Fall’s Best Books, According to NPR

As we prepare for cooler temps in North America, the book world is collectively preparing its TBR. Everyone, from the New York Times to TIME and other publications, has released lists full of the books coming out within the next few months that they’re excited about. And now, so has NPR.

NPR’s list includes fiction and nonfiction, with books that range from a surreal pandemic novel to a cyberpunk thriller to a memoir by legendary actor Tim Curry. Below is a sampling of the 12 books in NPR’s compilation.

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood

All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu

The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes

Vagabond: A Memoir by Tim Curry

Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times by Tracy K. Smith

A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature by Adam Morgan

For the full list of NPR’s most anticipated Fall books, visit NPR.

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