DOG MOM de Madi Stine

Satirical horror debut perfect for fans of Girl Dinner and Motherthing, about the lengths to which a doting dog mom will go for her bloodthirsty fur baby.

DOG MOM
by Madi Stine
akaSTORY/Abrams, January 2028

Phoebe has felt alone all her life. She’s the outsider in her adopted family, and she’s always felt her parent’s love is conditional on her being good. Her marriage is no better, and when Phoebe experiences a late–term miscarriage, it destroys any hope she’s harbored of finally finding unconditional love. Until she meets Teddy…

Teddy is a stray wolf dog. Though Teddy’s origins are mysterious, it’s clear he’s all alone in the world too. He’s injured, starving, and needs Phoebe’s help to survive. Although Teddy treats Phoebe’s house like a toilet and massacres her unused baby toys, he gets Phoebe out of bed to tend to his messes. In a way, he takes better care of Phoebe than her husband, Quinn, ever has.

As Phoebe’s bond with Teddy intensifies, he fills that void deep within her. The one that convinced her she was unlovable, unworthy. With Teddy to look after, she feels whole again. Soon, Teddy is the most important part of her life. And nothing comes between a girl and her beloved dog. Not the meddling next door neighbor. Not her family. Not her husband.

Madi Stine is an award–winning writer/director based in Los Angeles. She earned a BA in Film and English from Harvard University where she graduated with honors and was a Fulbright Scholar. As a Fulbright Scholar, she affiliated with the University of British Columbia, researching and writing a historical screenplay set on the Canadian frontier. Madi then relocated to New York where she earned an MFA in Screenwriting/Directing from Columbia University. While at Columbia, her horror–comedy short, Rose & Pinky are Metal, screened in the US and internationally before being acquired by ShortsTV. DOG MOM, her debut novel, is based on her original screenplay of the same name, which was named a 2025 script competition finalist at the Austin Film Festival.

OPPO de Christopher Beha

From National Book Award–longlisted Christopher Beha, a gripping, twisty novel that pulls back the curtain on who really tips the needle of politics and updates the great political thrillers of the past—those from Graham Greene, John LeCarré, and Robert Stone—for our own fractured, tumultuous era.

OPPO
by Christopher Beha
Tin House, May 2027
(via The Gernert Company)

When tech billionaire Romulus Rice buys the Washington Star, the paper’s journalists celebrate, thinking they will finally have the resources to compete with the new media giants and return the Star to its glory days. With a lawless president—Rice’s fellow tech oligarch, Mario Adrian—having seized power through questionable means, the country has never needed their work more. But Rice installs a former tabloid hack with a worryingly friendly relationship to the president as the paper’s new editor, and the staff is left with a choice: stick around to fight the good fight, or jump from a sinking ship.

One of the Star’s hottest young reporters, Keith Reece, chooses to jump—joining a prominent opposition research firm run by former Star reporter Tony Greenstone. His colleague—and work wife—Colleen McDormand stays behind, becoming the paper’s White House correspondent. From their different perches, Colleen and Keith each stumble on a dramatic conspiracy that will ultimately implicate not just President Adrian but also Greenstone and Rice. As they tussle professionally and personally, the pair comes to question how much they can trust each other—or anyone else.

Taking place over the course of a single, crucial election season, OPPO builds toward a startling climax in which Colleen and Keith are both forced to question who and what they’ve been working for all along, and whether they are rebuilding their world . . . or destroying it.

« Oppo is everything a political thriller needs to be: smart, sharp, and incisive—without being cynical. I couldn’t put it down.” —Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

“Cannily conceived and fetchingly populated, Beha’s Oppo is a subversive delight. Our politics and news media have given us little thrill of late—but this wonderfully plotted novel is an exception!” —Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ayad Akhtar

Christopher Beha is the author of two memoirs, The Whole Five Feet and Why I Am Not an Atheist, and three previous novels, Arts & Entertainments, What Happened to Sophie Wilder, and The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award.

GARBAGE GIRL d’Emily Austin

For readers of Jen Beagin and Melissa Broder, Emily Austin returns to the wacky existentialism that made her debut a cult sensation.

GARBAGE GIRL
by Emily Austin
Bloomsbury, Spring 2028
(via The Friedrich Agency)

Photo credit: Bridget Forberg

Rob, a twenty-eight-year-old grocery store custodian, doesn’t know why she can’t keep a friend, and she’s getting tired of cleaning up other people’s shit—literally. Eager to understand what she’s doing wrong, Rob becomes consumed with figuring out why her childhood best friend Dinah ghosted her ten years ago. Between being berated by her Superstore manager, cleaning up after the serial men’s room vandal, and obsessing over her new crush, Bones, Rob tries to track down Dinah. But the more she searches, the more she’s overcome by the creeping feeling that something might be very wrong. What if Dinah didn’t just ghost her—what if something terrible happened?

