If you like reading like I do, then you\u2019re probably excited for the crisp fall weather, when you can curl up on the couch with a cup of coffee and crack open a new book! Here\u2019s a list of books, old and new, to hopefully pique your interest or get you out of your prior summer reading slump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Available on Oct.7, \u201cShadow Ticket\u201d<\/a> follows private eye Hicks McTaggart as he\u2019s tasked with tracking the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune, only to find himself spiraling into a surreal and dangerous transatlantic odyssey through Europe amid 1930s intrigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Released in early September, \u201cBillion-Dollar Ransom\u201d<\/a> opens with a mass kidnapping of five members of a billionaire\u2019s family, all abducted simultaneously from various locations. The patriarch of the family is willing and ready to pay any price to get his family back, but FBI Special Agent Nicky Gordon refuses to pay a dime to the assailants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another mystery-thriller, \u201cThe Secret of Secrets\u201d<\/a> follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon as he races through Prague, London, and New York to unravel a lost scientific manuscript tied to human consciousness and recover the woman he loves after she disappears from their hotel room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Published last month, \u201cThe Killer Question\u201d<\/a> begins in a rural British pub famous for its weekly trivia nights. When a mysterious new team begins dominating the quizzes just as a body is found in a nearby river, the pub\u2019s buried secrets start to surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In \u201cApostle\u2019s Cove,\u201d<\/a> just before Halloween, Cork O\u2019Connor reopens a decades\u2011old murder case when the accused murderer insists he\u2019s innocent\u2014and new killings begin haunting his small town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Silent Patient\u201d<\/a> follows a psychotherapist that becomes obsessed with uncovering what drove a celebrated painter to shoot her husband five times in the face and then never speak another word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spanning centuries and perspectives, \u201cBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil\u201d<\/a> follows three women intertwined by a single haunted land as they grapple with mortality, identity and the price of immortality in this vampire-themed thriller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A young woman\u2019s romantic escapade with a charming new man spirals into deception, danger and dark revelations about the things we do for love in \u201cThe Boyfriend,\u201d<\/a> another bestseller by author Freida McFadden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Retelling the Trojan War through the eyes of Patroclus, \u201cThe Song of Achilles\u201d<\/a> explores intimacy, destiny and the tragic bond between Patroclus and Achilles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just as Bea Schumacher, a chic plus-size fashion blogger, gives up on love, an unexpected call from her favorite reality dating show pulls her into a whirlwind romance full of twists, laughs and irresistible drama in \u201cOne to Watch.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In \u201cAttachments,\u201d<\/a> an office IT guy is reluctant to read coworkers\u2019 emails, but he quickly becomes intrigued by the hilarious exchanges between two friends and ends up falling for one of them\u2014without ever meeting her in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spanning years and social divides, \u201cNormal People\u201d<\/a> follows two young people as they grapple with intimacy, misunderstanding and the gravity of their connection in this contemporary romance novel set in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Narrated by Death, \u201cThe Book Thief\u201d<\/a> recounts how a German girl steals books and shares them amid the horrors of World War II, forging unexpected bonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through seven novels<\/a>, a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, go on numerous adventures, fighting prejudice and dark forces at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSunrise on the Reaping\u201d<\/a> may have been published more recently, but you might want to go back and read the whole Hunger Games series<\/a> before the movie adaptation comes out next year. This prequel follows Haymitch Abernathy as he maneuvers the deadly Hunger Games arena and desperately tries to get back to District 12 for his family and the girl he loves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In \u201cThe Secret History,\u201d<\/a> a group of students in an elite New England college becomes embroiled in murder and moral corruption under the influence of their charismatic classics professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this memoir<\/a>, Mitch Albom reflects on the conversations he had with his college professor 20 years ago, someone who was always able to give sound advice to help him find his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCareless People\u201d<\/a> takes a look inside one of the most influential companies on the planet, Facebook, through the eyes of a former employee, and explores the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cBillion-Dollar Ransom\u201d by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Secret of Secrets\u201d by Dan Brown<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Killer Question\u201d by Janice Hallett<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Thrillers for Spooky Season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u201cApostle\u2019s Cove\u201d by William Kent Krueger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Silent Patient\u201d by Alex Michaelides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil\u201d by V.E. Schwab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Boyfriend\u201d by Freida McFadden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Fall Romance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Song of Achilles\u201d by Madeline Miller<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne to Watch\u201d by Kate Stayman-London<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAttachments\u201d by Rainbow Rowell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNormal People\u201d by Sally Rooney<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Oldies but Goodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Book Thief\u201d by Markus Zusak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSunrise on the Reaping\u201d by Suzanne Collins<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Secret History\u201d by Donna Tartt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Nonfiction Essentials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life\u2019s Greatest Lesson\u201d by Mitch Albom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCareless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism\u201d by Sarah Wynn-Williams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen Breath Becomes Air\u201d by Paul Kalanithi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n