Readers' 55 Most Anticipated Books of Fall

Posted by Cybil on August 14, 2023
big books of spring 2023

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 Goodreads regular. Selections are based on early 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 and Shelley 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 BarnesInheritance 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 Read shelf, and let us know what you're reading and recommending in the comments.
 
Fall's Best New Contemporary & Historical Fiction
 
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 artist and mom navigating tradition, liberation, and very possibly a family curse.

Release date: September 5


British author Zadie Smith (White Teeth) returns with a curious story based on the famous Tichborne trial 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


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


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


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


In the Straits Settlements 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


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


From the author of the American Lit 101 classic The Things They Carried, America Fantastica marks the return of author Tim O’Brien to 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


   
Fall's Best New Mysteries & Thrillers


 
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, author Angie Kim turns the standard mystery story into a philosophical inquiry concerning the nature of human communication.

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 


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


The good folks of Bottom Springs, Louisiana, fear the myths that haunt the area, like the story of a 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 to the preacher's daughter to discover the truth.

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


   
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


       
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 this pinnacle, her world is turned upside down when acclaimed author J.D. Grimthorpe drops dead on the hotel’s tea room floor. Now it's up to this fastidious maid to uncover the truth...no matter how dirty.

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


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


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


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. Ruh Roh, Raggy.

Release date: October 31


Thanks largely to BookTok, author Rebecca Yarros enjoyed colossal success earlier this year with her fantasy debut Fourth 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


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



 
Fall's Best New Sci-Fi Novels
 
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/thriller with 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


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


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


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


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




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


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


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


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


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


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 Dozier School for Boys.

Release date: October 31


Fall's Best New Nonfiction


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


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 TV show.

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


 
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


Renowned Jamaican poet 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


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


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


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


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


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


The legendary superstar's long awaited memoir drops this November and promises to share Bab's frank and funny memories from her early struggles to become an actress to her wildest successes 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


Fall's Best New Romances
 
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


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


This punnily named romance from author Meryl Wilsner 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


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


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


 

Fall's Best New Young Adult Novels
   
Prolific author Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to her acclaimed Inheritance Games series with The 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


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


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


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


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


This irreverent novel comes to us from London author Lex Croucher (Reputation). Billed as Heartstopper meets A Knight's Tale, this queer medieval rom-com features Art, a descendant of that King 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


The follow-up to this year's breakout romantic fantasy YA hit Divine Rivals finds 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


 
Which books are you most excited to read this fall? Let us know in the comments!
 

 

Comments Showing 1-50 of 224 (224 new)


message 1: by bee !! (new)

bee !! am I crazy or are some of these books already out...???


message 2: by Laura (new)

Laura bee !! wrote: "am I crazy or are some of these books already out...???"

You are not crazy


message 3: by Amy (new)

Amy AHHHH I can't wait for Iron Flame!!!
It is going to be so good!


message 4: by Eve (new)

Eve ayo i am not ready?!


message 5: by Lina (new)

Lina Philipp bee !! wrote: "am I crazy or are some of these books already out...???"

I'm confused too, haha literally just finished reading Gwen and Art are not in love ...


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

excited for a new Murderbot book!


message 7: by Moonlighting (new)

Moonlighting 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 :(


message 8: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Looking forward to Evil Eye. I hope it is as good as A Woman Is No Man, which was excellent.


message 9: by helen4st (new)

helen4st where is a curse of true love - stephanie garber?? its going to be soooo good
Once Upon a Broken Heart Series Hardcover Boxed Set Once Upon a Broken Heart, The Ballad of Never After, A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber


message 10: by Laini (new)

Laini 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, Moon. Exact same.


tammy (can do it with a broken heart) children of anguish and anarchy not here???


message 12: by Dean (new)

Dean Harrington No Wellness by Nathan Hill, author of The Nix?


message 13: by Virginia (new)

Virginia Crow 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 :("

Yes, keep an eye open for the HWF's anthology of historical short stories inspired by their favourite pieces of art. Masterworks is released on 1st November 2023.
📚


message 14: by JinxxWeirdo93 (new)

JinxxWeirdo93 I definitely need to read Britney's book!


message 15: by Grace (new)

Grace A Touch of Chaos got moved to next spring. It's coming out in March 24 now lol


message 16: by Meg (new)

Meg Reppen bee !! wrote: "am I crazy or are some of these books already out...???"

you are not crazy! I was just at B&N yesterday and I swear I saw "Vampires of El Norte" on the New Fiction shelf!


message 17: by Bookloverz (new)

Bookloverz A curse for true love...I cannot wait for the showdown!


message 18: by Jamie (new)

Jamie Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair won't be published until March 2024! :-(


message 19: by Kurt (new)

Kurt 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 Trilogy 2] November 14, 2023
Cory Doctorow, The Lost Cause November 14, 2023
David Baldacci, The Edge [6:20 Man Book 2] November 14, 2023
Ed McDonald, Traitor of Redwinter [Redwinter Chronicles, #2] October 24, 2023
Freya Marske, A Power Unbound [The Last Binding #3] November 7, 2023
Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Fire in the Flesh [Flesh and Fire 3] October 31, 2023
John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #2) September 19, 2023
Michael Connelly, Resurrection Walk [The Lincoln Lawyer #7] November 2023
Mur Lafferty, Chaos Terminal [The Midsolar Murders] November 7, 2023
Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires [The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.6] November 14, 2023
Tad Williams, The Navigator's Children [The Last King of Osten Ard #3] November 7th, 2023
Wesley Chu, The Art of Destiny [The War Arts Saga] September 26


message 20: by Cybil, Goodreads employee (new)

Cybil 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 :("

Historical fiction is at the top in the fiction category! Check it out!


message 21: by Hamza (new)

Hamza Elon Musk biography is on my list


message 22: by Zuha (new)

Zuha great list!


message 23: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Cummings I Am Barbara
Day
Class


message 24: by Sharon, Goodreads employee (new)

Sharon Grace wrote: "A Touch of Chaos got moved to next spring. It's coming out in March 24 now lol"

Thanks for letting us know! We've swapped in another great fall romance in its place.


message 25: by zoe (new)

zoe Lina wrote: "bee !! wrote: "am I crazy or are some of these books already out...???"

