This fall has no shortage of exciting additions to our reading lists. There’s a deluge of incoming memoirs from literary giants, like Margaret Atwood’s Book of Lives, Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me, and Susan Orlean’s Joyride. Other nonfiction options grant fresh perspectives on timeless subjects, like Julian Brave NoiseCat’s portrait of Indigenous self-determination in We Survived the Night and Jen Hatmaker’s exploration on faith and reinvention in Awake. Of course, the fall catalog of fictional works will also whet book lovers’ appetites, with upcoming titles from beloved novelists like Lily King, Patricia Lockwood, and Quiara Alegría Hudes.
Below, Harper’s Bazaar lists our top 30 most-anticipated book releases this fall. For more required reading, make sure to subscribe to “A Closer Read,” a new weekly books newsletter from Bazaar’s features director Kaitlyn Greenidge which will feature exclusive conversations with some of today’s most interesting authors.