Robert Harris (Doubleday)
The author of “Conclave” and “The Cicero Trilogy” returns to Ancient Rome with a book focusing on Emperor Augustus’ right-hand man, Agrippa. Out now
Marlon James (Riverhead Books)
The recipient of breathless reviews and long-listed for the Booker Prize, this crime story is set in Kingston, Jamaica, in the late 1980s. Eight gay men rehearsing for a play are brutally beaten and one is killed. In the wake of the attack, each of the survivors grapples differently with what they’ve been through. Out now
Ariel Lawhon (Doubleday)
Ireland’s Pirate Queen, Grace O’Malley, is the subject of this new historical novel from the author of the 2023 bestseller “The Frozen River.” Born of noble blood but desiring a life of adventure in 16th century Ireland, O’Malley ditched her husband and took to the seas to command a fleet and fight the English. Out now
Emma Cline (Random House)
Also long-listed for the Booker, the latest from the celebrated writer of “The Girls” features an aging, dementia-addled executive reflecting on his life as he makes a final journey to Switzerland to die by assisted suicide. Along the way, he stops to meet up with his semi-estranged daughter and an old friend from boarding school he treated regrettably. Out now
Chloe Benjamin (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
After losing a child and watching her marriage fall apart, a scientist flees to Antarctica to work as a dishwasher at a research station. When her physicist ex-husband ends up on the continent, they began experimenting with time travel and an alternate universe to save the son they lost. Out now
Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
The author of “Station Eleven” is back with another futuristic tale, this time set in the year 2031, just after the fall of the United States. In Los Angeles, there’s celebration as a curfew is lifted and spring dawns, but then the host of the party vanishes mysteriously and a shadow world emerges. Sept. 15
Jodi Picoult (Ballantine Books)
After losing her mother on 9/11, Molly Fitzgerald grew up to work in emergency preparedness and married a policeman, but the young couple can only do so much to avert every disaster. Sep. 15
John Green (Dutton)
The “Fault in Our Stars” author returns to youthful romance with this story of two young actors who find their careers blowing up after starring together in an Andy Warhol biopic. But sudden fame — and falling in love with your co-star — is a lot to handle. Sept. 22
Min Jin Lee (Cardinal)
With her National Book Award finalist “Pachinko,” Lee told a multigenerational story of a Korean family immigrating to Japan. With her new novel, she portrays the Koh family’s journey from Seoul to Sydney to Southern California, where they struggle to make a life for themselves and future generations. Sept. 29
Hernan Diaz (Picador)
Diaz, who won the Pulitzer Prize with “Trust,” has set his new novel several hundred years in the future. A Dickensian orphan survives as a “pincher,” stealing and reselling electricity on the black market, an endeavor that leads her to a potentially world-changing innovation. Sept. 29
Sarah Langan (Atria Books)
The newest entry in the tradwife lit trend is a horror novel about a journalist sent to cover a hyper-feminine influencer, only to find that something is not right at the woman’s farmhouse. Sept. 29
Barbara Kingsolver (Harper)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Demon Copperhead” has written a decade-spanning story about love and art. Livia is fairly content with her husband and life on a farm until she unexpectedly hears from a man she knew many years prior, when she was a passionate, promising young pianist at a music conservatory. He wants to see her, and Livia must decide if she wants to leave the past in the past or not. Oct. 6
Bonnie Garmus (Scribner)
After the phenomenal success of her 2022 debut, “Lessons in Chemistry,” Garmus is back with a story set in the New York City publishing world of the 1980s. A recent college grad scores a job at a poetry journal called “Peck & Peck” and is soon wrapped up in the rivalry between the two twins who run the publication. Oct. 13
Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury)
The highly anticipated entry in the “Court of Thorns and Roses” series promises more romance and adventure as the Night Court works to rebuild and recover from the Hybern War. Oct. 27
Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
In the 21st Harry Bosch thriller, the retired Los Angeles police detective, who was orphaned at 11 when his mom was murdered, confronts his past and the abuse at the children’s facility where he grew up. Bosch investigates the death of a boy who died under questionable circumstances when they were both at the facility. Oct. 27
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Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing)
