It may be cooling down outside, but reading season is just heating up.
Fall’s 20 Must-Reads
New books by Stephen King and Haruki Murakami.
Michelle Obama’s long-awaited memoir.
Crown; Random House; Catapult; Scribner; Simon & Schuster
Stunning tales tackling slavery, Hollywood’s golden age, and the dawning of the Trump era.
It may be cooling down outside, but reading season is just heating up.
That may sound like a downer, but Shteyngart’s clear wit makes sure it’s anything but.
Random House
(Oct. 9)
Killing Commendatoreby Haruki Murakami
No one can deny Murakami’s range.
Murakami fans can likely guess it’s no ordinary trip; get ready for a wild ride.
Expect a book full of biting humor, with plenty of insights along the way.
Little, Brown
(Oct. 16)
Elevationby Stephen King
Castle Rock, but make it happier.
She pairs up with a strange loner named Charles Heist to solve the case.
Another important detail: The novel takes place over a 10-day period surrounding Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Knopf
“I felt paralyzed and confused,” Lethem says of the period following the 2016 election.
But then a hero emerged.
This one’s going to be big.
Simon & Schuster
Such morbidity only sharpens the book’s comic edge, which emerges via Braithwaite’s deadpan prose.
She admits, “It was fun to write even though people were dying.”
Little, Brown and Company
Catapult
Random House
Knopf
Viking
Penguin
Scribner
Sarabande Books
Harper Collins
Simon & Schuster
Scribner
William Morrow
ECCO
Crown
Harper Collins
Doubleday
