Some News and Our Fall 2026 Book Preview Picks

Ann’s picks:

• Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea by Emily Wilson (releases September 1)
• Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo (releases September 15)
• Bread on Uncle Milad’s Table by Mohammed Husayn Alnaas (releases October 6)
• Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova (releases October 13)
• Solace House by Will Maclean (releases October 13)
• Odette Rising by Julianne Edwards (releases October 13)
• Rottenheart by Kat Dunn (releases October 13)
• The Bookkeeper by Mary McGarry Morris (releases November 17)

Halle’s picks:

• Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason (releases September 29)
• The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw (releases September 29)
• Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson (releases October 6)
• Once Again, Always by Amanda Gayle (releases October 6)
• Hollywood, Ending by John Green (releases October 6)
• Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li (releases October 13)
• Whale Harbor by Mary Beth Keane (releases November 3)
• Rabbit Rabbit by Jennifer E. Smith (releases December 15)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
• Halle: The Land and Its People by David Sedaris

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