The blockbuster thriller author — known for “Missing You,” “Stay Close” and many more — has penned a revealing book about his writing process, his early days, the creation of many of his novels and his motto: You only fail when you quit. Out now
Emily Wilson (Profile Books)
The noted classicist — Christopher Nolan loved her “Odyssey” translation and she trashed his film adaptation — has assembled a collection of wide-ranging essays. A piece on the comedy of Aristophanes also touches on Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, while an essay on stoicism examines why the philosophy has connected so much with Silicon Valley types. Out now
Andrew D. Huberman (S&S/Simon Element)
Surprisingly, the Stanford neuroscientist and popular podcast host hasn’t written a book — until now. With his debut, Huberman offers up dozens of guidelines for better living, from getting morning sunlight and lowering your core body temperature at night to reframing loss and grief and using a “state of urgency” for better achievement. Sept. 15
Ben Macintyre (Crown)
In the early 1980s, a cunning KGB spy in Iran with the code name “Redwood” formed an alliance with Britain’s MI6 because he had a scandalous sexual secret that he feared would be revealed. As Tehran descends further into chaos, the walls close in on the double agent, and a young British spy must find a way to safely extract him. Sep. 15
Ari Emanuel (Knopf)
The Hollywood superagent, known for inspiring Jeremy Piven’s character on “Entourage,” opens up about his wild wheelings and dealings and rise from the CAA mailroom to major powerbroker. Emanuel also writes candidly about his personal life, from raising four kids to divorcing and remarrying. Sept. 22
Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
Love him or hate him, the pop intellectual has a new book that’s sure to be a talker. Gladwell looks at the preponderance of gun violence in the US, trying to understand how we got to this point and what might be done to change things. Sep. 29
Cheyenne Roundtree (Henry Holt and Co.)
A Rolling Stone investigative journalist digs into the hip hop mogul’s rapid ascent and business acumen and the unsavory criminal activities that brought him down. Sept. 29
Sylvester Stallone (William Morrow)
In “Rocky,” Stallone raced up the steps at Philadelphia Art Museum in a quintessential training montage. Now, the actor reflects on the increments of his own journey, from his difficult early life in Maryland and Philly to Rocky’s knockout success and beyond. Sept. 29
Robert Kolker (Doubleday)
A large Catholic family in Pennsylvania learns they have a genetic mutation that causes a rare type of dementia that strikes patients in their 40s. Kolker weaves the moving story of the clan’s nine siblings as their brains began to change with broader reporting on dementia research. Sept. 29
Evan Gershkovich (Crown)
Imprisoned in Russia for nearly 500 days, Wall Street Journal writer Evan Gershkovich never stopped reporting. His remarkably vivid prison memoir offers an unparalleled view of a Russia, its people and its prison system. Sept. 29
Tracy Daugherty (St. Martin’s Press)
Daugherty, who was a Pulitzer finalist for his biography of “Lonesome Dove” author Larry McMurtry, turns his pen on another great chronicler of the American West, examining the myth behind McCarthy and the toll his singular focus on writing took on his personal relationships. Oct. 6
Michael Douglas (Grand Central Publishing)
The 81-year-old, two-time Oscar winner opens up about his complicated relationship with his legendary father — the late Kirk Douglas — producing “One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest” at the tender age of 31, starring as Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street” and his longtime marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones. Oct. 6
Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking)
An award-winning historian looks at how the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill led to a massive migration that dramatically shaped a volatile, divided United States. “A seething impatience gripped the American people that hasn’t let go of us yet,” Philbrick writes. Oct. 6
Dustin Hoffman, with Ariel Levy (Simon Six)
The 89-year-old Oscar-winner has teamed up with New Yorker staffer Ariel Levy to write his memoirs, chronicling his rise from young unknown to Hollywood legend, known for his unforgettable work in classics like “Rain Man,” “The Graduate,” “Tootsie” and more. Nov. 10
Take My Word for It
LeVar Burton (Random House)
At age 69, the star of “Roots,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Reading Rainbow” looks back on his life, from being raised by a single mother in Sacramento, Calif., amid the Civil Rights movement, to finding his way as an actor and storyteller. “This is my attempt to pull back the curtain. Not just on the roles I’ve played, but on the life I’ve lived,” he writes. “The fears. The fight. The survival. And yes, the joy. All of it.” Nov. 10
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