The Castle: UK edition

UK Edition • 20 August

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The Castle: US edition

US Edition • September 1

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Coming Fall 2026

The Castle

Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men

From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test and So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed comes a brand new nonfiction adventure — a mystery story about a castle and a world of unraveling men.

Jon Ronson author photo

Jon Ronson’s nonfiction books include So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Them: Adventures with Extremists, Lost at Sea and The Men Who Stare At Goats. They have all been international and/or New York Times bestsellers and have been translated into more than 30 languages. Jon’s new book, The Castle, will be published on August 20th 2026 in the UK (Viking) and September 1st in the US (Riverhead). Most recently, Jon has made the acclaimed BBC podcast Things Fell Apart, which won the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for podcast of the year and reached number one in the UK and Ireland podcast charts.