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Readers' 55 Most Anticipated Books of Fall
Autumn is a good time for books, for many reasons. Seasonally, it just feels right, what with the falling leaves and roaring fireplaces. Holiday gift giving is on the horizon. It’s also the season when the year’s most high-profile literary efforts hit the shelves.
To celebrate, we’ve once again compiled our annual Big Books of Fall collection, which previews the season’s most anticipated titles. As always, books are sorted by genre and largely determined by you, the loyal ŷ regular. Selections are based onearly reviews and finding out which titles are ending up on members� Want to Read shelves.
Each of the books below will be published (in the U.S.) between now and the end of the calendar year. From a high-altitude point of view, two trends can be readily spotted: This autumn will bring new releases from several big-name literary authors (Zadie Smith, Lauren Groff, Tim O’Brien). We’re also seeing an inordinate number of fascinating nonfiction books this year.
Genre hoppers, be glad of heart. We’ve got new romance from Lucy Score and Jennifer Armentrout. New fantasy from V.E. Schwab andShelley Parker-Chan. New sci-fi from Samit Basu and Martha Wells (Murderbot!).
Young adult readers can look forward to a bonus installment of Jennifer Lynn Barnes� Inheritance Games series.For mystery-thriller fans, new books from Nita Prose and John Grisham. Horror fans should appreciate all the 19th-century Mexican vampires.
Finally, this year’s intriguing nonfiction wave includes Michael Lewis on cryptocurrency, Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk, and Michael Harriot on Black American history.
Click through the options below, add any interesting leads to your Want to Readshelf, and let us know what you're reading and recommending in the comments.
Literary fiction straight from the front lines of 21st-century life, Evil Eye is the latest from North Carolina novelist Etaf Rum, author of 2019’s breakout hit A Woman Is No Man. Her new novel profiles a young Palestinian American artistand mom navigating tradition, liberation, and very possibly a family curse.
Release date:September 5
Release date:September 5
British author Zadie Smith (White Teeth) returns with a curious story based on the famous in 19th-century England. When a working-class butcher claims to be the rightful heir to a fortune, history turns on the testimony of a formerly enslaved man from Jamaica. Smith upends the traditional Victorian novel, and she has some thoughts about Dickens, too.
Release date:September 5
Release date:September 5
A new book by Lauren Groff (Fates and Furies) is a time for genuine celebration. The acclaimed author returns to her specialty of heightened historical fiction with The Vaster Wilds, in which a young woman flees from an early Colonial America settlement and must survive a brutal winter alone. Early readers are loving it.
Release date:September 12
Release date:September 12
Author C Pam Zhang (How Much of These Hills Is Gold) returns with a new kind of dystopian novel. The world is falling apart when a young chef opts to take her talents to an exclusive mountaintop colony of the rich and the richer. Riding out the apocalypse reawakens the chef to her own appetites, gustatorial and carnal.
Release date:September 26
Release date:September 26
After losing the love of his life, Cam returns to his hometown of Houston and reconnects with former best friend TJ. Together, the two navigate their long estrangement and emotionally charged reunion. Author Bryan Washington (Memorial) revisits themes of queerness, love, loss, chosen families, and the tricky terrain of longtime friendships.
Release date:October 10
Release date:October 10
In the of Southeast Asia, circa 1921, famed British novelist Somerset Maugham visits his old friend Robert Hamlyn, war veteran and lawyer. Things get very complicated, very quickly. Based on actual events, Tan Twan Eng’s ambitious new novel digs deep into issues of race, gender, sexuality, and storytelling.
Release date:October 17
Release date:October 17
Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward follows the fate of Annis, an enslaved girl in the American South traveling from the fields of Carolina to the slave markets of New Orleans. Annis transcends her circumstances through visions of a world beyond our world, filled with magic, spirits, and hope.
