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27 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall

 New reads that capture the three seasons of autumn: back-to-school, spooky, and election. By Vulture Editors
fall preview 2024

Garth Greenwell’s Grand Romance

 The author explores the tender side of long-term partnership amid a health crisis in his best novel yet. By Sarah Thankam Mathews
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‘He’s Not Off by Miles, He’s Off by Crucial Inches’

 Our book club discusses the Nathan section in Long Island Compromise.
  1. not a feud
    Ina and Martha Definitely Do Not Hate Each OtherEverything is fine!
    By Choire Sicha
  2. best of 2024
    The Best Books of 2024 (So Far)A sizzling, propulsive new novel from Miranda July and a debut novel with a killer hook.
    By Vulture Editors
  3. vulture lists
    2024 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your Reading ListAnother chapter for Slow Horses and a glamorous romance quickly becomes a thrilling mystery.
    By Emily Maskell
  4. book review
    Danzy Senna Can’t Stop Thinking in Black and WhiteColored Television, the author’s latest comic novel about a mixed-race Black woman, holds diminishing returns.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  5. beach read book club
    ‘Mandy Patinkin — Icon, Legend’Our book club discusses the Beamer section in ‘Long Island Compromise.’
  7. beach read book club
    ‘Watching How Long the Rot Can Happen’Our book club discusses the introduction to ‘Long Island Compromise.’
  8. mad woman
    What Is Men Have Called Her Crazy Really About?Anna Marie Tendler wants to tell her story — but the patriarchy keeps getting in the way.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  9. booktok
    Colleen Hoover Picks Her Riskiest, Buzziest, and Most Romantic NovelsThe It Ends With Us author reflects on which of her books warrants a sequel — and which one could use a rewrite.
    By Carly Lane
  10. liza newz
    Liza With a Z to Release Memoir With an MWe know she’s good with spelling, but how is she at settling scores?
    By Jason P. Frank
  11. books
    Four Friends, Two Marriages, One Affair — and a Shelf of Books Dissecting ItWhen writers cheat on each other, everything is fair game for publication.
    By Chris Heath
  12. books
    Tommy Orange Is the First Native American Author to Be Booker Prize LonglistedWandering Stars joins 12 other books on the list, including three debut novels.
    By Emma Alpern
  13. profile
    Casey McQuiston Is Trojan-Horsing Trans Romance“You’re gonna be 60 percent of the way in before you know that’s what you’re reading.”
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  14. a history of violence
    11 Comics to Read If You Want More Deadpool vs. WolverineThirty years of Deadpool and Wolverine being best frenemies.
    By Daniel Dockery
  15. girl so literary
    Brat and It’s the Same But It’s a Track-by-Track Booklist So It’s NotHot-girl books to read at a bar with a martini and a side of fries.
    By Bethy Squires
  16. announcements
    Read Long Island Compromise With New York’s Summer Book ClubJoin a variety of our writers and editors for a weekly discussion newsletter, starting next month.
    By The Editors
  17. j.d. vance
    Glenn Close Played Trump’s Running Mate’s MamawJ.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and cause of Glenn Close’s eighth Oscar loss, is up for vice-president.
    By Jason P. Frank
  18. adaptations
    Emerald Fennell Has Found Her Next Weirdo-Rich-Kid StoryIt’s Wuthering Heights. Ever heard of it?
    By Justin Curto
  19. the grub street diet
    John Ganz Wants to Keep the Party Going“I’ve been celebrating for the past three weeks, and it’s starting to take a toll.”
    By Emma Alpern
  20. trailer mix
    The Perfect Couple Is a Showcase of Wealthy Blonde WomenNicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning, and Meghann Fahy eat. Duh.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  21. profile
    Lev Grossman Takes His TimeThe author of The Magicians returns to adult fiction with The Bright Sword. It only took ten years and a transpacific move.
    By Choire Sicha
  22. books
    Alice Munro’s Daughter Opens Up About Abuse in FamilyAndrea Robin Skinner says her stepfather sexually abused her at age 9, but her mother stayed with him after it came to light.
    By Zoe Guy
  23. chapters
    ‘Everything on That Island Wanted to Kill You’The very first crew of Survivor slept tent-less on a beach covered in rats and snakes because they smelled a hit TV show. And then it got worse.
    By Emily Nussbaum
  24. book review
