On Tuesday we announced the launch of a new newsletter at BookPage: Top 10! From here on out, every month we’ll tell you about the 10 notable books worth your attention (sign up here to receive the newsletter).
Since we’re passionate about the 10 books we’ve recommended for September, we wanted to share the love and get you excited about them, too. This week, you can enter to win four books from the Top 10 list:
And When She Was Good is a stand-alone thriller about a suburban madam by the fabulous Laura Lippman. (Read more here.)
Love’s Winning Plays by Inman Majors is an irreverent, irresistible take on SEC football. Our reviewer calls it “acidly hilarious.” (Read more here.)
NW is literary star Zadie Smith’s exploration of money, morals, class and authenticity in northwest London. (Read more here.)
Vagina is Naomi Wolf’s take on female sexuality and selfhood. The reviews have been wildly mixed, but our reviewer loved it. (Read more here.)
TO ENTER: What books are on your own personal Top 10 list for the fall? Let us know in the comments.
CONTEST DETAILS: One winner will be chosen by random.org from among entries received by 5 pm CST on Friday, September 28, to receive copies of And When She Was Good, Love’s Winning Plays, NW and Vagina. Prize must be shipped to a North American address, and Rhode Island residents are not eligible. (Full contest rules here.) Good luck!
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ETA: Congrats to our winner, Emily! Her personal favorites for this fall are Love Anthony by Lisa Genova and Man in the Blue Moon by Michael Morris.
Thanks to all who entered! Contest is now closed.
One of my personal favorites of 2012 is “Once We Were Brothers” plus “The Yellow Birds”
Laurie–you’re right–”Once We Were Brothers” was incredible.
Well, of course, I’m waiting for The Casual Vacancy. I want to read Kate Morton’s newest. I’m also kind of excited for John Grisham’s The Racketeer. Oh, and Rhodi Hawk’s The Tangled Bridge.
A Killing In The Hills
I can’t wait to read Love Anthony by Lisa Genova, Goldberg Variations by Susan Isaacs and The Panther by Nelson DeMille. I’ve never been disappointed in any of their books.
I’m looking forward to reading NW by Zadie Smith, Those We Love the Most by Lee Woodruff and Love Anthony by Lisa Genova among others.
Four books that are on my fall reserve list are:
Nelson DeMille’s The Panther, Jewels of Paradise by Donna Leon, Jasper Fforde’s The Woman Who Died A Lot, and Alexander McCall Smith’s The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds. It’s going to be a cozy fall!
1. NW by Zadie Smith
2. The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
3. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
4. The Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling
5. Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
6. Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
7. Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
8. And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
9. My Prison, My Home by Haleh Esfandiari
10. Hollowing Out the Middle by Patrick J. Carr
1. Beautiful Ruins
2. Motherland
3. Seating Arrangements
4. The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (don’t judge; I really enjoyed reading this with my son
5. I can’t say I have anything from 5-10… I’ve been reading a lot of classics this year… Unless you count more Carson McCullers (which I never read before but started and am completely knocked out.) Hope that’s okay!
NW is up there on the list, and I’m curious about The Casual Vacancy.
The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling
I can’t wait to read John Saturnalle’s Feast by Lawrence Norfolk, Dancing Dogs by Jon Katz, Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino, Illuminations by Mary Sharratt and Comet’s Tale by Steven Wolf
Well, I just finished “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” which was extraordinary. Next on my list is the newest Isabel Dalhousie book, and of course, “A Casual Vacancy.” It’s going to be a great Fall!
1. Sarah Thornhill.
2. Between a Mother and her child.
3. The Forgetting river.
4. Kept in the Dark.
5. The Unfinished garden.
I’m about halfway through Gone Girl and am absolutely hooked. It’s definitely on my top 10.
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Looking forward to “The Yellow Birds.” And, I am finally getting around to reading The Hunger Games series.
The Passage, And When She Was Good, The Casual Vacancy….
1. The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
2. Telegraph Avenue
3. The Yellow Birds
4. Dare Me
5. May We be Forgiven
Interesting picks for sure…
Just finished reading “Where’d You go Bernadette?” and can’t wait to read “Casual Vacancy.”
