You may know Kate Atkinson for her popular novels LIFE AFTER LIFE and A GOD IN RUINS. But her debut novel, BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM, is also a must-read. It's a deeply moving and surprisingly funny story of happiness and heartbreak that follows the life of an English girl determined to learn about her family and its secrets.

Kate Atkinson's new novel TRANSCRIPTION is on sale September 25.

From the bestselling author of MY SISTER'S KEEPER comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish country and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer defending the woman at the center of the storm.

Jodi Picoult's new novel A SPARK OF LIGHT is on sale October 2.

In HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, an assembly of beautifully flawed characters careens toward unavoidable conflict and tragedy. A former Iranian Air Force colonel tries to restore his family's dignity. A recovering alcoholic tries to hold on to the one thing she has left. A married cop tries everything to win someone's love. This book was a National Book Award finalist, an Oprah Book Club pick, and a number one New York Times bestseller—so you know it's good.

Andre Dubus III's new novel GONE SO LONG is on sale October 2.

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Can you believe it's been 17 years since PEACE LIKE A RIVER was published? This award-winning, million-copy bestselling novel is a heroic quest and a profound celebration of family and faith. When Reuben's older brother flees a controversial murder charge, Reuben and the rest of the Land family sets out on a cross-country search to find him.

Leif Enger's new novel VIRGIL WANDER is on sale October 2.

A haunting exploration of friendship and loyalty from one of the most talented crime writers. The investigation into a handsome, popular boy's murder has gone cold, but when a clue is found at a girl's boarding school, detectives learn that the world of teenage girls can be more mysterious and dangerous than they imagined.

Tana French's new novel THE WITCH ELM is on sale October 9.

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As Gil, a famous author, is dying from cancer, he finds hidden notes from his wife who disappeared suddenly 12 years before. Everyone assumed that she drowned—everyone except Flora, Gil's daughter, who returns to care for him and finally discover what happened to her mother. You won't be able to put this book down until you, too, figure out what really happened.

Claire Fuller's new novel BITTER ORANGE is on sale October 9.

Filled with mystery and spellbinding secrets, this novel is the perfect escape. Alice Edevane is only 16-years-old when her 11-month-old brother vanishes from her family's idyllic lakeside estate. Decades later, a detective stumbles upon the now crumbling estate and uncovers shocking truths about a past long gone . . . yet more present than ever.

Kate Morton's new novel THE CLOCKMAKER'S DAUGHTER is on sale October 9.

This is a remarkable novel about a young man who is haunted by a great loss and journeys into his past to finally understand why his closest friends suddenly cast him out years ago.

Haruki Murakami's new novel KILLING COMMENDATORE is on sale October 9.

A historical novel set in late nineteenth-century England, THE ESSEX SERPENT features a whole cast of unforgettable characters, including an intellectual young widow and a pious vicar—not to mention the mythical serpent they both seek.

Sarah Perry's new novel MELMOTH is on sale October 16.

When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1918, Zelda falls for him despite his unsuitability: Scott isn't wealthy or even a Southerner and he keeps insisting that his writing will bring him both fortune and fame. What comes next, at the dawn of the Jazz Age, is unimagined success and celebrity that will make Scott and Zelda legends in their own time.

Therese Anne Fowler's new novel A WELL-BEHAVED WOMAN is on sale October 16.

This family epic set in the Belgian Congo in 1959 is narrated by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, an evangelical Baptist missionary. Told over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa, it is the story of one family and one nation's tragic undoing.

Barbara Kingsolver's new novel UNSHELTERED is on sale October 16.

From the author of BIG LITTLE LIES, THE HYPNOTIST'S LOVE STORY is just what is sounds like: a story about a hypnotist who falls in love. But Ellen's new relationship with Patrick turns out to be anything but expected when he reveals he's being stalked by his ex-girlfriend.

Liane Moriarty's new novel NINE PERFECT STRANGERS is on sale November 6.

In Louise Penny's most recent gripping novel, a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines. Then the person vanishes overnight and a body appears. Has a debt been paid or levied? Chief Superintendent Armand Gamache is on the case, but his own conscience is standing in judgment.

Louise Penny's new novel KINGDOM OF THE BLIND is on sale November 27.

Biographer Margaret Lea is approached by a well-loved but gravely ill author who has a surprising request: she wants Margaret to capture her life's story before it's too late. Although Margaret's never read the author's work, she's intrigued and soon gets immersed in her strange and troubling history.

Diane Setterfield's new novel ONCE UPON A RIVER is on sale December 4.

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