Release date:October 24
Release date:October 24
From the author of the American Lit 101 classic The Things They Carried, America Fantastica marks the return of author Tim O’Briento the fiction game after more than 20 years. The gist: A desperate bank robbery morphs into a cross-country chase featuring hit men, a billionaire tycoon, jealous lovers, and several ex-cons. O’Brien hands America a mirror once more.
Release date:October 24
Release date:October 24
A Korean American family tumbles into crisis when the father disappears into the bright Virginia day. The only witness: a child who cannot speak. Following up on her acclaimed debut novel, Miracle Creek, authorAngie Kimturns the standard mystery story into a philosophical inquiry concerning the nature of human communication.
Release date:August 29
Release date:August 29
English author, comedian, and television presenter Richard Osman has found great popular success with his Thursday Murder Club series, his particular riff on the cozy mystery template. Next up: Our octogenarian investigators delve into the surprisingly crooked world of antiques. Forgers! Fraudsters! Drug dealers! Murderers?
Release date:September 19
Release date:September 19
Inspired by the real-life case of the “All-American Sex Killer,� the new novel from Jessica Knoll (Luckiest Girl Alive) aims to flip the usual serial killer story upside down. Knoll’s book focuses on the women involved—victims, survivors, and investigators—and turns a bright light on the banality of evil.
Release date:September 19
Release date:September 19
The good folks of Bottom Springs, Louisiana, fearthe myths that haunt the area, like the story ofa vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms to kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found in a swamp, it's up tothe preacher's daughter to discoverthe truth.
Release date: October 3
Release date: October 3
This intriguing novel from author Jean Kwok is family drama hung on the scaffolding of a mystery story. Two young mothers in New York City—one born to privilege and the other a desperate immigrant—find common cause when they search for a daughter taken away by China’s former one-child policy.
Release date:October 10
Release date:October 10
Just like it says on the label, this new legal thriller from genre overlord John Grisham functions as the official sequel to his famous 1991 breakthrough novel, The Firm. Fifteen years later, our hero Mitch McDeere finds himself tangled up in deadly machinations when a favor to a friend goes as wrong as wrong can go.
Release date:October 17
Release date:October 17
Readers first met Molly Gray in the bestselling mystery The Maid. Since then, she's risen through the ranks of the Regency Grand Hotel to become its esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches thispinnacle, her world is turned upside down when acclaimed authorJ.D. Grimthorpedrops dead on the hotel’s tea room floor. Nowit's up to this fastidious maid to uncover the truth...no matter how dirty.
Release date:November 28
Release date:November 28
Fall's Best New Fantasy Novels
Epic historical fantasy set in 14th-century China, He Who Drowned the World is the second book in Shelley Parker-Chan’s Radiant Emperor series, concerning Great Khans, Mongol warriors, and brutal power struggles. Heads up that the series is dark, if not quite grimdark; this is most definitely not a YA book.
Release date:August 22
Release date:August 22
Set in the world(s) of her terrific Shades of Magic series, the latest from genre ace V.E. Schwab is the first of a new set featuring characters both familiar and original. A mysterious new magician has seized the throne in White London, one of four parallel Londons in Schwab’s innovative fantasy milieu.
Release date:September 26
Release date:September 26
A new fantasy series from Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments) registers as a seismic event in some quarters. The coolest quarters. Sword Catcher introduces two clever outcasts whose alliance threatens everyone in the sprawling city-state of Castellane, from the Crown Prince to the Ragpicker King.
Release date:October 10
Release date:October 10
Aficionados of the classic haunted house story will want to check out this new novel from Alix E. Harrow (The Ten Thousand Doors of January), which brings several twists to the tradition. In small-town Eden, Kentucky, a young woman named Opal encounters the Starling House, a sinister locus at the crossroads of the waking world and nightmares. .
Release date:October 31
Release date:October 31
Thanks largely to BookTok, author Rebecca Yarros enjoyed colossal success earlier this year with her fantasy debutFourth Wing. The highly anticipated sequel Iron Flame continues the adventures of Violet Sorrengail, whose experience at dragon rider war college boils down to: Graduate or die. Anyone who’s attempted a post-undergrad degree can relate.
