August 15, 2025
Cover Story
Our annual Fall Preview highlights 150 of the season’s most outstanding titles, plus author interviews and much more.Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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KING SORROW
By Joe Hill
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ROLL FOR ROMANCE
By Lenora Woods
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THE SUNFLOWER BOYS
By Sam Wachman
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BAD BAD GIRL
By Gish Jen
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IT WAS THE WAY SHE SAID IT
By Terry McMillan
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THE WHITE HOT
By Quiara Alegría Hudes
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SOME KIND OF FAMOUS
By Ava Wilder
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DEALING WITH THE DEAD
By Alain Mabanckou Helen Stevenson
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WRECK
By Catherine Newman
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THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA
By Tasha Suri
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WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
By Jade Chang
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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE REAL THING
By Nicholas Meyer
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BURIED ABOVE GROUND
By Mike Ripley
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THE MOST UNUSUAL HAUNTING OF EDGAR LOVEJOY
By Roan Parrish
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GRACE PERIOD
By Maria Judite de Carvalho Margaret Jull Costa
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CINDER HOUSE
By Freya Marske
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PHOTOGRAPH
By Brian Freeman
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THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE
By Richard Osman
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MARTHA'S DAUGHTER
By David Haynes
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LAY YOUR ARMOR DOWN
By Michael Farris Smith
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DOMINION
By Addie E. Citchens
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A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF
By Megha Majumdar
NONFICTION
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GOETHE
By Matthew Bell
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WHAT TO EAT NOW
By Marion Nestle
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CAPITALISM
By Sven Beckert
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THE CARS
By Bill Janovitz
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THE BREATH OF THE GODS
By Simon Winchester
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THE WATER REMEMBERS
By Amy Bowers Cordalis
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LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
By Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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BLANK SPACE
By W. David Marx
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LIVING IN THE PRESENT WITH JOHN PRINE
By Tom Piazza
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NEXT OF KIN
By Gabrielle Hamilton
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THE INSIDER
By Gerald Howard
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WRITING CREATIVITY AND SOUL
By Sue Monk Kidd
TEEN
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FASCINATING FUNGI
By Karen Latchana Kenney
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ON STARLIT SHORES
By Bex Glendining
CHILDREN'S
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THE LOST WOMEN OF SCIENCE
By Melina Gerosa Bellows Katie Hafner Karyn Lee
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MOON SONG
By Michaela Goade
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SECRETS OF THE PURPLE PEARL
By Kate McKinnon Alfredo Cáceres
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JOURNEY OF THE HUMPBACKS
By Juliana Muñoz Toro Dipacho Lawrence Schimel
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THE SEARCH FOR OUR COSMIC NEIGHBORS
By Chloe Savage
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THE VANISHING OF LAKE PEIGNEUR
By Allan Wolf Jose Pimienta
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THIS IS ORANGE
By Rachel Poliquin Julie Morstad
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SHAPED BY LOVE
By Nikki Powers Amanda Calatzis
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TUCK ME IN!
By Nathan W. Pyle
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LOOK UP
By Azul López Shook
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AFTER
By Hallee Adelman Patrick Corrigan
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THE PIGEON WON'T COUNT TO 10!
By Mo Willems
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THE MUMMY SNATCHER CURSE
By Tiffany McDaniel Ayesha L. Rubio
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FORESTS
By Nell Cross Beckerman Kalen Chock
INDIE
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THE NINE LIVES OF WOMAN
By Christine Marie Mason
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BOUND BY STARS
By E.L. Starling
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THE ENERGETIC INVESTOR
By Kevin Bambrough
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GODDESS FROM THE MACHINE
By Daniel Rodrigues-Martin
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Like That Eleanor
By Lee Wind Kelly Mangan
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MARILYN
By Jeremy Wilson
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