{"id":367147,"date":"2025-08-23T11:50:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367147\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:50:27","slug":"10-books-to-read-this-fall-from-pynchon-to-presley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367147\/","title":{"rendered":"10 books to read this fall, from Pynchon to Presley"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Fall books<\/a> mean more than literary fiction. The top releases this season<\/a> range from a fairy tale newly told to memoirs about a famous writer\u2019s indomitable mother and life after marriage to a famous rock star. Some books were a decade or more in the making, while former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 \u201c107 Days\u201d was finished in a matter of months.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 new books to look for.<\/p>\n

\u201cHansel and Gretel,\u201d Stephen King<\/p>\n

You may think you know the Grimms\u2019 fairy tale about two children lost in the woods. But a new edition this fall promises a fresh and modern take<\/a>: the words are by Stephen King and the illustrations from the archives of the late Maurice Sendak, who had worked on a 1990s opera adaptation. Warns King in the book\u2019s introduction: \u201cYou will say that I have taken liberties with the story told by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm \u2014 I have, and I don\u2019t apologize.\u201d (Sept. 2)<\/p>\n

\u201cMother Mary Comes to Me,\u201d Arundhati Roy<\/p>\n

Arundhati Roy\u2019s<\/a> memoir offers anguished tribute to her longtime tormentor and heroine: her late mother, Mary Roy, the educator and activist who founded a renowned high school in India and otherwise rarely missed a chance to disparage but still inspire her famous daughter. \u201cI had constructed myself around her,\u201d the author writes. \u201cI had grown into the peculiar shape that I am to accommodate her. I had never wanted to defeat her, never wanted to win. I had always wanted her to go out like a queen.\u201d (Sept. 2)<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Wilderness,\u201d Angela Flournoy<\/p>\n

Angela Flournoy\u2019s<\/a> acclaimed debut, \u201cThe Turner House,\u201d was set around an aging family home in Detroit. In \u201cThe Wilderness,\u201d she traces the cross-country lives of five Black women from youth to middle age. The author also offers a mini-tour of airports, from the underwhelming sites of landing at Charles de Gaulle in Paris to the view of pyramids in Cairo. A universal truth, she writes: \u201cIf the surrounding city has a decent Black population, then a good number of them will be working at the airport.\u201d (Sept. 16)<\/p>\n

\u201c107 Days,\u201d Kamala Harris<\/p>\n

Publisher Simon & Schuster is promising a compelling campaign memoir from former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> that addresses \u201ceverything we would want her to address.\u201d That presumably includes Harris\u2019 thoughts on the mental and physical condition of President Joe Biden<\/a>, whose decision to withdraw his candidacy led to Harris\u2019 historic, frantic and unsuccessful run against Republican Donald Trump. Harris has called the book, written with the assistance of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks, the result of looking back \u201cwith candor and reflection.\u201d (Sept. 23)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny,\u201d Kiran Desai<\/p>\n

Kiran Desai\u2019s<\/a> first novel in nearly 20 years, since her Booker Prize-winning \u201cThe Inheritance of Loss,\u201d is on the Booker longlist and is also a story of contrasting lives: a successful novelist returning to her native India and a New York-based journalist \u2014 a copy editor for, of all places, The Associated Press. (Desai has not yet named a real-life counterpart as inspiration.) Separated by geography, they are connected by the will of their families, who would very much like to arrange a marriage. (Sept. 23)<\/p>\n

\u201cSoftly, As I Leave You,\u201d Priscilla Presley<\/p>\n

Priscilla Presley<\/a> has been so defined by her years with Elvis that the 2023 biopic \u201cPriscilla\u201d ends with their breakup in 1973. But readers of \u201cSoftly, As I Leave You\u201d will learn that she forged a long and successful career on her own. She was Bobby Ewing\u2019s ex-fiancee, Jenna Wade, in \u201cDallas\u201d and the love interest for Leslie Nielsen in the \u201cNaked Gun\u201d spoofs. (Presley appears briefly in the current remake.) She even revealed a knack for marketing. When Elvis\u2019 Graceland estate was in disrepair in the years following his 1977 death, she opened it to the public and helped make the property among the world\u2019s most popular tourist destinations. Currently in a legal battle<\/a> with a former business partner, Presley also writes of enduring other tragedies besides the death of her ex-husband, notably the loss of daughter Lisa Marie Presley two years ago. (Sept. 23)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe Love You, Bunny,\u201d Mona Awad<\/p>\n