Release date:November 7
Release date:November 7
Sequel to the beloved cozy fantasy Legends & Lattes, the new book from author Travis Baldree chronicles the further adventures of battle-weary Viv the Orc. Ordered to recuperate in the sleepy town of Murk, she finds a different kind of quest featuring a profane bookshop owner, a suspicious traveler in gray, and—bonus!—a summer fling.
Release date:November 7
Release date:November 7
Maybe the season’s most compelling story premise comes from debut author Em X. Liu, who promises here a queer retelling of Hamlet, staged as a locked-room murder mystery/thrillerwith an AI in the role of Horatio. Liu moves the action to a high-tech laboratory and throws in a technology that can maybe reverse death. Pretty good premise!
Release date:September 12
Release date:September 12
This looks like serious fun: Veteran SF author John Scalzi (the Old Man’s War series) returns with the story of an unassuming substitute teacher who inherits his uncle’s supervillain operation, complete with volcano island lair. Also watch for proletariat dolphins, superintelligent cats, and some very funny, very brutal satire of late-stage capitalism.
Release date:September 19
Release date:September 19
A finalist for this fall’s unofficial Best Book Title contest, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport is the latest from Indian SFF specialist Samit Basu, who treats standard sci-fi tropes as dubious advice, best ignored. Mixing futurism and fantasy, his new book features streetwise protagonists, corrupt oligarchs, wry satire, and wish-granting tech. Oh, and monkeybots.
Release date:October 3
Release date:October 3
Speaking of dark satire, the latest from British author Naomi Alderman (The Power) presents an Orwellian vision of the future that’s both terrifying and too plausible for comfort. The planet is dying, and the ultra-wealthy have figured out a way to monetize it all from their secret luxury bunkers. One ragtag group of friends plans a desperate, final heist.
Release date:November 7
Release date:November 7
Martha Wells� innovative and oddly moving Murderbot series takes the cyborg concept into totally new area—it’s about as much fun as you can have in the sci-fi aisle. Murderbot’s latest adventure pits our hero against another diabolical corporation in full psychosis, intent on stealing an entire colony of settlers for free labor. Get ’em, Murderbot!
Release date:November 14
Release date:November 14
Fall's Best New Horror
Horror fans will want to check out this interesting variation on the supernatural western: In 1846 Mexico, a young healer named Nena hopes to dodge the deadly tide of war near the Texas border. The bad news: She’s being hunted by a vicious and immortal entity that prowls the borderlands at night. Author Isabel Cañas (The Hacienda) is back!
Release date:August 15
Release date:August 15
Longtime readers of the estimable Mr. King will recognize the heroine of his new book. Holly Gibney—introduced in 2014’s Mr. Mercedes—investigates a string of small-town disappearances, leading to a confrontation with two of the most terrifying adversaries ever to emerge from Stephen King’s fevered brain: tenured academics.
Release date:September 5
Release date:September 5
Vesper Wright’s family is crazy—like, cult crazy—and she left home at age 18 for a reason. When her cousin’s wedding leads to an ominous family reunion, things get bloody complicated. Rachel Harrison (Cackle) returns with a scary and irreverent novel about what can happen when your family life is a literal horror show.
Release date:September 12
Release date:September 12
Billed as Snow White meets Eyes Wide Shut, this sinister modern fairy tale from author Mona Awad (Bunny) introduces readers to the uncommonly creepy beauty spa known as La Maison de Méduse. Look for black humor, demonic aggression, and some uncomfortably detailed commentary on the essential cult-iness of the modern beauty industry.
Release date:September 12
Release date:September 12
Recommended for fans of Paul Tremblay and Stephen Graham Jones, the debut novel from short story specialist Sam Rebelein is being hailed by early readers for its flat-out weirdness. The gist: An arrogant young writer learns valuable lessons the hard way, in a creepy small town where urban legends come to life.