1. This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz (awesome!!!)
2. NW by Zadie Smith (next on my list to read)
3. The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
4. Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klausmann
5. 360 degrees Latitude by John Higham
The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling. Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian. Death and the Girl Next Door by Darynda Jones and Neil Gaiman. The new Charley Davidson book by Darynda Jones. Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan. The new Lemony Snicket book.
Those we love most.city of women yellow birds
1. Silver Linings Playbook
2. Keeper of Lost Causes
3. Delirium
4. Let’s Pretend this Never Happened
5. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
6. The Twelve
7. Where’d You Go Bernadette
8. Seating Arrangements
9. Say You’re Sorry
10. Phantom
Love Anthony by Lisa Genova and Man In The Blue Moon by Michael Morris
1. Never Alone, Linn B Halton
2. White Mountain, Sophie E Tallis
3. Vampire Mechanic, Will MacMillan Jones
4. The Star Child, Stephanie Keyes
5. Sex and the Married Girl, Bonnie Trachtenberg
haven’t filled spots 6-10 just yet
Some of my “fall to-reads” are: Gone Girl, The Orchardist, Tumbleweeds, The Light Between the Oceans, A Different Kind of Normal, and the YA novel Insurgent.
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
Ball Four (Jim Bouton)
The Teammates (David Halberstam)
Dearie (Bob Spitz)
. . . for starters
Gone Girl
I don’t have ten yet, but am excited about the Casual Vacancy, NW, and reading Gone Girl now–awesome!!
I’m really looking forward to NZ, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub, The Orchardist and The Light Between Oceans.
I cannot wait to open up a copy of The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker.
I don’t have 10, I only have two.
1. Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
2. The Dacians by Kresley Cole
Love ALL her books!
1. In One Person – Irving
2. Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace – Summerscale
3. Age of Miracles – Thompson
4. The Light Between Oceans – Stedman
5. Winter Journal – Auster
6. Chapman’s Odessey – Bailey
7. And When She Was Good – Lippman
8. The Chemistry of Tears – Carey
9. Both Flesh & Not – Foster-Wallace
10. The Psychopathology of Everyday Life – Freud
I love looking at everyone’s list. I’m looking forward to The Panther by Nelson Demille, The Forgotten by David Baldacci, The Racketeer by John Grisham and The Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling.
Now I have to go find a copy of Once We Were Brothers. I love to read things that are “incredible”.
Have already pre-ordered Neil Young’s new book, Waging Heavy Peace also looking forward to old favorites, Susan Isaacs, Goldberg Variations and Cornwell’s, Bone Bed.
Shadow of Night. I still haven’t read it yet and I just can’t wait to!
The Casual Vacancy & NW
The round house,the cutting season, the orchardist,in sunlight and shadow,the racketiers
And when she was good, sutton, my mother was nuts,the seamstress, winter of the world,
the secret keeper
ans many more
NW and The Roundhouse.
Favorite books – the Light Between the Oceans, Sea of Troubles, The Chaperone
The Phantom by Jo Nesbo.
Most definitely, The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Love Anthony by Lisa Genova and Finding Casey by Jo-Ann Mapson.
Where’d you go Bernadette?
The Orchardist
In Irish Country Wedding
The Casual Vacany, Beautiful Ruins, The Yellow Bird, and when she was good
There are so many I want to read. I’m going to read next for fall:
A Killing in the Hills; and
Twelve
The Twelve, The Casual Vacanacy, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, and Les Mis and Cloud Atlas in anticipation of the films about to be released.
Thanks! -Katie
Gone Girl
The Causal Vacancy
The Twelve
1. The Secret Keeper
2. Blackberry Winter
3. The Casual Vacancy
4. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
5. The Twelve Clues of Christmas (A Royal Spyness Mystery)
Shadows of the Night
The One and Only Ivan
Gone Girl
The Twelve
Casual Vacancy
Gone Girl
My # 1 pick for fall is The Twelve by Justin Cronin.
I’m still trying to catch up on my reading from previous years, but if the past is a real indication of success, I am looking forward to reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
1. The Twelve
2. Winter of the World
3. Happier At Home
4. The Age of Miracles
5. Where’d You Go, Bernadette
6. The Dog Stars
7. Seating Arrangements
8. Talulla Rising
9. Beautiful Ruins
10. Tumbleweeds
So many! In no particular order…
Winter of the World
The Twelve
Mad River
Sleep No More
A Dangerous Inheritence
The Casual Vacancy
Listening In
NW
The Goldberg Variations
Hello, Gorgeous
The Casual Vacancy – can’t wait to see what J.K. Rowling has come up with!