I'm confused too, haha literally just finished reading Gwen and Art are not in love ..."


Gwen and Art is out in the UK only right now. Canadian and US release is in November.


message 26: by dany (new)

dany Oh Barbra, of course yours is 1000 pages hahaha


message 27: by hobbithopeful (new)

hobbithopeful Starter Villian looks so insanely cool, I need to read and own it, not just for the plot but I want to display it- so the cat LOOMS over me like an angry boss!! I am personally willing to become an evil minion in order to secure a copy


message 28: by Ashley (new)

Ashley @Lina Philipp if you live in the UK, then yes, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is released. It could be in other countries as well, im not sure. It is not yet released in the US, the date listed here is the US release date. The only reason I was able to read it is that I pre-ordered the Waterstones exclusive edition to the US lol.


message 29: by Whitney (new)

Whitney EXTREMELY excited for Ruthless Vows!


message 30: by Darleen (last edited Aug 14, 2023 01:30PM) (new)

Darleen Pacheco 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 thought the same thing! Then I scrolled through again thinking I must have missed it. If you look at the top they grouped Contemporary and Historical Fiction together. Why? Not sure! Two very differnet genres in my opinion. lol.


message 31: by Brina (new)

Brina No new Louise Penny on the list? I’m surprised it’s not included.


message 32: by Johnny (new)

Johnny And once again none of the young adult books are SSF.


Claire - McIntosh Yessss the brothers Hawthorne!!!! Also “what the river knows” is that it’s name? Looks goood! Woah and is that… Cassandra Clare!!


message 34: by Nick (new)

Nick Byers 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.


message 35: by Jennie (new)

Jennie Amber Amy wrote: "AHHHH I can't wait for Iron Flame!!!
It is going to be so good!"


Same!!


message 36: by Will (new)

Will B I’m excited for “Vampires of El Norte” by Isabel Canas!


message 37: by Kirinna (last edited Aug 15, 2023 02:33AM) (new)

Kirinna 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 with allowing books to be rated/reviewed before release!! It's annoying and sometimes these reviews even stay on top of the new ones of people who actually read these books! "Omg I love xy's style I would read xy's shopping list" is only funny if you haven't read it a hundred times.


message 38: by Heather (new)

Heather Cupit Will wrote: "I’m excited for “Vampires of El Norte” by Isabel Canas!"


message 39: by Heather (new)

Heather Cupit Any nature books coming this autumn?


message 40: by Tenzin (new)

Tenzin Looking forward to The Woman in Me by Britney Spears


message 41: by Lyanna (new)

Lyanna and no In Death?


message 42: by LittleFear (new)

LittleFear I'm waiting for The Fragile Threads of Power, hoping to like this one. I absolutely loved the Shade of Magic trilogy but was disappointed with the Invisible Life of Addie Larue so... (I know a lot of people loved it but it was not for me)


message 43: by Owen (last edited Aug 15, 2023 04:40AM) (new)

Owen Blacker
Is November considered Fall? Perhaps one of these is missing from that list? […]

As well as echoing Kurt’s recs of Cory Doctorow’s The Lost Cause (14 November) and Freya Marske’s trilogy-ending A Power Unbound (9 Nov), and a few already listed, I am also really excited for:

- Idlewild (James Frankie Thomas’s queer and trans début, 12 September)
- Mammoths at the Gates (4th novella in Nghi Vo’s wonderful Hugo-winning Singing Hills Cycle, also 12 Spt)
- A Fire Born of Exile (Aliette de Bodard with a “sapphic Monte Cristo / Nirvana in Fire in space”, 12 October)
- We Are the Crisis (Cadwell Turnbull’s sequel to the excellent Lammy-winner No Gods, No Monsters , 7 November)

(These are UK release dates; they might differ elsewhere)


message 44: by Ash (new)

Ash Johnny wrote: "And once again none of the young adult books are SSF."
What does SSF mean?


message 45: by Ellen (new)

Ellen Surprised not to see The Land of Lost Things on this list. It only took 17 years to get a sequel to The Book of Lost Things . . .


message 46: by Norine (new)

Norine No "Armour of Light" by Ken Follett? The newest installment of the Kingsbridge Series! As someone else mentioned, this would have been in the historical fiction category.


message 47: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Reeder Jasmine wrote: "Looking forward to Evil Eye. I hope it is as good as A Woman Is No Man, which was excellent." AGREE !!


message 48: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Reeder dany wrote: "Oh Barbra, of course yours is 1000 pages hahaha" There's no buzz about that memoir.


message 49: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Reeder bee !! wrote: "am I crazy or are some of these books already out...???"
I know !!


message 50: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine I can't even get through Things We Never Got Over... I don't think I can do a third book 😬


« previous 1 3 4 5
back to top