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The weather is changing and so is our TBR list.
Indeed, there is a lot to love when it comes to new books hitting shelves this fall, from heart-racing thrillers, fantasy epics heart-melting romances to devour alongside your autumnal beverage of choice.
But summer isn’t quite over yet. Just ask Bolu Babalola, who is turning the temperature up a few degrees with Sweet Heat, the sequel to her best-selling Honey & Spice out Sept. 3. Years after their explosive, sudden breakup Kiki Banjo and Malakai Korede are now separated by a whole ocean—until their BFFs announce their engagement and bestow them with the respective Maid of Honor and Best Man titles. As they call a temporary truce to see their besties down the aisle, the sparks quickly begin to fly—despite Kiki giving her best attempt to stomp them out before they ignite.
Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon is adding novelist to her ever-growing resume, teaming up with Harlan Coben for the exhilarating Gone Before Goodbye, out Oct. 14, which sees a former Army doctor enter the world of glitzy private medicine as she takes on an unusual client—only to be the prime suspect in his subsequent disappearance.
Has Reese also found her next role? Only time will tell.
Fall is also shaping up to be quite a season in the fantasy realm as both Callie Hart and James Islington are back with the second installments in their respective best-selling series. A year after Hart captivated BookTok with Quicksilver, Saeirs and Kingfisher must battle another threat facing the realms in Brimstone, out Nov. 18.
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And Islington ventures beyond the empire of Caten in The Strength of the Few, out Nov. 11, which sees Vis—in three alternative realms—do what he must to prevent the end of the world as he knows it.
Of course, as it is back-to-school season, there’s no better time to immerse yourself in a high school drama. And Elin Hilderbrand is delivering just that, teaming up with her daughter Shelby Cunningham with The Academy, out Sept. 16, which dives into the good, the bad and the chaotic at an elite boarding school.
For the full list of reads hitting bookstores this fall, keep reading…
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William Morrow
Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
Release: Sept. 2
Years after the events in Honey & Spice, Kiki Banjo is at a crossroads in her career, is in the middle of a “Ross and Rachel”—a.k.a. on a break—with her tech bro boyfriend and is about to come face to face with ex Malakai Korede for the first time since their messy breakup years prior. And unfortunately for Kiki, unlike their relationship, their chemistry is very much alive and well. Babalola may be a self-proclaimed “Rom-Com Connoisseur” but she’s more than earned the title—and the very engaging and swoon-worthy Sweet Heat is just the latest proof.
Mariner Books
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
Release: Sept. 16
A decade after her mesmerizing debut, The Turner House, Flournoy proves she certainly not hitting a sophomore slump in this dynamic, moving examination of friendship and life in an increasingly fraught 21st century. Following a group of Black women over the course of 20 years—spanning the 2000s through 2020s—the book delves follows the enduring bonds that may at times be tested but will hopefully never break.
Atria Books/Simon & Schuster
The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards
Release: Sept. 16
Someone just swiped right on a date with their demise. A group of friends who reunite to celebrate the life of their former professor learn there’s a more sinister reason for their meeting: they must revisit the pivotal year they joined forces to create the framework for a dating website—one that had an alternative use and had deadly consequences—or they will die.
Little, Brown and Company
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham
Release: Sept. 16
Hilderbrand is swapping out the beach for back-to-school drama. The beloved beach read novelist teams up with her college-aged daughter on this new chapter in the classroom, following a scandalous year at an elite boarding school in Massachusetts.
Ballantine Books/Penguin Random House
Best Woman by Rose Dommu
Release: Sept. 23
Whether you know her from her Substack newsletter Mall Goth or X (formerly Twitter), Dommu knows how to capture an audience. And she brings that in full force with her delightful—and stressful at times—debut novel following Julia, a trans woman returning home to Florida to serve as the titular Best Woman at her brother’s wedding. With her high school crush serving as the Maid of Honor, Julia is ready for them to finally have their moment, prompting her to allow a white lie to spiral into something a whole lot bigger. It’s engrossing, at times stressful—in the best possible way—and is easily one of those books that you accidentally read in one sitting because you just couldn’t put it down.