Release date:October 3
Release date:October 3
Winner of an NAACP Image Award and British Fantasy Award, spec fic veteran Tananarive Due returns with the story set in Florida during the Jim Crow era. Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens Jr. encounters horrors both living and dead at a segregated juvenile institution based on the real-world .
Release date:October 31
Release date:October 31
This powerful memoir from journalist Meg Kissinger is summed up in its subtitle: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence. Kissenger’s family, devastated by clinical depression and bipolar disorder, inspires a rigorous investigation into our country’s broken healthcare system.
Release date:September 5
Release date:September 5
Another finalist for this season’s Best Book Title award, the latest from genius-level comedian Maria Bamford chronicles the author’s experience with various support groups, belief systems, and recovery programs. Also: random encounters, dubious advice, and some behind-the-scenes drama from her late, great Netflix .
Release date:September 5
Release date:September 5
Walter Isaacson, generally acknowledged as one of the best Big Important Book biographers on the planet, settles his penetrating gaze on the complex entity that is business magnate Elon Musk. As you might expect, it’s a wide-ranging conversation: space travel, electric vehicles, AI, Twitter, monomaniacal tendencies, this sort of thing.
Release date:September 12
Release date:September 12
Another finalist for this season’s Best Book Title award, Black AF History is a retelling of American history from a Black culture POV. It’s designed to be insightful, darkly funny, and deliberately provocative in the best possible way. Author Michael Harriot pulls zero punches as he confronts inaccuracies and whitewashing in American mythology.
Release date:September 19
Release date:September 19
Renowned Jamaicanpoet Safiya Sinclair digs deep with this candid memoir about growing up in a rigid Rastafarian household. Sinclair’s musician father worried that Western influences—which the Rastas call Babylon—would corrupt her and her sisters. But the oppressive patriarchy of tradition presents its own severe dilemma. Early readers are loving the beautiful writing with this one.
Release date:October 3
Release date:October 3
The latest from superstar nonfiction writer Michael Lewis (The Big Short) tracks the totally bananas saga of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of the doomed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Billed as a psychological portrait and “financial roller-coaster ride,� Going Infinite looks like another true-life thriller from Lewis. He is so good at this stuff.
Release date:October 3
Release date:October 3
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen—Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the literary spy novel sensation The Sympathizer—returns with an ambitious memoir that doubles as an extended think piece about memory, culture, and American priorities. Born in Vietnam and raised in California, Nguyen brings a unique insider/outside perspective and a life story unlike any other.
Release date:October 3
Release date:October 3
Set in 1980s Detroit, author Curtis Chin’s memoir focuses on his coming-of-age years working at his family’s popular Chinese restaurant. As a young gay ABC (American-born Chinese), the author remembers Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine as a place where all were welcome, including the mayor and the occasional drag queen.
Release date:October 17
Release date:October 17
The pop icon's highly anticipated memoir covers her battle to be released from a court-ordered conservatorship, which had been in place for more than 13 years (and which sparked the very viral Free Britney campaign). The book set off a fierce bidding war in the publishing industry and is bound to dominate more than a few entertainment headlines when it hits bookstores in October.
Release date:October 24
Release date:October 24
Author and professional thinker Adam Grant (Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World) returns to shelves with another deep dive into tricky psychological/sociological issues. This time around, Grant deploys his friendly storytelling style to explore the idea of maximizing potential—how everyday people can accomplish great things and improve at improving.
Release date:October 24
Release date:October 24
The legendary superstar's long awaited memoir drops this November and promises to share Bab's frank andfunny memories from her early struggles to become an actress to her wildestsuccesses and her famous friends. Block off some time for this one, as it's looking to clock in at around 1,000 pages.
Release date:November 7
Release date:November 7
Romance author Lucy Score’s Knockemout series proceeds apace with Things We Left Behind, in which the driven mogul Lucian Rollins must confront his sexual nemesis, small-town librarian Sloane Walton—the only woman who can unlock his heart. That moment when bickering turns to foreplay? Yeah, that’s this. Enemies to lovers. Hot.