My Fall book list:
This is How You Lose Her -Junot Diaz (just finished it)
NW – Zadie Smith
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
And When She Was Good – Laura Lippman
Wild – Cheryl Strayed
Tell the Wolves I’m Home – Carol Riftka Brunt
The End of your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe
The Sense of an Ending -Julian Barnes
The Tiger’s Wife – Tea Obreht
Before I go to Sleep – S.J Watson
In The Garden of Beast – Eric Larson
1. NW Zadie Smith
2.Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon
3.This is How You Lose Her Junot Diaz
4.Life After Death Damien Echols
5.Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen
6.Tell the Wolves I’m Home Carol Brunt
7.The Distance Between Us Reyna Grande
8.Van Gogh: Steven Naifeh
9.11/23/63 Stephen King
10.Joseph Anton Salman Rushdie
I still haven’t read Gone Girl. And I want to read the new biographies on Neil Young and Leonard Cohen. In fiction, I want to read “Tumbleweeds”.
This fall I’m going to read MORTALITY by Christopher Hitchens.
Phantom by Jo Nesbo
Frozen by Mary Casanova
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
I’m looking forward to reading a great many books this fall, some are new releases, pending releases, and others are from my TBR list: NW, The Casual Vacancy, The Twelve, Rebel Heart, The Cutting Season, The Absent One, Miss Me When I’m Gone, Restless In the Grave, Sandcastle Girls, and The Bone Box.
1. The Casual Vacancy
2. Divergent
3. The Fault in our Stars
4. The Marriage Plot
5. Steve Jobs
6. The Paris Wife
7. 11/22/63
8.The Son
9.The Light Between Oceans
10. The Dovekeepers
Just started Flat Out Love finally. Then I want to get to Crash and Clash, then some of Abbi Glines books.
NW and when she was good
Looking forward to reading The Twelve by Justin Cronin and The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde.
Looking forward to Severe Clear, The Cutting Season and Seating Arrangements.
I can’t wait to read “And When She Was Good”!
After all of my boring reading for school…
1. When She was Good by Laura Lippman
2. Love Anthony by Lisa Genova
3. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
4. The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman
5. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
6. The Night Circus by Erin Moregnstern
7. The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
8. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
9. The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
10. The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
1. Defending Jacob
2. The Tiger’s Wife
3. Seating Arrangements
4. The Long Way Home
5. Lincoln
6. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
7. The Snow Child
8.The Chaperone
9. Pope Joan
10. What Alice Forgot
NW
The Orchardist
Joseph Anton
Just fiished reading Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel. I loved it. My ten reads for fall are any book I can get my hands on. I just love to read.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
Gone Girl, just got this from the library.
San Miguel, The Casual Vacancy, The Panther and The Twelve.
This fall I want to finish up books I started recently: Gone Girl, The Light Between Oceans and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened.
Then I’ll be ready to start reading these new books I want to win!!!!
Working on a big list; hope I get through it without finding more:
1. Parallel Lives: Lizzie Borden – Fall River Historical Society
2. 11/23/63 Stephen King
3. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
4. In the Garden of Beasts – Larson
5. Red Mist – Cornwell
6. Destiny of the Republic – Candace Millard
7. House of Riverton – Kate Morton
8. The American Heiress – Daisy Goodwin
9. The Wild Princess – Perry
10. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
1. Gone Girl
2. Bringing Up The Bodies
3. The Casual Vacancy
4. The Edge of Nowhere
5. The Night Circus
6. Half Blood Blues
7. The Maid
8. Shine! Shine! Shine!
9. The Paris Wife
10. Middlemarch (finally!)
Maybe not on your top ten list but Michael Chabon – Telegraph Avenue. We’ll get that on Kindle as soon as it’s released.
I am waiting with much anticipation for JK Rowling’s new book. While I wait I am looking forward to Zadie Smith and Laura Lippman.
