Highlights of fall books:
Fiction
“Freedom”: Jonathan Franzen narrates the fall and revival of a modern American family.
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth”: Jeff Kinney recounts more growing pains for young Greg Heffley.
“Doctor Zhivago”: a new translation, by the acclaimed Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, of Boris Pasternak’s classic.
“Full Dark, No Stars”: four previously unpublished stories by Stephen King.
“Getting to Happy”: Terry McMillan gives the latest on the four heroines of “Waiting to Exhale.”
“Great House”: past tragedies haunt the present in Nicole Krauss’ new novel.
“Long Last Happy”: collected short fiction by Barry Hannah, who died earlier this year.
“Mockinjay”: the finale of Suzanne Collins’ million selling “Hunger Games” trilogy.”
“Moonlight Mile”: Dennis Lehane’s sequel to “Gone, Baby, Gone.”
“Nemesis”: Philip Roth imagines a polio epidemic in 1940s New Jersey.
“Reversal”: a new Harry Bosch thriller from Michael Connelly.
“Wicked Appetite”: the Seven Deadly Sins threaten Boston in Janet Evanovich’s latest.
“World and Town”: Gish Jen’s new novel is set in changing New England town.
Nonfiction
“Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume I”: the whole story, 100 years after Twain’s death.
“Colonel Roosevelt”: the finale of Edmund Morris’ trilogy of Teddy Roosevelt.
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race”: the world in less than 300 pages, plus pictures.
“Decision Points”: former President George W. Bush describes key decisions in his life.
“Decoded”: straight talk from Jay-Z.
“Growing Up Laughing”: Marlo Thomas and friends give us the meaning of funny.
“I Remember Nothing”: wise words from Nora Ephron.
“A Journey”: the life and times of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
“Life”: the world according to Keith Richards.
“Saul Bellow: Letters”: letters from the Nobel laureate to William Faulkner, Philip Roth and others.
“The Last Boy”: Jane Leavy’s biography of baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle.
“Unbroken”: a World War II bombardier’s story, as recounted by “Seabiscuit” author Laura Hillenbrand.
“Washington”: Ron Chernow’s 800-page biography of George Washington.
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