Books Coming Out This Month You Need To Get Your Hands On

The premise is pretty basic: two young women move to New York City and dive into city life, complete with low-wage jobs, lots of striving, and lots of parties. But while there’s not much of a plot, there is a ton of atmosphere, and readers have been delighted with this light, fun, jaunty read that you’ll romp through in a few sittings. This buzzy debut has been compared to The Bell Jar, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and Sex in the City, but it’s also something completely its own.  Publishes September 7

Do you sometimes want to run away to a nunnery where you summon the feminist powers deep inside you to create an all-female utopia? Boy, do we have the book for you. From the fabulous Lauren Groff comes a piece of historical fiction that will not let you tear yourself away from its pages until you are done.  Publishes September 7

This one is for the literary book nerds who like a challenge. The great Joy Williams is back with a new book after waiting years to publish—and what she presents us with is the strange tale of a girl named Khristen who is struggling to survive and find herself in a dystopian future. Come for the thick foliage of sentences and thoughts and flights of fancy, stay for the weird mix of climate change despair and strange humor. Publishes September 14

Okay, so we know a lot of fall reads can be dark and brooding—so here’s a feather-light rom-com for your September TBR pile. In Eight Perfect Hours, we meet Noelle and Sam, two people who happen to get trapped in a blizzard in Noelle’s car overnight. After the lovely evening, they part ways, but fate has a different idea about the couple saying goodbye. This happy, lovely, Hallmark read is hard not to binge read, and if you want to escape some doom and gloom, this is a great pick.  Publishes September 28