Penguin Random House launches Baldur’s Gate 3 books, stationery, and kitchen line

Astarion is getting the kind of publishing rollout most video games never reach: a hardcover prequel, a lore-checked audiobook, a replica notebook and a cookbook built around the party’s favorite stops. Penguin Random House launched a Baldur’s Gate 3 program that stretches the game’s world into books, stationery and kitchen content, with more planned for 2027, a sign that the RPG’s momentum has moved far beyond the screen.

At the center of the lineup is Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion, a 288-page hardcover priced at $30 and scheduled for September 29, 2026. T. Kingfisher, also known as Ursula Vernon, wrote the novel, which follows Astarion Ancunin during the years he spent in servitude to Cazador Szarr before the game begins. Penguin Random House describes him as someone who “was supposed to be a magistrate, not a vampire spawn,” and the story puts him into a twisted competition for Cazador’s favor while he forms an unlikely alliance with a handsome aasimar paladin named Hahn den Suriel. Stephen Rooney, a senior writer on Baldur’s Gate 3, checked the manuscript for lore authenticity, and Neil Newbon, Astarion’s own voice and performance-capture actor, narrated the audiobook, giving the book a direct line back to the game that made the character a fandom favorite.

The rest of the program makes clear this is not just a one-off novel. Clarkson Potter will publish Baldur’s Gate 3: The Necromancy of Thay on July 21, 2026, as a 272-page hardcover notebook priced at $25 and modeled on the in-game quest item, complete with embossed skull detailing, dark amethysts and imitation clasps. Ten Speed Press follows on August 11 with The Official Baldur’s Gate 3 Coloring Book, an 80-page release with 40 black-and-white illustrations by Jaki King, thick non-bleed paper and perforated tear-out pages.

The kitchen line is the strongest proof that Baldur’s Gate 3 is becoming a broader brand platform rather than a simple game tie-in. A Feast for a Tenday: The Official Baldur’s Gate Cookbook arrives on November 3 with 65 recipes, 45 photographs and dishes organized around the Wilderness, the Underdark, the Shadow-Cursed Lands, Last Light Inn, Baldur’s Gate Harbor and the Elfsong Tavern. Some recipes are labeled “Romanceable,” a very Baldur’s Gate flourish that makes the cookbook feel built for fans who want to bring the game’s tone to the table as much as its lore to the shelf.

That breadth matters because Baldur’s Gate 3 has already drawn more than 15 million players since its 2023 launch. With Random House Worlds, Keith Clayton’s imprint for major pop-culture brands, handling the licensed formats, and Wizards of the Coast, Larian Studios and Penguin Random House all aligned behind the push, the message is clear: Baldur’s Gate 3 is no longer just a hit RPG. It is now one of the clearest bridges between video-game fandom and the wider Dungeons & Dragons hobby.