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Prepub Alert: The Complete List | January 2025 Titles
All the January 2025 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.
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Austin, Emily. We Could Be Rats. Atria. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781668058145. 256p. $27.99. FICTION
Bestselling Austin (Interesting Facts About Space) returns with a story about the bonds of sisterhood. Sigrid has resisted conformity and the expectations of adulthood, frustrating her older sister Margit. As Sigrid grapples with a painful past and the loss of her best friend to the opioid epidemic, the sisters manage to find their way back to each other.
Carr, Charlene. We Rip the World Apart. Sourcebooks Landmark. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781728270449. 464p. $27.99. FICTION
Intertwining the stories of three women from one family, Carr (Hold My Girl) writes a multigenerational novel that explores motherhood, race, and trauma. A family flees Jamaica for Canada, hoping for a better life, but instead they experience racism, police violence, and an unplanned pregnancy.
Evison, Jonathan. The Heart of Winter. Dutton. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780593473542. 368p. $28. FICTION
Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke had a disastrous blind date in coll
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Rights Report: Week of September 30, 2024
Liz Szabla at Feiwel and Friends has acquired three new fairy tale retellings from Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles). The first, The House Saphir, a darkly humorous and romantic retelling of "Bluebeard," will be published in fall 2025, and the two additional, as-yet-untitled retellings will be published in fall 2026 and 2027. Jill Grinberg at Jill Grinberg Literary Management negotiated the deal for North American rights.
Alexa Pastor at S&S has bought, at auction, North American rights to Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole (l.) and Ashley Woodfolk. Pitched as for fans of Rachael Lippincott, Ashley Herring Blake, and the movie Bottoms, this YA rom-com follows two unpopular queer girls who get their hearts broken by the most popular girl in school; when they find out she's taking her ex-boyfriend to prom, they team up for revenge. Publication is slated for summer 2025; Patrice Caldwell at New Leaf Literary & Media represented Cole, and Beth Phelan at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency represented Woodfolk.
Vicki Lame at Wednesday Books has acquired Shapes of Love by L.V. Peñalba, a YA contemporary novel about identity and friendship. When 19-year-old Sasha&