New York (AP) – Within ten years of publishing her highly acclaimed debut novel, The Turner House Angela Furunoy Through her first child, the pandemic, the talking engagement, the occasional essays, and the challenge of creating works of imagination, she faced several delays, including a welcome to complete her second book.
“In non-fiction, you usually do that on deadlines. There are time constraints. When it’s finished, it’s over,” says Fullnoy. “When you’re dealing with facts, they’re really not adaptable. But in novels they create reality. And the timing is up to me.”
Many books will appear in the upcoming literary season It may be called a long wait or long-awaited. It will be part of a comeback, completion and follow-up, with some of the book’s biggest names returning to fiction after more than a decade of absence.
Thomas Pynchon’s “Shadow Ticket” This is his first novel since 2013’s “Bleeding Edge.” Kiran Desai’s “Sonia and Sunny’s Solitary” is her first novel since “The Gedentance of Loss” was celebrated 20 years ago. Wendell Berry He defeats his long absence from fiction in “The Mars Catlet,” narrated by his alter ego and fellow Kentucky Andy Catlett. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist George Packer will publish his first novel, “The Emergency,” since the 1990s.
“Eternally sweet land” Edit recent stories and essays Harper Leesurprised the world by approving the release of “Go Set a Watchman” in 2015. Fiction is also expected Patricia Rockwood, Ian McWanThomas McGurn, Gish Jen, Ken Foret and John Irvingtwo Booker Prize winners have memoirs. Margaret Atwood It says “Book of Live: A Memoir of Sorts.” Arundhati Roy, Best known for “The God of Little Things” is “Mother Mary Come Me.”
Even if the wait is relatively short, there are still some books highly anticipated. rf kuang’s “Katabashis” is her first novel since “Yellow Face,” the bestselling satire that came out in 2023. Megha Majumdar Following her acclaimed debuts from 2020, “Burning,” “The Guardian and the Thief.” Salman Rushdies The story collection, “The Eleventh Hour,” is his first book of fiction since surviving a stinging attack in 2022.
Follow-up to Mona Awad’s Dark Campus Satire in 2019 Follow-up to “Bunny,” a “bunny,” is like a meta where the novelist went viral.
“No book has stuck with me longer than “Bunny.” Awad writes via email. “I think part of the reason was related to the reactions of an incredibly creative and rich reader. It’s still hard to believe. It made me feel like I was forced to keep the story alive, expand in my head and come back.”
Thrills, chills, romance
“Gone Before Goodbye” pairs Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon With master thriller writer Harlan Coven. Author of “Da Vinci Code” Dan Brown “The Secret of Secrets” brings back the protagonist Robert Langdon, and “Exit Strategy” is the latest Jack Reacher novel by the brothers Lee and Andrew Child. Richard Osman’s “Thursday Murder Club” series follows “The Impossion Fortune,” with Mick Herron writing his ninth “Slough House” book, “Clown Town.”
A child-friendly tension arrives New edition of “Hansel and Gretel” An illustration from the archives of the late Maurice Sendak, as written by Stephen King.
New romances and romances are expected from Tessa Bailey, Harley Laroux and Ana Huang. “The Defender” is the second book in the “Gods of the Game” series. Ali Hazelwood follows her paranormal “bride” with “Parents,” while Bryn Weaver begins the “Calnage Season” series, starting the “Season of Carnage” story of a serial killer in “Tourist Season.” Erin A. Craig, known for his horrifying stories such as “House of Salt and Sorrow,” writes “very large land.”
Celebrities telling everything
Priscilla Presley “Softly, As I Leave You” continues her story from her memoir, “Elvis and I,” which ended with their split and Elvis’ death in 1977 (the book was completed before the current legal battle with a former business partner). Michael J. Fox I remember the 80s of “Future Boy” Paul McCartney Looking back at his post-Beatles work with “Wings.” Patty Smith We look back at the childhood, love and sadness of “Angel’s Bread.”
I also came from the memoirs Lionel Richie And Anthony Hopkins, Kenny Chesney and Cameron Crowe. Charlie Sheen opens up about his scandalous life with “The Book of Sheen” and Emmy-nominated actor Cheryl Hinesthe wife of a health and welfare secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. We are planning to release “Cheryl Hines Unscripted.”
“With humor, wisdom and sincere integrity, Cheryl navigates the highs and lows of his unexpected foray into fame, family and politics.
Rest from Washington
Publishers say it’s not Expect a book on President Donald Trump Having the same charm as they did during his first term. Apart from Jonathan Carle’s election chronicle “Retaliation” and Scott Jennings’ “Revolution of Common Sense,” his fall titles are rare, but so far, they’re rare in the 2026 pipeline.
“Readers are looking for more books on economic and geopolitical landscapes than the latest in politics,” says Shannon Devito, director of the book at Barnes & Noble, quote Andrew Ross Sorkin’s 1929 about the stock market crash. and Joyce Vance’s “Give up is not allowed: A manual for maintaining democracy.”
Some previous administrations are asked. Former Vice President Kamala Harris We quickly completed “107 Days” for the 2024 campaign. “Independence: Seeing inside the Broken White House outside the Party Line” is a memoir from the White House press secretary under President Joe Biden. Carine Jean Pierrehe has since announced she’s leaving the Democrats. Former first lady Michelle Obama’s latest Look back at her life, or at least what she wears in her illustrated fashion memoir, The Look.
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A few books are predicting the 250th anniversary of US independence next year. “American Revolution: An Intimate History” Ken Burns Jeffrey Ward is a companion in Burns’ upcoming documentary. Walter Isaacson’s “The biggest sentence ever written” looks deep Declaration of independence. Donald Sasson’s “Revolution: A New History” document the global impact of American retreats from the UK. Joseph Ellis’ “Great Contradictions” examine the flaws and virtues of Thomas Jefferson and the other founders.
Other works reflect the war in Gaza, which marks its second anniversary, with releases ranging from “Hostage” of former Hamas prisoner Eli Sharabi to the diary excerpts from Palestinian Prestia Arakad, to “The Eye of Gaza.”
Poetry is old and new
“The New Book” summarises the final words from the poet. Nikki Giovanni, A person who passed away last year. AdaLimón’s “Surprise” is her first collection since her term as a US Poet Award winner when it ended last spring, and former winner Billy Collins has released a “Dog Show” featuring a watercolor painting by Pamela Zetibel.
“The Poem of Seamus Heaney” collects all the works by the late Nobel Prize winners and features over 100 unpublished works by the late John Berryman. Harryette Mullen, Anne Waldman, Leila Chatti, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera and Chet’la Sebree are among the contemporary poets who have a book this fall.
Vision of the future
From Neil Shear’s “Frostline” to Elizabeth Colbert’s “Life on a Less-Known Planet: Dispatching from a Changing World,” only famous books on climate change can fill your shelves and e-readers.
In “Long Heat: Too Lag Climate Politics,” authors Andreas Malm and Wim Carton look at what is now possible, warning of “a rough ride for decades to come.” Environmentalist Bill McKibben is a self-proclaimed “hard realist” who has written about climate change for decades and has completed “Come here: A Climate Last Chance and a New Chance for Civilization.”
“We’re not going to stop global warming. It’s not on the menu anymore, but we can talk about whether we can stop cutting civilizations,” McKibben told The Associated Press, saying that dramatic reductions in the costs of solar and other forms of energy should no longer be called “alternatives.”
“People are used to thinking of the sun and wind as whole foods of energy. They’re lovely, but expensive. Now it’s an energy Costco.
