24 of the Best New Books Coming Out This Winter

Fans of the acclaimed novel The Age of Miracles have been waiting a long time for a follow-up novel. It was worth the wait. In The Dreamers, students in a Southern California town are overcome by a strange illness: they fall fast asleep but are still dreaming. Told through the eyes of various characters — the first victim's roommate, a survivalist who lives nearby, a new father who desperately wants to protect his baby — The Dreamers is a beautifully written novel that is powerful, thoughtful, and entirely original.

Release date: Jan. 15