150 Most Anticipated Fall Books

by Venita Blackburn

Boldly styled and deeply original. Full review >

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by Myriam J. A. Chancy

A devastating, personal, and vital account. Full review >

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by Dennis Cooper

Spare but powerfully wrought, this is a book that pushes the novel’s capacity to capture grief, love, and truth. Full review >

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by Alexis Daria

A sexy, satisfying romance about people who finally grow into being right for each other. Full review >

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by Anthony Doerr

As the pieces of this magical literary puzzle snap together, a flicker of hope is sparked for our benighted world. Full review >

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by Louise Erdrich

A novel that reckons with ghosts—of both specific people and also the shadows resulting from America’s violent, dark habits. Full review >

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by Jonathan Franzen

Franzen’s intensely absorbing novel is amusing, excruciating, and at times unexpectedly uplifting—in a word, exquisite. Full review >

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by Paul Griffiths

Stylistically rich and thoughtfully conceived historical fiction. Full review >

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by Lauren Groff

Groff’s trademarkworthy sentences bring vivid buoyancy to a magisterial story. Full review >

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by Jo Hamya

Scintillating prose and sly social observation make this novel a tart pleasure. Full review >

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by Anne Mette Hancock ; translated by Tara Chace

Scandinavian noir at its noirest. It’s hard, maybe unthinkable, to imagine how Hancock will follow it up. Full review >

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by Gayl Jones

It is marvelous, in every sense, to have a new Gayl Jones novel to talk about. Full review >

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by Juhea Kim

Gorgeous prose and unforgettable characters combine to make a literary masterpiece. Full review >

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by Eugene Lim

Lim brings together the mundane and the extraordinary to powerful effect. Full review >

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by Jon McGregor

Lyrical and terse, funny and tragic—a marvelous addition to the McGregor canon. Full review >

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