Emily Austin is the author of four novels, most recently Is This a Cry For Help?, an instant USA Today, Globe & Mail, Quill & Quire, and Toronto Star bestseller. All four of her novels have been Indie Next picks, and her work has been published around the world.

THE PERSISTENCE OF WILD THINGS d’Emily Sohn

Discover a new wilderness, where animals survive—and thrive—in damaged, developed, and disturbed environments.

THE PERSISTENCE OF WILD THINGS:
How Life Endures in the Most Unexpected Places
by Emily Sohn
Sourcebooks, July 2027
(via DeFiore and Company)

Along highways in the United States, monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed during long-distance migrations, even as vehicles fly past at 70 mph. In a swirling mass of waste in the ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, fantastic and otherworldly creatures float alongside and on top of milk jugs. On the border of Israel and Syria, wolves find safety in minefields in the Golan Heights, where fragile explosives keep people away. And on a small Swedish island, the quiet presence of bird-watching tourists protects a lively seabird population from predators.

In THE PERSISTENCE OF WILD THINGS, award-winning journalist Emily Sohn takes readers on an investigative journey around the world to explore pockets of wildlife thriving in unexpected places. She speaks with researchers and scientists, digging into deeply complex questions surrounding modern relationships between people and wild animals. Through conversations and visits to unusual field sites, she reveals how our best efforts to help the environment may sometimes cause harm. Along the way, we begin to see the potential for a new approach to conservation, one that acknowledges the reality of today’s ecosystems and sees humans as a part of nature, not apart from it.

Although coverage of environmental issues often induces despair, THE PERSISTENCE OF WILD THINGS leads with optimism. The natural world is filled with stories of resilience, and wilderness is everywhere. If we learn to notice the bright spots and silver linings, we can cultivate a new kind of hope for the future.

Emily Sohn is an award-winning health and science journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, Outside, Nature, Scientific American, Audubon, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Discovery, Science News, and many other publications. Her stories have accumulated awards from the National Association of Science Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Society of Environmental Journalists, and more. She has appeared on podcasts, radio programs, and TV shows, including NPR’s All Things Considered, the BBC World News, and All Sides with Ann Fisher.

ON PURPOSE de Michael Steger & Todd Kashdan

World-renowned psychologists Todd Kashdan and Michael Steger have teamed up for ON PURPOSE: A Guide to Building a Meaningful Life in an Uncertain World, a practical guide that will be the first evidenced-based method for discovering and animating your purpose.

ON PURPOSE:
A Guide to Building a Meaningful Life in an Uncertain World
by Michael Steger and Todd Kashdan
Ten Speed, August 2027
(via DeFiore and Company)

The research is clear: There is no better way to promote psychological and physical well-being and ward off threats than by building a strong sense of purpose.

Based on more than two decades of the authors’ research and packed with fresh, actionable advice, ON PURPOSE equips readers to identify and sustain a life purpose that will make them happier, healthier, and more successful—and leave a lasting legacy. It starts by clearing barriers to your purpose and unlocking your values to fine-tune what matters most to you.

It continues with crafting work that serves your purpose (no, that doesn’t mean quitting your job) and finding purpose partners who support you. And it’s sustained by learning to embrace the inevitable struggles and staying flexible on your path.

ON PURPOSE is designed to reach today’s readers who are seeking direction in their lives—from Gen Z-ers grappling with life choices in chaotic times and adults seeking direction when it comes to work, partners, and parenting, to seniors looking to enrich their twilight years.

Classics such as Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life and Dan Millman’s The Life you Were Born to Live are perennial sellers that have sold millions of copies, but they don’t offer a plan based on the latest, extensive scientific research. This book will be the first.

Michael “Mike” Steger, PhD, is founder and director of the Center for Meaning and Purpose at Colorado State University, and his TEDx talk, “What Makes Life Meaningful,” has more than a half million views.
Todd Kashdan, PhD, is the founder of The Well-Being Laboratory at George Mason University, and he and his research were featured in the 2023 award-winning documentary The Hidden Power of Purpose. Their groundbreaking work has been widely cited by scholars as the definitive source on purpose, and their combined network is far-reaching. This is their first book together.