Book Releases Delayed Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Obviously it isn’t just the book world that has been rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, but for authors with books coming out in 2020, it has certainly changed the landscape. Authors with debuts amidst self-quarantine orders have had to find creative ways to host book release parties online and some bookish conventions have even gone digital. But for other authors, the pandemic has meant book releases being delayed due to COVID-19.
As the pandemic continues, more publishers may make the decision to push book releases, but with the help of authors over on Twitter and this extremely helpful running list of delayed books, I’ve put together a semi-comprehensive list new released dates. Be sure to support these authors by preordering their books, requesting copies from your local library, and hyping up their books on Instagram, Twitter, or however else you like to support your fave authors. We book lovers have to stick together right now!
Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth by Theresa Payton
Original release: April 1, 2020
New release: April 22, 2020
Queen of Coin and Whispers
by Helen Corcoran
Original release: April 23, 2020
New release: June 1, 2020
My Summer of Love and Misfortune
by Lindsay Wong
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: June 2, 2020
The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones
by Davin McQueen
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: June 16, 2020
The Dream Weaver
by Reina Luz Alegre
Original release: May 26, 2020
New release: June 23, 2020
The Kingdom of Liars
by Nick Martell
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: June 23, 2020
The ebook and audiobook will be available May 5, as originally intended, and the UK release for all versions is May 7.
The Sullivan Sisters
by Kathryn Ormsbee
Original release: May 26, 2020
New release: June 23, 2020
The Damned
by Renee Ahdieh
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: July 7, 2020
Girl, Serpent, Thorn
by Melissa Bashardoust
Original release: May 12, 2020
New release: July 7, 2020
One To Watch
by Kate Stayman-London
Original release: June 23, 2020
New release: July 7, 2020
The Summer I Drowned
by Taylor Hale
Original release: May 26, 2020
New release: July 7, 2020
The Extraordinaries
by TJ Klune
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: July 14, 2020
Keep My Heart in San Francisco
by Amelia Diane Coombs
Original release: June 23, 2020
New release: July 14, 2020
Running by Natalia Sylvester
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: July 14, 2020
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Original release: June 16, 2020
New release: July 14, 2020
Utopia Avenue
by David Mitchell
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: July 14, 2020
10 Things I Hate About Pinky
by Sandhya Menon
Original release: June 30, 2020
New release: July 21, 2020
More Than Maybe
by Erin Hahn
Original release: May 12, 2020
New release: July 21, 2020
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Original release: April 23, 2020
New release: July 23, 2020
Deal with the Devil
by Kit Rocha
Original release: May 12, 2020
New release: July 28, 2020
Ever Cursed
by Corey Ann Haydu
Original release: July 14, 2020
New release: July 28, 2020
The Friend Scheme
by Cale Dietrich
Original release: May 26, 2020
New release: July 28, 2020
He Started It
by Samantha Downing
Original release: April 28, 2020
New release: July 28, 2020
I Kissed Alice
by Anna Birch
Original release: May 26, 2020
New release: July 28, 2020
True or False by Cindy Otis
Original release: May 19, 2020
New release: July 28, 2020
I Killed Zoe Spanos
by Kit Frick
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: July 30, 2020
Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump by Eric Swalwell
Original release: April 7, 2020
New release: August 4, 2020
Harrow the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: August 4, 2020
Lobizona
by Romina Garber
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: August 4, 2020
Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventures by Jeff Kinney
Original release: April 7, 2020
New release: August 4, 2020
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
Original release: April 21, 2020
New release: August 11, 2020
All Eyes on Her
by L.E. Flynn
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: August 18, 2020
Raybearer
by Jordan Ifueko
Original release: April 14, 2020
New release: August 18, 2020
Six Angry Girls
by Adrienne Kisner
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: August 18, 2020
Now That I’ve Found You
by Kristina Forest
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: August 25, 2020
Where Dreams Descend
by Janelle Angeles
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: August 25, 2020
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Original release: April 16, 2020
New release: August 27, 2020
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Original release: June 9, 2020
New release: September 1, 2020
We Are Not Free
by Traci Chee
Original release: June 9, 2020
New release: September 1, 2020
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
Original release: May 12, 2020
New release: September 14, 2020
God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx by Desus and Mero
Original release: April 14, 2020
New release: September 22, 2020
Here We Are by Graham Swift
Original release: July 21, 2020
New release: September 22, 2020
Maya and the Rising Dark
by Rena Barron
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: September 22, 2020
Finding Balance
by Kati Gardner
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: September 29, 2020
I Think I Love You
by Auriane Desombre
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: September 2020
A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter To My Son by Michael Ian Black
Original release: May 5, 2020
New release: September 15, 2020
Loud Black Girls by Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke
Original release: July 14, 2020
New release: October 1, 2020
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami
Original release: April, 2020
New release: October 28, 2020
Bad Medicine by Charlotte Bismuth
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: January 4, 2021
We Free The Stars
by Hafsah Faizal
Original release: July 7, 2020
New release: January 19, 2021
The Paris Library
by Janet Skeslien Charles
Original release: June 2, 2020
New release: February 2, 2021
Of Silver and Shadow
by Jennifer Gruenke
Original release: May 26, 2020
New release: February 16, 2021
Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora
Original release: June 16, 2020
New release: March 9, 2021
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Original release: May 26, 2020
New release: Spring 2021
And of course book releases aren’t the only media affected by the pandemic. Movies—including some great literary ones—have been released to streaming early or delayed, as well.
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