New Fiction To Read This Fall

A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by “one of Latin America’s most exciting authors” (Silvia Moreno-Garcia).

A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy, perfect for readers of Travis Baldree and Sangu Mandanna.

Welcome to Rook Hall. The stage is set. The players are ready. By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed. The highly anticipated return of “irresistible” (New York Times) private eye Jackson Brodie in the newest installment of the bestselling series hailed as “unputdownable” by Time.

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library. When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook, and no plan. Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

In this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth: They’re under a curse, and they think she can break it.

In the underground Fae realm, only the strongest and most ruthless have power — but a young human woman forced into a life of servitude is about to change everything.

In this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi take on an intriguing new case and uncover surprising truths.

Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this unforgettable story of grief, hope, and the complexities of family, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein.

Gifted — or cursed — with the power to influence the weather, one woman must embrace her wild heart in the next electric romance from the author of Witch of Wild Things.

If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny? Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel.

Small-town labels are hard to shake. Hometown hero. Fallen angel. Can anyone ever escape their past? Masterful #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag is back with a riveting, emotionally powerful new thriller!

From the bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World comes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these peculiar times.

When a female musician is found murdered on a small tropical island, after a string of similar deaths, outraged local women take matters into their own hands.

Rich with unforgettable characters, gorgeously drawn, and full of captivating historical drama, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death.

From the award-winning author of Chemistry, a sharp-witted, insightful novel about a marriage as seen through the lens of two family vacations. With her “wry, wise, and simply spectacular” style (People) and “hilarious deadpan that recalls Gish Jen and Nora Ephron” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Weike Wang offers a portrait of family that is equally witty, incisive, and tender.

The prestigious annual story anthology — selected by guest editor Amor Towles — featuring prize-winning stories by Kate DiCamillo, Jess Walter, Dave Eggers, Allegra Goodman, Jai Chakrabarti, Francisco Gonzalez, and more.

From bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a kaleidoscopic novel about human nature in the face of enormous change — and the warring impulses between light and dark that live in all of us.

An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment by Jandy Nelson, Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of I’ll Give You the Sun.

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom.

A beautiful, tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own burning desires.

From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change — or even make our peace with — the path we’ve taken.

A witty, warmhearted novel about coming to terms with grief, taking a chance on unexpected connections, and finding family in time for the holidays.

From the New York Times bestselling former NATO commander comes a riveting historical novel that charts the coming of age of a gifted but immature young naval officer as he is tested in the crucible of World War II in the Pacific.

A prescient literary mystery about corporate espionage, family dynamics, and murder: The follow-up to Jane Pek’s “thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction,” The Verifiers (New York Times Book Review). Witty and thought-provoking, The Rivals reimagines the spy story to explore the nature of relationships in a digital age.

From a global star and International Booker Prize finalist, a razor-sharp, unforgettable novel about a maid who’s seen too much and a family at a breaking point.

A hilarious love story about a disillusioned divorcée who agrees to let her children play matchmaker.

Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood — a writer who has fundamentally shaped the contemporary literary landscapes — Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961-2023 assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume.

A brilliant dark comedy about love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial-identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of Caucasia. Funny, piercing, and page-turning, Colored Television is Senna’s most on-the-pulse, ambitious, and rewarding novel yet.

A Paris gallery owner finds herself in danger when a mysterious man begins leaving her messages, in #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel’s thrilling new novel.

One weekend. The elite underbelly of a Nigerian city. A party that goes awry. A tangled web of sex, lies, and corruption that leaves no one unscathed. A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi.

A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind. Taut, unsettling, and alive to the seductive distortions of money, Entitlement is a riveting tale for our new gilded age, a story that confidently considers questions about need and worth, race and privilege, philanthropy and generosity, passion and obsession. It is a provocative, propulsive novel about the American imagination.

A charming home run of a queer holiday romance where two former classmates’ plan to fake-date their way to freedom goes immediately awry — but, perhaps, exactly the way they need it to.

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but his days of adventure are over. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s job now. Amy Wheeler is currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D’Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts … As a thrilling race around the world begins, can Amy and Steve outrun and outsmart a killer?