Release date:September 5
Release date:September 5
Over in the fantasy romance aisle, Jennifer Armentrout returns with the story of an opportunistic courtesan, her scheming guardian, a traveling prince, a city in rebellion, monsters at the gate, palace intrigue, and some delicate bedroom negotiations. Early readers are applauding the book’s big twists and vivid characters.
Release date:September 12
Release date:September 12
This punnily named romance fromauthor tracks a slow-boil romance on the US Women’s National Team. Veteran star Grace Henderson has her eye on rookie Phoebe Matthews, first as a potential rival. But one impulsive kiss changes everything. There’s probably a joke here about scoring, but we’re trying to keep it classy.
Release date:September 19
Release date:September 19
Along with life and liberty, the pursuit of summer camp counselor romance is one of the inalienable rights of American life. The latest in Hannah Grace’s popular Maple Hills series, Wildfire peeks in on college students Russ Callaghan and Aurora Roberts during their summer of love, lust, and insect repellent.
Release date: October 3
Release date: October 3
Iris Kelly is managing just fine with her casual hookup/no-dating policy. Except for one problem: Iris is a romance author, and she’s out of ideas. The new queer romantic comedy from author Ashley Herring Blake follows the slow courtship of Iris and lovely Stefania as their transactional romance becomes something else entirely.
Release date:October 24
Release date:October 24
Fall's Best New Young Adult Novels
Prolific authorJennifer Lynn Barnesreturns to her acclaimedInheritance Gamesseries withThe Brothers Hawthorne, detailing further adventures of Grayson, Jameson, assorted siblings, and the girl who inherited their grandfather’s fortune. Jameson, for instance, finds himself in the unenviable position of wagering his life in London’s elite underground gambling community.
Release date: August 29
Release date: August 29
A locked-room mystery in classic throwback style, this buzzy debut from California author Lauren Muñoz features a group of seven friends whose 1920s-themed graduation party ends in, yes, murder! Whodunnit? The forlorn old chum? The nervous new kid? The girlfriend? The other girlfriend? How about the one who brought the knife?
Release date:September 5
Release date:September 5
The third and final book in the Once Upon a Broken Heart series, A Curse for True Love concludes the epic saga of Evangeline Fox and her dubious decision to bargain with an immortal: Jacks, the treacherous Prince of Hearts. Stephanie Garber (Caraval) wraps up her popular fantasy romance series.
Release date:October 24
Release date:October 24
When her parents mysteriously disappear, young Buenos Aires noblewoman Inez Olivera inherits a fortune…and an enigmatic guardian. Determined to discover the truth, she sets out for Cairo with her new overseer, his handsome assistant, and a magic heirloom. Author Isabel Ibañez returns with an immersive historical fiction, 19th-century style.
Release date:October 31
Release date:October 31
Chess nerds need love too, you know. Beloved romance author Ali Hazelwood (The Love Hypothesis) goes YA with the story of reluctant chess genius Mallory Greenleaf. Just when she thought she was through with the game, Mallory meets (and defeats) Nolan Sawyer, the notorious bad boy of the chess world. Plans change. Rooks fall. Sparks fly.
Release date:November 7
Release date:November 7
This irreverent novel comes to us from London author Lex Croucher (Reputation). Billed asHeartstoppermeetsA Knight's Tale, this queer medieval rom-com features Art, a descendant ofthatKing Arthur, and his fiancée Gwen. Sound familiar? Not so fast. These versions of the legends despise each other. They also happen to be hella gay. Shenanigans ensue, but everything turns out well, in the end.
Release date:November 28
Release date:November 28
The follow-up to this year's breakout romantic fantasy YA hitDivine Rivalsfinds protagonists Iris and Roman separated after the events of the first book and in more danger than ever. There's also: Intrigue! War! Amnesia! Gods! Journalists! Mysterious letters arriving via wardrobe doors!
Release date:December 26
Release date:December 26
Which books are you most excited to read this fall? Let us know in the comments!
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What about the new Ken Follett novel?