Knopf Books
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Release: Sept. 23
In just under a century from now, a nuclear incident leaves the world decimated, mostly flooded and yearning for the past. Specifically, for Thomas Metcalfe, the early 21st century. However, has he dives into this past he’s so deeply romanticized and the scholars he idolized in search for the meaning behind a mysterious poem, his illusions are shattered and understanding of life during this time is irrevocably changed.
Simon Element/Simon & Schuster
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
Release: Sept. 23
Prepare for a wild ride in this sequel to Awad’s 2019 novel Bunny—which also works as a standalone. In it, protagonist Sam has released a best-selling book inspired by her time with the Bunnies, think Heathers-level vapid but with some extra shocking secrets, only for the group to kidnap her so they can set the record straight and share the real story of the Bunnies.
Viking Penguin
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Release: Sept. 30
After taking a break from the Thursday Murder Club’s shenanigans last year, Osman is back—without missing a beat. The gang—and their ever-expanding group of associates on both sides of the law—reunite at a wedding, only to be ensnared by a missing person case. As they mourn the loss of a loved one, this thrilling adventure may be exactly what they need to move into their next chapter together.
Grove Atlantic/Grove Press
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Release: Sept. 30
King is back with another enthralling, character-driven story about love and friendship following the narrator, dubbed “Jordan,” and the two men she forms a deep connection with during their late college years. Spanning during that formative time and picking up decades later, the book is a deep reflection about those meaningful moments and how, for better or worse, they shape us.
Grand Central Publishing/Hachette
Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon
Release: Oct. 14
The celebrity book club maven becomes the author—joined by one of the biggest names in the thriller genre. It follows Maggie McCabe, a disgraced Army combat surgeon who becomes the provider for a mysterious patient, who subsequently disappears, leaving Maggie on the hook—and on the run.
Tor Books
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Release: Oct. 28
In war-torn Dominion, the legend of Una Everlasting, the warrior who sacrificed herself for the good of the country centuries prior, endures—certainly more so than the true story of the woman herself. That is, until historian Owen Mallery gets sucked into the past, becoming entangled with Una. The pair are locked in a devastating time loop that in order to break, they must rewrite history.
Doubleday Books
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Release: Nov. 4
Eniiyi is born on the day her mother’s cousin Monife is buried, leaving the family convinced she is Monife reincarnated—complete with the curse that will lead to her doom. However, desperate to avoid the same lonely fate, Eniiyi seems to break the curse that has plagued her family for generations, bringing deeply hidden secrets to the surface.
St. Martin’s Press
Fallen City by Adrienne Young
Release: Nov. 4
Romantasy’s latest It Couple may have just emerged. Luca and Maris fall in love just as the simmering tensions in their city Isara boil over and a rebellion breaks out, ultimately leaving them on opposing sides of the war. Still, they battle to find their way back to one another no matter the cost—even if that cost is everything.
Saga Press/Simon & Schuster
The Strength of the Few by James Islington
Release Date: Nov. 11
Two years after Islington’s The Will of the Many, he’s back with the follow-up in his Hierarchy series, which picks up right where the cliffhanger left off. So, where does The Strength of the Few find Vis? Well, it takes readers far beyond the Ancient Rome-inspired empire of Caten and on an interdimensional journey to prevent an incoming Cataclysm.
Forever/Hachette Books
Brimstone by Callie Hart
Release Date: Nov. 18
Hart’s first Fae & Alchemy novel quickly took BookTok by storm last year, and now the story of Saeirs Fane and Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate continues, with Saeris as Queen of Sanasroth. But the threats to their realm are far from over. In fact, they loom larger than ever and it’s up to the lovers to find a way to save their people and their cities.
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