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner Overcooks ItA wealthy Jewish family gets the Succession treatment in the writer’s hectic second novel.
    By Emma Alpern
  25. close read
    Against ‘Women’s Writing’Rachel Cusk’s gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  26. paws up lil zazzters
    HBO Is Making a Decade-Long Harry Potter SeriesHere’s which Muggles will try to make magic happen as showrunner and director.
    By Rebecca Alter
  27. the library is open
    Put Down the Juneteenth Ice Cream and Pick Up These 18 BooksA reading list for America’s latest greeting-card category.
    By Jordan Taliha McDonald
  28. masquerade or michaela?
    What to Expect in Bridgerton Season 4, Based on the BooksWe know there will be a happily-ever-after, but whose?
    By Maggie Fremont
  29. fire and blood
    Who’s Who in Westeros: A House of the Dragon Character GuideKeeping up with the Targaryens.
    By Sean T. Collins
  30. vulture lists
    15 Stephen King Books That Should Be Adapted NextCreepy amusement parks, killer cars, time travel, and more worthy King plots.
    By Brian Tallerico
  31. future movies
    Appetite for More Hunger Games Will Be MetThe movie based on the barely announced book will be released before the second Wicked movie.
    By Jason P. Frank
  32. jedi texts
    Why Star Wars’s The Acolyte Is Set an Even Longer Time AgoWelcome to the High Republic.
    By Jack Francis
  33. stop the presses
    Griffin Dunne’s Hollywood-Irish Family Had Its Grudges“We were clinically crazy,” says the son of Dominick Dunne and the nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. “Like, really crazy.”
    By Shawn McCreesh
  34. book review
    The Crisis of the Realist NovelJoseph O’Neill’s Godwin displays all the anxieties of a form stuck in place.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  35. the grub street diet
    Novelist Flynn Berry Grocery Shops for Her Characters“I always grocery shop for my characters, knowing what they eat helps me understand them.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  36. the grub street diet
    Aimee Nezhukumatathil Picks Up Taiyaki for the Train“I loved the idea of two fish waiting for me in the darkness of my backpack for later.”
    By Rima Parikh
  37. vulture lists
    The 18 Uncanniest Comics to Read After Watching X-Men ’97To me, my pull list.
    By Kambole Campbell
  38. encounter
    Lord Maurice Saatchi’s Big Book of OrgasmsThe legendary British adman wants to blow your mind.
    By Carl Swanson
  39. vulture lists
    25 Essential Stephen King Short StoriesThe best King stories are full of heart, horror, and humanity, each riffing on the eternal question: what if?
    By Neil McRobert
  40. profile
    Emil Ferris Still Believes in MonstersThe graphic novelist’s debut, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, was a hit. Seven years later—after a contentious lawsuit—the sequel is finally coming.
    By Mark Yarm
  41. vulture lists
    15 Romance Novels to Read After Binging BridgertonRakish dukes abound.
    By Carly Lane
  42. obit
    No One Wrote About Sex Like Alice MunroIn Munro’s stories, women blow it all on desire.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  43. rip
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    By Jennifer Zhan
  44. books
    PEN America Writers Threw Their Own Party“Some of the people who have withdrawn are, for example, debut novelists. It’s quite a big sacrifice to turn it down — and yet they have.”
    By Emma Alpern
  45. book review
    Claire Messud Writes Novels for a Different CenturyThis Strange Eventful History is the kind of generation-spanning family story that doesn’t really get published anymore. Does it still work?
    By Emma Alpern
  46. book review
    Miranda July’s New Novel Will Ignite Your Group ChatsAll Fours is a hot, weird, and utterly captivating book about a middle-aged woman’s sexual reawakening.
    By Christine Smallwood
  47. endings
    The Idea of You Author on the Movie’s New EndingRobinne Lee says “The book is a book, and the movie is a movie.”
    By Bethy Squires
  48. encounter
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    By Brock Colyar
  49. the grub street diet
    Rita Bullwinkel Wants to Invite You for Dinner“I crisp the pasta by accident, but the crunchy bits are still delicious.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  50. coming soon
    The Colleen Hoover Cinematic Universe Is ExpandingVerity will be the second entry in the CHCU.
    By Bethy Squires
  51. rip
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    By Jennifer Zhan
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