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My fall read will include The Running Grave…an oversight that it’s not listed
I think you are missing a few that I am looking forward toArmor of Light by Ken Follett 9/26/23 and The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith also 9/26/23
And The River we Remember by William Kent Kruger 9/5/23
These are on my Fall want to read list
Brina wrote: "No new Louise Penny on the list? I’m surprised it’s not included."I don't think she has a book out this Fall. Nothing since 'A World of Curiosities'
Soooooo excited to listen to Iron Flame next! Currently listening to Fourth Wing and it is AMAZING!
I’m excited for “the Mystery Guest � . I loved � The Maid�
I'm looking forward to the Barbra Streisand memoir
I feel like the Britney Spears and Barbra Streisand memoir covers could have been much more creative! Oh well. Pre-ordered and looking forward to reading both of these and Iron Flame!
Moonlighting wrote: "Did I miss historical fiction or there is simply no such category? (Or no historical dramas are coming out this fall�?) Quite a pity, it’s my favourite genre :("I agree...no historical fiction. Did you read "Sinners of Starlight City" by Anika Scott? Excellent story of Chicago's Worlds Fair, the Mob and Fascists'.
Kirinna wrote: "I wouldn't call "famous authors will publish something this season and there's going to be lots of non-fiction books" new trends, but I think this is a nice list.BUT!!! Please goodreads, stop it ..."
Publishers rely on those early reviews to generate hype for their books.
Two I have preordered (neither featured on the list�)The River we Remember by William Kent Krueger
And
Dark Ride by Lou Berney
Moonlighting wrote: "Did I miss historical fiction or there is simply no such category? (Or no historical dramas are coming out this fall�?) Quite a pity, it’s my favourite genre :("The first part of the list is “contemporary and historical fiction�. Right on top!
I read The Brothers Hawthorn awhile back. So, no you aren't crazy
Kirinna wrote: "I wouldn't call "famous authors will publish something this season and there's going to be lots of non-fiction books" new trends, but I think this is a nice list.BUT!!! Please goodreads, stop it ..."
It’s all about marketing & exposure! “Pre-reviews� sometimes even more than actual reviews can market & maximize exposure to the reading community of a new book any member of said community may enjoy, just by reading the blurb & they will add it to their tbr, & so will any of their friends/followers on here that see it will either on sight (bc of author/cover/etc) or after following the link & reading the blurb; then exposure will rise exponentially due to alll of those readers� friends/followers, & then theirs etc etc... you get my point. The earlier readers start doing this, the sooner the exposure begins, which an author makes more money off of pre-orders than any books bought after the official release. Just facts. And I was just trying to explain to you why, ofc they allow this, esp bc when super influential reviewers say things like that, it makes that ‘want to read� button be slapped immediately! I suppose I should call them “pre-pre-reviews� Lmao bc a lot of my pre-reviews actually comment on the cover, how excited I am for the content, info abt the book from author’s socials that I’ve come across, etc. BUT also, I’ve gotten ARCs over a YEAR before release before for certain books, so you never know 🤷🏼♀�.
But yepppp just explaining why a single (really stupid, overused, & out of date, tbh atp lol) sentence can cause a HUGE uptick in interest, and the further ahead in time it’s done, the more time the book has to circulate the site & find more & more interested readers. So in a way, they’re just as important, or can be even more important than an ACTUAL REVIEW, which absolutely blows my mind, but honestly, if you see a book you think you’ll like, no matter what it says, you’re gonna click that want to read button!
I hope you find wayyyy less “grocery list comparison� pre-pre-reviews in the future lmfao!! Happy reading, lovely!!! 🩵🤍🩵
Whitney wrote: "EXTREMELY excited for Ruthless Vows!"GAHHHHH SAME!!!!! 🥰🥳🩵
Looking forward to reading John Grisham's, The Exchange: After the Firm -- Also want to read Ashley Winstead's, Midnight in the Darkest Hour --
Both books seem to be good read.
