The Bookish Mindset

Look at new release lists and the bombardment from Booktok and Bookstagram can feel like a lot when you’re trying to find a new book. Autumn is well and truly on its way and it’s time to find something to curl up with. Each month I create an exclusive list of the months new releases for our patreon group, it’s one of the groups favourite features.

So let me share some of my favourite new releases for September. Just tap on the titles to get more info from Bookshop.org and to support my work.

poyms annaw – Len Pennie. Poetry. Hardback. Following the sparkling debut, this is the second collection and promises to confront patriarchy and gender based violence. Publish date: 25/09

A Steeping of Blood – Hafsah Faizal. Fantasy. Hardback. The final in the duology, Artie must now find a new place for her shop. Publish date: 25/09

Saltcrop – Yume Kitasei. Fantasy. Hardback. From the author of The Stardust Grail, comes a tale of two sisters sailing across oceans to find their missing third sister. Publish date: 25/09

Alchemised – SenLiYu. Fantasy. Hardback. Dark fantasy set in a world of necromancy and alchemy, where a woman is missing memories. Publish date: 30/09

We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat – Syou Ishida & E Madison. Literary. Hardback. Following the successful We’ll Prescribe You A Cat, comes another tale of patients with emotional wounds and interconnecting stories. Publish date: 04/09

The Amberglow Candy Store – Hiyoko Kurisu & Matt Treyvaud. Literary. Hardback. A half-fox shopkeeper learns emotional life lessons from his customers. Publish date: 18/09

A Splintering – Dur e Aziz Amna. Literary. Hardback. An “unforgettable story of a woman’s fight for freedom in modern day Pakistan”. Publish date: 04/09

Cursed Daughters – Oyinkan Braithwaite. Literary. Hardback. Sequel to My Sister, The Serial Killer. Eniiyi is forced to face her family’s dark past after she falls in love. Publish date: 25/09

Sisters in the Wind – Angeline Boulley. Literary. Paperback. The third novel set on Sugar Island following Firekeepers Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed. I loved this one. Publish date: 04/09

The Transition – Logan-Ashley Kisner. Fantasy. Paperback. From the author of Old Wounds, comes a tale of a trans teen who is bitten by a werewolf during their top surgery. Publish date: 11/09

Blood Over Bright Haven – M. L. Wang. Dark Academia. Paperback. The first woman is let into a historically male magic academy, but what she uncovers will change everything. This is one of my favourites. Publish date: 25/09

The Vagina Business – Marina Gerner. Non-Fiction. Paperback. An interesting review of the technology being developed for vagina owners. Publish date: 25/09

Make Me A Monster – Kalynn Bayron. Fantasy. Paperback. A YA Frankenstein inspired novel where the dead aren’t staying dead. Publish date: 30/09

Sad Girl Hours – Anna Zoe Quirke. Romance. Paperback. Sapphic romance with SAD and autistic rep, with dual POV too.Publish date: 04/09

Someone Like Me – Clem Bastow & Jo Case. Non-Fiction. Paperback. “An anthology of non-fiction by autistic writers”. A collection of creative pieces from gender-diverse and women writers. Publish date: 25/09

Have you planned to pick any of these up? I’d love to know!

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Last updated 05/09/2025