17 Fall New Release Books I Can't Wait To Read
Potentially buzzy new releases + a few I predict will be super under the radar gems
Fall reading is in full swing and it’s my absolute favorite reading season! I love researching upcoming titles, and since I’ve been peeking at so many upcoming fall releases, I thought I’d share 17 of my most anticipated fall books with you today in the hopes that this helps you get your preorders and/or library holds in early:)
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Fall 2024 New Releases I Can’t Wait To Read
In no particular order…
Playground by Richard Powers (Sept 24, W.W Norton & Company)
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity's next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island's residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away.
Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. Bookshop.org
Why I want to read this….I LOVED Bewilderment so I’m hoping this will have similar vibes