Six years ago, Canadian author Mona Awad\u2019s<\/a> bestselling \u201cBunny\u201d was praised by Margaret Atwood, among others, for its blend of horror and academic satire set around a clique of creative writing students who call each other \u201cBunny.\u201d In her follow-up novel, onetime outsider Samantha Heather Mackey is herself a bestselling author and the bunnies have a few things to say about her material. \u201cSo funny that you described me as a maniacal hair braider,\u201d one of them tells her. \u201cI laughed until I cried blood.\u201d (Sept. 23)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Impossible Fortune,\u201d Richard Osman<\/p>\n

Richard Osman is an all-around success story, an author, producer and personality who has been a fixture for years in British television. He now enjoys critical acclaim and millions of sales as the creator of the \u201cThursday Murder Club\u201d<\/a> mystery novels, in which four pensioners in a retirement community take on cases new and old. The fifth in the series, \u201cThe Impossible Fortune,\u201d blends wedding plans and a sudden disappearance that has Osman\u2019s sleuths in search of answers. (Sept. 30)<\/p>\n

\u201cShadow Ticket,\u201d Thomas Pynchon<\/p>\n

Thomas Pynchon\u2019s<\/a> latest novel is his first in more than a decade. Now 88, the author most famous for the epic \u201cGravity\u2019s Rainbow\u201d has rarely settled for a simple storyline. Like his comic novel \u201cInherent Vice,\u201d there\u2019s a detective at the center of the narrative, one Hicks McTaggart, who will \u201cfind himself also entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal, outlaw motorcyclists, and the troubles that come with each of them.\u201d (Oct. 7)<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfettered,\u201d John Fetterman<\/p>\n

Few Washington legislators are more recognizable than Sen. John Fetterman,<\/a> the 6-foot-8-inch, hoodie-wearing Pennsylvania Democrat whose physical and mental health struggles and his battles with both Republicans and his own party have kept him in the news since he ran for the Senate in 2022. His publisher, Crown, is calling \u201cUnfettered\u201d a \u201craw and visceral\u201d and \u201cunapologetic account of his unconventional life.\u201d (Nov. 11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Fall books mean more than literary fiction. The top releases this season range from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[128545,128547,128551,3444,6903,51,44038,12261,32,77,4072,128553,69936,730,128555,714,4343,2175,128543,113966,128548,119197,128554,128550,128549,10895,39143,27920,128546,19861,128544,16,15,128552],"class_list":{"0":"post-367147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-angela-flournoy","9":"tag-arundhati-roy","10":"tag-bobby-ewing","11":"tag-books","12":"tag-books-and-literature","13":"tag-business","14":"tag-charles-de-gaulle","15":"tag-district-of-columbia","16":"tag-donald-trump","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-fiction","19":"tag-geraldine-brooks","20":"tag-ian-mcewan","21":"tag-india","22":"tag-jenna-wade","23":"tag-joe-biden","24":"tag-john-fetterman","25":"tag-kamala-harris","26":"tag-kiran-desai","27":"tag-leslie-nielsen","28":"tag-lisa-marie-presley","29":"tag-margaret-atwood","30":"tag-mary-roy","31":"tag-maurice-sendak","32":"tag-mona-awad","33":"tag-nonfiction","34":"tag-priscilla-presley","35":"tag-richard-osman","36":"tag-samantha-heather-mackey","37":"tag-stephen-king","38":"tag-thomas-pynchon","39":"tag-uk","40":"tag-united-kingdom","41":"tag-wilhelm-grimm"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}