Kurt wrote: "Is November considered Fall?Perhaps one of these is missing from that list?
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Command [Sharpe #23] September 28, 2023
Chelsea Abdullah, The Ashfire King [The Sandsea Tr..."
SOOO excited for the land of lost things, and a lot of these books, tbh! I also have a 2023nov list (well for all months� though half of the year i condense into one list come June, and sometimes narrow it down adding to the year master list after each month has passed, the second half of the year, as I’m adding the next year’s�2024 in this case obv—individual months to my lists!) but I have a WEIRDLY short list for dec� do you have any December books you can recommend? I’m totally weirded out bc I think I have less than 10 books coming out in dec that I’m interested in, which sucks! Most months have anywhere from 45-65ish books & sometimes more! Lol
Rebecca wrote: "bee !! wrote: "am I crazy or are some of these books already out...???"I know !!"
Do you live outside of the US? I’m betting that’s why! Though I did see someone mention Isabel cañaz’s new novel being on the shelf a DAY before it was released� that is most def b&n putting the book out a day early, which they are known to do from time to time, not some goodreads discrepancy regarding US release dates vs other countries release dates, its gah, how did they not come to that conclusion themselves ?!? Lol. 😂🤣
Happy reading lovely!!!
Kirinna wrote: "I wouldn't call "famous authors will publish something this season and there's going to be lots of non-fiction books" new trends, but I think this is a nice list.BUT!!! Please goodreads, stop it ..."
Though btw I DO agree on rating, though I 100% will rate right after I read, which if it’s early means it’s an ARC. Though tbh I am guilty on not changing my pre-reviews of books I read post release if I’m feeling too sick (bc I’m chronically Ill & I velociread well, most times?but esp on my really bad days. Also pretty much lately that means ‘…aka since I’ve been pregnant aka early May� lmao. Pregnancy has been SUPER rough on my energy levels that’s for sure! Esp since I have lower energy levels than most on the daily even when I’m not pregnant & will FO SHO be after having my baby girl in Feb!!!) to change the review!
The Non-Fiction List is full of insipid 'journeys' - I feel like it's in a state of a rut, where names and places (countries) change, but the premise and the gist of the story/ challenge remains the same. The same topics are covered / promoted year after year. The politics and victimhood is also one-dimensional. The mystery/thriller section looks promising. But overall I feel ŷ is now just a promotional tool for the big publishing houses (of U.S and UK) and doesn't really provide/ highlight truly revelatory / revolutionary books or truly diverse 'voices' (especially in the non-fiction category).
The Brothers Hawthorne, Check and Mate and Ruthless Vows all sound like amazing books, I can't wait to read them!
Sooooo excited for the Iron Flame of Rebecca Yarros! Can't wait.
Rothfuss? Kingkiller? Please, please, please.
Absolutely cannot wait for The Brothers Hawthorne, Ruthless Vows and A Curse For True Love!!
I look forward to enjoying another book from Richard Osman. His crime solvers are an intriguing group of seniors. Bright Young Women interests me. It seems that the criminals get the long-lasting attention and the victims are forgotten. That must change.
Freedom's Ghost by Eliot Pattison is on my TBR for October. I've read all of his books in both series.
This lists are made by selected persons and not by readers.
Waiting on Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of Americaby Michael Harriot and The Reformatory by Tananarive Due to come in at my library. I'm number one on the list for both. I can't wait.
Mia wrote: "excited for a new Murderbot book!"SAME!!!
Wow, looking at this long list of books that are not worth the paper they are printed on has really driven home the point that literature is truly dead. "queer retelling of Hamlet, staged as a locked-room murder mystery/thriller with an AI in the role of Horatio"
Great...
"presents an Orwellian vision of the future that’s both terrifying and too plausible for comfort"
So insightful and original...
Uhhhh.... WHERE ARE THE PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVELS???? !!!!!!!
Kurt wrote: "Is November considered Fall?Perhaps one of these is missing from that list?
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Command [Sharpe #23] September 28, 2023
Chelsea Abdullah, The Ashfire King [The Sandsea Tr..."
