21 New Books Your Friends Are Going to Be Talking About This September

The Wildlands is about a family of Oklahoma orphans, and their shared legacy of trauma is told from the perspective of 9-year-old Cora. When her long-missing — and newly radicalized — older brother returns home, he recruits her on a mission that will test her very sense of self. Geni's taut story builds to an unreal, awe-inspiring climax that's so well-crafted, you'll believe it wholeheartedly. — Lindsay Miller, director, News and Culture

Out Sept. 4