brings Faizal’s addictive duology about a crew of daring outcasts rising against the ruthless vampires of White Roaring to an epic, explosive conclusion.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with an alternate cover, unique case stamp, and designed endpapers (design TBC).
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Uncharmed - Lucy Jane Wood
Release date: Sep 25, 2025
“Set in the same enchanting world as Wood’s hugely popular Rewitched, this eternally endearing cosy fantasy revolves around a high performing witch whose life begins to unravel when she is charged with mentoring a troubled student.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, with exclusive elements TBC.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World - Jason Aaron, illustrated by Alexandre Tefenkgi & Leila del Duca
Release date: Sep 25, 2025
“In this epic post-apocalyptic fable, follow two star-crossed lovers across the wasteland of a planet ravaged by environmental catastrophe as their stories intertwine across decades.”
Deluxe Slipcase Edition. Slipcased hardback, collects Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #1-15.
➤ Buy US edition from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK edition from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire with the book that sparked a literary phenomenon.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. US hardback with vintage design foil-stamped slipcase; new cover, interior, and endpaper art; ribbon marker; and a gilded page edge design that shows a portrait of either Bella or Edward, depending which way you spread the pages..
➤ Buy US edition from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK edition from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire with the book that sparked a literary phenomenon.”
20th Anniversary Edition. Paperback with decorative stencilled black page edge design (“And the lion fell in love with the lamb”) and inside cover art.
➤ Buy US edition from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK edition from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
The Twilight Saga - Stephenie Meyer
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“Experience the literary phenomenon as never seen before with this stunning Twilight Saga hardcover boxed set.”
Deluxe Hardover Collection. Hardbacks with wraparound dust jackets and starry black stencilled page edges.
➤ Buy US edition from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK edition from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Grim and Oro (Lightlark Saga) - Alex Aster
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“Two brand-new romantasy novellas bound into one deluxe, novel-length volume written from the perspectives of Grim and Oro.“
Dueling Crowns Edition. US dual-sided (tête-bêche) hardback in die-cut foiled slipcase with decorative stencilled page edges and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War.“
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with foiled cover; sprayed and stenciled page edges; endpapers featuring a map of Homer’s Greece; a guide to Greek gods, mortals, and heroes; essays by Madeline Miller; and discussion questions.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Dragon Cursed - Elise Kova
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“Dragons, dragon hunters, slow-burn romance between star-crossed lovers, and a world on the brink.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with custom sprayed page edge and more TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
You've Found Oliver - Dustin Thao
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“If you shed tears over When Haru Was Here and You’ve Reached Sam, we hope you’ve recharged your tear ducts for You’ve Found Oliver, the latest and most satisfyingly heart-wrenching story from Dustin Thao.“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with an exclusive cover and bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive edition from Barnes & Noble
My Dark Prince - Parker S. Huntington & L.J. Shen
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“A twisted second-chance romance between a prince haunted by a dark secret and his reluctant Sleeping Beauty.”
Limited Digitally Signed Edition. US hardback with decorative pink stenciled page edges, color end pages, a built-in ribbon bookmark, a foil dust jacket, a secret foil hardback cover, a slipcase with two foil colors, a bonus epilogue, black chapter head pages, and digital signatures from both authors.
➤ Buy from Amazon
Alchemised - SenLinYu
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.”
First Printings. US hardback with gold foil on the front and a full-color illustration on the reverse, gorgeous designed endpapers, a gold foil case stamp, and, from acclaimed artist Avendell, a black-and-white interior illustration.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) - Richard Osman
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“Who’s got time to think about murder when there’s a wedding to plan?“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Bitten - Jordan Stephanie Gray
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“Crescent City meets Fourth Wing in this fast-paced and romantic debut, in which a teenage girl must survive ruthless werewolves, a glittering court, and deadly politics to exact revenge on the monsters who destroyed her.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with details TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Fake Skating - Lynn Painter
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“A hockey-centric heartthrob of a rom-com, complete with quippy dialogue, relatable characters and fake dating.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with an alternate cover, and never-before-seen bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Still Life (Inspector Gamache) - Louise Penny
Release date: Sep 30, 2025
“In 2005, with Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduced her iconic mystery series starring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators as they are called into the scene of a suspicious death in a picturesque rural village somewhere south of Montreal.”
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
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This page includes special editions that are anticipated publications in September 2025.
To browse all upcoming releases, click the button below.
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