Thank you for letting me know there is a sequel coming up for The Book of Lost Things. It's one of the rare books that stay with me long after I've read it. It's so good that I still recommend it after all of these years.
Horror Junkie wrote: "Kurt wrote: "Is November considered Fall?Perhaps one of these is missing from that list?
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Command [Sharpe #23] September 28, 2023
Chelsea Abdullah, The Ashfire King [T..."
Right ? I requested it on netgalley as SOON as I saw it; I WAS ELATED! I actually recently just reread the first book, & as a 33 year old woman can actually even more appreciate everything that was done with The Book of Lost Things� it is SO profound & wonderful & the messages it conveys are absolutely breathtaking. It is thrilling, gruesome (in the best way, not tacky or overdone), chilling, wondrously fantastical (and portal fantasy is one of my FAV genres!), heartwarming, heartbreaking (I mean it really ticks all the boxes here lmao), and just overall brilliant. I was left thinking about that book for a VERY, VERY long time after I read it! It is a crime that more people are not aware of this novel! I feel like only a very niche community is aware of it, esp since I only found out about it when it had its anniversary publishing, even, and I def feel like it is known outside of the US way more than within� which is a shame bc we readers in the US seem to make up a HUGE percentage of GR & if more readers here knew about it, it could have the chance to become the well-known novel it deserves to be!! (Since, unfortunately the US is generally also the main country GR seems to represent� proof in the release dates on these news articles! Which quite honestly, sucks, but it is what it is!) Honestly, before I became chronically I’ll, I was going to be a teacher, and I 1000% would make use of this novel in my classroom, were I one! I recommend it to people who enjoyed fairy tale by Stephen King, and honestly anyone who loves fairytale retellings, with a capitalization on the darker side of fairytales, as they first were written. Anyway now that I have written a BOOK about my love for this novel�. I will shut up now. 🤣🤣😉
Happy Reading!!!
Bookshops and Bonedust is a prequel, not a sequel, about Vic’s life *before* she settled down to run a coffee shop, not “further adventures�. 🤨
*Viv’s life - autocorrect doesn’t like her name apparently haha
How can this list exclude two amazing author's September releases:
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Whomever was looking for historical fiction will enjoy "The River We Remember" . These are two incredibly talented and well loved authors -- how did they get left out??
These lists are pretty useless. I'm an early reviewer and think these lists are just based on the books that people mark "want to read" not the ones that are already reviewed by those of us with ARCs.
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber is one of my most anticipated reads of this year and it releases on October 24!
Moonlighting wrote: "Did I miss historical fiction or there is simply no such category? (Or no historical dramas are coming out this fall�?) Quite a pity, it’s my favourite genre :("I wondered this too. So much emphasis on similar genres to one another, and not enough fiction nor any historical.
tammy (lucien's version) wrote: "children of anguish and anarchy not here???"right???it should def be here
Kurt wrote: "Is November considered Fall?Perhaps one of these is missing from that list?
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Command [Sharpe #23] September 28, 2023
Chelsea Abdullah, The Ashfire King [The Sandsea Tr..."
The Ashfire King is actually postponed to February 2024!
I feel like not nearly enough people are talking about Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan coming out next month, its the first full novel in the PJO series since 2008!!
i am so excited for the brothers hawthorne !!!!!
question, if you give book 4,5 stars do you round it up to 5stars or do you give it 4 stars when rating?
It Ends with Knight the conclusion of the Nena Knight trilogy is coming out in September. I can't wait to binge the last two books.
Moonlighting wrote: "Did I miss historical fiction or there is simply no such category? (Or no historical dramas are coming out this fall�?) Quite a pity, it’s my favourite genre :("Same here. Disappointing.
Nick wrote: "It sucks that 7 out of 11 of the nonfiction titles are memoirs, as if that's the only kind of nonfiction anyone could be excited about."For me, it's history but it seems that too many of my favorite historians are dead or . . . .
