Was the book “The death of Charlie Kirk” released the day BEFORE his death?

1. Release date vs. date of death — the basic timeline

Public records in bookselling pages and news reports all place the official release date for Stop, in the Name of God as December 9, 2025, while reporting on Kirk’s assassination puts his death on September 10, 2025; taken together, those sources indicate the scheduled publication was nearly three months after the shooting ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}.

2. Why confusion spread — premature and AI listings on retail sites

Multiple outlets and fact‑checkers documented that shortly after the shooting, booksellers hosted listings for works about the attack — some likely generated by AI — and at least one such Amazon entry was removed after scrutiny. AFP’s fact check noted a title about “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” appeared on Amazon before or immediately after the attack and that such entries were likely AI‑generated and later taken down ^[5].

3. How bestsellers lists and pre‑orders muddle perception

Rolling Stone and retail pages reported that Kirk’s forthcoming book climbed bestseller charts via pre‑orders or metadata months before the December release; that reality (pre‑order momentum) can create the impression a book was already published or immediately available around the time of his death, even though the formal release date remained December 9, 2025 ^{[2] [1]}.

4. Publisher, family and media activity around a posthumous campaign

Press coverage describes the book as finished before the assassination and notes family and allied outlets handled publicity leading up to the December release. Variety and Fox coverage reference media appearances and a campaign timed for the book’s scheduled Tuesday release, reinforcing that the title was treated as forthcoming rather than already released at the time of Kirk’s death ^[6].

5. Two different phenomena: scheduled release vs. opportunistic instant titles

There are two distinct facts in the sources: (A) Kirk’s authored book had a set release date of December 9, 2025 and was being sold for pre‑order ^{[1] [3] [4]}; (B) opportunistic or AI‑generated works about the shooting briefly appeared on retail platforms around the time of the attack and were later removed or debunked ^[5]. Mistaking the latter for the former explains many viral claims.

6. What reporting does not say — limits of current sourcing

Available sources do not mention any verified physical copies of Stop, in the Name of God being sold or legally shipped the day before Kirk’s death; retailers list the December release date and fact‑checkers identify other pre‑attack listings as likely AI or unauthorized ^{[1] [4] [5]}. Available sources do not mention any publisher statement that a full official release occurred before September 10, 2025 ^[3].

7. Competing perspectives and implicit agendas to watch for

News outlets, partisan actors and automated resale platforms all have incentives that can distort timelines: publishers and family may promote a posthumous narrative to boost sales; third‑party sellers or bad actors may upload AI books to capture search traffic; and partisan sites can amplify confusion. Rolling Stone, mainstream booksellers, and AFP fact checks converge on the December release date and the removal of suspicious AI listings, but divergent social posts amplified false impressions ^{[2] [1] [5]}.

Conclusion — clear bottom line for your original question: The book Stop, in the Name of God was scheduled for release on December 9, 2025, months after Charlie Kirk’s death on September 10, 2025; reports of a book existing the day before his death refer to separate, likely AI-generated or opportunistic listings that were later removed or debunked ^{[1] [3] [5]}.