Hello September! This month has some incredibly exciting new releases from well-known authors, including Christopher Paolini, Garth Nix, and Christina Henry, as well as debut novels from newcomers Elissa R. Sloan, Aiden Thomas, and Jane Igharo.
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan
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In vein of Daisy Jones & The Six and Everything I Never Told You, this debut novel probes the dark side of fame after a former pop star ends her own life.
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
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From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini.
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove comes a poignant, charming novel about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.
Horrid by Katrina Leno
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From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha Christie.
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
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Awash in the rhythms of folklore and storytelling and rich with Hairston’s characteristic lush prose, Master of Poisons is epic fantasy that will leave you aching for the world it burns into being.
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
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Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or both?
The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry
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When people go missing in the sleepy town of Smith’s Hollow, the only clue to their fate comes when a teenager starts having terrifying visions, in a chilling horror novel from national bestselling author Christina Henry.
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
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A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas’s paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys.
Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo
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When a Nigerian woman falls for a man she knows will break her mother’s heart, she must choose between love and her family.
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
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A girl’s quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of teen fantasy, Garth Nix.
These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
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The Secret History meets Call Me by Your Name in Micah Nemerever’s compulsively readable debut novel—a feverishly taut Hitchcockian story about two college students, each with his own troubled past, whose escalating obsession with one another leads to an act of unspeakable violence.