John Adams
The Tiger’s Wife
the new Flavia de Luce (I think due at Cmas)
1. This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
2. Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
3. The Twelve by Justin Cronin
4. NW by Zadie Smith
5. Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis
6. Tell the Wolves I’m Home – Carol Riftka Brunt
7. A Killing In The Hills by Julia Keller
Nw, for sure: also Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon, Joseph Anton, by Salman Rushdie, and How Music Works, by David Byrne.
A Good American, Does This Church Make me look Fat, End of Your LIfe Book Club, Willie Nelson and Monic Lewinsky’s memoirs may be good as well.
Like just about everyone else, I’m waiting for J.K. Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy.” And I’m also eager for Lisa Genova’s new novel, “Love Anthony”
I’m looking forward to “The Casual Vacancy” by J.K. Rowling and Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
Gone Girl
The Cutting Season
The Dressmaker
Letter from a Stranger
1. Running the Rift
2. The Dovekeepers
3. The Marriage Plot
4. The Listeners
5. The Age of Miracles
6. The Edge of Nowhere
7. Live by Night
8. A Million Heavens
9. The Leopard
10. Gone Girl
I’m never at a loss for something to read. That said, I tend to be behind on what’s trending. Like I still haven’t read Pillars of the Earth, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gone Girl, A New Earth, Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy. And don’t even mention the classics that seems like I’ve read or is it just heard and know so much about but need to read/reread. And then ALL THAT said, I usually somehow never pick what’s on my list!!! I’m very spontaneous, so who knows ’til I actually start it!
Especially looking forward to reading Kate Morton’s new book…. and also Sandra Brown’s….. and am very curious and want to read J.K. Rowling’s!
Looking forward to reading “Waging Heavy Peace” by Neil Young and Dennis Lehane’s new one “Live By Night”
1. Irish Country Wedding by Patrick Taylor
2. The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons
3. A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller
4. Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick
5. The Mirrored World by Debra Dean
6. And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
7. The Winter of the World by Ken Follett
8. Benediction by Kent Haruf
9. The Prophet by Michael Koryta
10. NW by Zadie Smith
Gone girl.
The Casual Vacancy is #1 on my Fall reading list!
On my Fall reading book list are the following:
Casual Vacancy – Rowling
Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
Winter of the World – Follett
The Light Between Oceans – Stedman
Tigers in Red – Klaussmann
NW – Zadie Smith
1) Days of Blood and Starlight, Liani Taylor
2) Magic for a Price, Devon Monk
3) Necessity’s Child, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
4) The Malice of Fortune, Michael Ennis
5) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce
6) Wife 22, Melanie Gideon
7) Goodbye for Now, Laurie Frankel
8) Chapman’s Odyssey, Paul Bailey
9) Advent, James Treadwell
10) The Uninvited Guest, Sadie Jones
Oh, and I am hoping to get a copy of the Casual Vacancy by JKR, too!
Looking forward to reading The Light Between Oceans and The Bright River
My fall reading list:
1) Loving What Is – Byron Katie
2) Between Sisters – Kristin Hannah
3) Love’s Winning Plays – Inman Majors
4) The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
5) Lost in my own Backyard – Tim Cahill
6) Succulent Wild Woman – Sark
7) Crucial Conversations – Kerry Patterson
8) 50 shades of Grey – E.L. James
9) The Tao of Twitter – Mark Schaefer
10) Return on Influence – Mark Schaefer
Just getting ready to start “Casual Vacancy” and very excited. I’ve already read some great reads that I guess classify for fall:
-The Dark Monk
-Tigers in Red Weather
-Where’d You Go Bernadette
-Dearie
-Beautiful Ruins
-The Chaperone
-City of Women
-Shadow of Night (technically a summer book!)
And the ones I’m really looking forward to, other than “The Casual Vacancy” are:
-Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures
-When it Happens to You
-Heading Out to Wonderful
-The Light Between Oceans
-Seating Arrangements
-Nortorious Nineteen (late fall, early winter!)
-American Heiress
-The Paris Wife
The Casual Vacancy by Rowling
Shadow of Night by Harkness
Bared to You by Day
Cinder by Meyer
The Scottish Prisoner by Gabaldon
The Lord John Grey series by Gabaldon
some books by Stella Cameron
and any books that come out in some of my favorite series
The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
Looking forward to reading THE CASUAL VACANCY