Just in time for Fall reading, I am presenting a list of nine new books I’m eagerly anticipating. There’s a good mix here – historical fiction (of course), thrillers of climate and family, non-fiction about the evils of social media, new books from critically acclaimed authors and another on death row.
Check out my reading list and read with me!
These first three books listed below I had early access to thanks to NetGalley and I will be putting my reviews up soon.
You can click on the titles or images to view and purchase on Amazon. Publishers notes are in the grey boxes.
Mad Honey by Jodi Picolt
I am set to finish this book in the next day or so, and wow, it has been an experience. It is a courtroom drama, a how-to on beekeeping, a family drama, and even more thanks to a plot twist.
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
This climate fiction – set in Florida – will release in December. It was on my list before Ian hit, and now it seems eerily even more timely.
For readers of Station Eleven and Where the Crawdads Sing comes a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman’s lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world.
Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn
I may need a break from WWII fiction after this.
Three women, a nation seduced by a madman, and the Nazi breeding program to create a so-called master race
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
A non-fiction selection: When I was picking up my on-hold book at the library someone else had reserved this, and it caught my eye!
From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York Times Book Review) tracks the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the world.
Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah
More historical fiction about Jackie Kennedy by an author I’ve previously enjoyed!
From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier’s college year abroad in postwar Paris, an intimate and electrifying story of love and betrayal, and the coming-of-age of an American icon – before the world knew her as Jackie.
That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row by Jarvis Jay Masters
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
By the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Road and several other remarkable books!
Traversing the American South, from the garrulous barrooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human consciousness.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
This novel was inspired by Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield.
In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Another author I have enjoyed in the past!
From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes one of the most highly anticipated books of the year – the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear.