25 Sweet, Sexy, and Captivating Books You're Going to Want to Read This Fall

Sing, Unburied, Sing is so many things. It is the latest novel by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. It is a road-trip story. It is a ghost story. It is a story about hope and struggle in the contemporary South and the bonds of family.

When immigrant billionaire Nero Golden moves into New York's Greenwich Village on the day of Barack Obama's inauguration, his filmmaker neighbor finds the subject for his next project. As he gets closer to Golden and his three sons, he becomes privy to their secrets and watches as the political tide changes things for the Golden family and all of New York. The Golden House is a brilliant examination of the times we are living in today. A must read!

The new novel from the acclaimed author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, Dinner at the Center of the Earth is a political thriller about Prisoner Z, a spy being held in a secret cell, and the guard who has watched over him for a dozen years. Interspersed throughout, we also learn about the Parisian waitress he once loved, an Israeli General who has been comatose for years, and a young Palestinian who works toward funding his brother's antisettlement activities. What do they all have in common?

We all grew up with Louisa May Alcott and her Little Women. And many people know that the character of Jo March was based on Alcott herself. But what about Jo's sister Amy? The character who was based on Alcott's real-life sister May? She was an artist in her own right, but so little is known about her life. In The Other Alcott, Elise Hooper imagines the life of May Alcott and her quest to discover who she really is.

The bestselling author of Girl Waits With Gun and Lady Cop Makes Trouble, Amy Stewart, is back with Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions, another story about the real-life Kopp sisters. It's a must read for lovers of detective fiction and historical fiction alike.

This book took my breath away. In the town of Shaker Heights, a town that prides itself on being a planned community where residents play by the rules, the Richardsons — a married couple with four children — rent an apartment to single mom Mia Warren and her daughter, Pearl. These two very different families crash into each other, creating unexpected consequences that reverberate in ways no one could imagine. Little Fires Everywhere is the un-put-downable story that everyone will be talking about this Fall. A must read for book clubs.

"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." So says Hillary Rodham Clinton in the introduction of her memoir about the election, What Happened. Whether you love Hillary or hate her, this is a must read for all women.

Two very different storylines, both connected by Israel. Sixty-eight-year-old attorney Jules Epstein is giving away all of his possessions and traveling to Israel, where he plans to create a memorial to his parents. Meanwhile, a Brooklyn writer and mother is searching for her next subject and becomes fascinated by a story of a man falling from the balcony of a Tel Aviv hotel, the same hotel where she used to stay as a child. Forest Dark is a thoughtful and complex novel that will keep readers thinking.

From the author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes Love and Other Consolation Prizes, a novel inspired by the true story of a child who was auctioned off at the 1909 World Fair. When 12-year-old Ernest, a half-Chinese orphan, finds himself at the Seattle World Fair, it feels like a prize. But he soon discovers that he is, indeed, the prize and will be auctioned off "to a good home." But the winning ticket goes to the madam of a high-class brothel. Fifty years later, Seattle is hosting the World Fair once again, and Ernest must balance his past with his present.

Do we ever really know the ones we love? That's what Best Day Ever asks its readers as they watch "perfect husband" Paul Strom create the "best day ever" for his wife. Is he really the great person that he would have us all believe? Or is the truth far more sinister?

Think you know Little House on the Prairie? There's more. In Caroline: Little House, Revisited, Miller re-creates the world of Little House and tells the story of Caroline Ingalls, who we know as "Ma." And hardcore fans, don't despair. This novel has been authorized by the Little House Heritage Trust, so you won't be disappointed.

In a small town, a thousand dead birds fall from the sky, onto a high school baseball field. Then, a teenage girl — known as "the witch" — goes missing. The Blackbird Season is a suspenseful mystery about small-town secrets and scandals.

Jennifer Egan won a Pulitzer Prize for her last novel, the spectacular A Visit From the Goon Squad, and she returns with Manhattan Beach, a novel that is completely different in every way. It opens during the Depression, as 12-year-old Anna Kerrigan goes with her father to visit a business associate, Dexter Styles. Then we fast forward to World War II, when Anna is working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after her father has mysteriously disappeared. Her path crosses with Dexter Styles once again — does he hold the key to her father's disappearance?

Fresh Complaint is a collection of short stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides. The stories run the gamut in terms of content and tone, but there's one thing that's guaranteed in a story by Eugenides: writing that is as beautiful as it is honest.

Thought you'd heard the last of the Quinn family and their adventures? Think again. The characters you've come to know and love from the Winter Street series are back in Winter Solstice, and true Elin Hilderbrand fans should prepare for a treat: Fast Eddie from The Rumor makes an appearance, too!

With 45 million copies of his books in print, John Green needs no introduction. (But in case you're living under a rock, he wrote this mega bestseller.) He returns with Turtles All the Way Down, a book about which he says, "This is my first attempt to write directly about the kind of mental illness that has affected my life since childhood, so while the story is fictional, it is also quite personal." As if we needed a reason to get more excited about this book.

Just in time for Halloween, Alice Hoffman brings us back to the world of the Owens family, whom we first met in Practical Magic. It's a world where magic exists and love is a curse. The Rules of Magic will transport you. An utter delight.

What would happen to the world if women suddenly had a new power? That's the question asked by Naomi Alderman in her new novel, The Power. Joss Whedon called it "magnificent." Need we say more? Yes? OK. Margaret Atwood said it "will knock your socks off."

A memoir about writing from bestselling author Amy Tan? Yes, please! Where the Past Begins takes us through Tan's childhood and up through her start as a writer. It is personal, complicated, and intelligent. A must read for readers and writers alike.

Who doesn't love Tom Hanks? (Answer: everyone loves Tom Hanks.) His first foray into fiction is Uncommon Type, a collection of short stories that are just as charming as we imagine the man himself to be. These stories are smart and poignant and will leave you wondering: is there anything Tom Hanks can't do? (Answer: apparently, no.)

Get ready to pull up the covers and read something scary, just in time for Halloween. Strange Weather is a series of four short novels by horror writer Joe Hill. If his name seems familiar, that's because he's the son of legendary writer Stephen King. Here, he carries on the family tradition of creating chilling stories that will terrify and amaze you.

Did you love Mad Men? (Who didn't?!) Heather, the Totality is the first novel by Matthew Weiner, the show's creator. A story about obsession and privilege, you'll read this short novel (just 144 pages!) in one delicious gulp.

From the acclaimed author of White Oleander comes The Revolution of Marina M. At 816 pages, the novel is epic in scope: a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.

Louise Erdrich won the National Book Critics Circle Award for LaRose, and now she's back with another showstopper: Future Home of the Living God. When evolution starts moving in reverse, women begin giving birth to babies who are primitive forms of human beings. There are talks about government getting involved, rounding up pregnant women, and our narrator, who is pregnant and writing diary entries to her unborn child, must fight for both her life and the life of her baby. This dystopian thriller is a must read for fans of The Handmaid's Tale.

Arthur Moses takes the bus to the cemetery every day to have lunch with his late wife. One day, 18-year-old Maddy Harris, who visits the cemetery to escape the kids at school, sits next to him and a friendship begins. The Story of Arthur Truluv is an emotional read about loss, love, and second chances.