Can't-Miss Books of September

From: Penguin Random House - Saturday Sep 18,2021 05:38 pm

Find page-turning novels and nonfiction.

It's a good time to be a reader—September is chock-full of amazing new books. Fill your shelf with some of our biggest reads of the season!

No One Goes Alone
By Erik Larson

Pioneering psychologist William James leads an expedition to a remote isle in search of answers after a family inexplicably vanishes. Was the cause rooted in the physical world . . . or were there forces more paranormal and sinister at work?
Available only in audio because, as Larson says, ghost stories are best told aloud.
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Beautiful Country
By Qian Julie Wang

An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world.
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AI 2041
By Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan

In this provocative, utterly original work, Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers, teams up with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. In ten gripping short stories, they introduce readers to an array of eye-opening 2041 settings.
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Matrix
By Lauren Groff

Equally alive to the sacred and the profane, Matrix gathers currents of violence, sensuality, and religious ecstasy in a mesmerizing portrait of consuming passion, aberrant faith, and a woman that history moves both through and around. Lauren Groff’s new novel, her first since Fates and Furies, is a defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world.
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Change Sings
By Amanda Gorman; Illustrated by Loren Long

A lyrical picture book debut from presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long. Change Sings is a triumphant call to action for everyone to use their abilities to make a difference.
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As Good as Dead
By Holly Jackson

The highly anticipated finale to the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series, the instant New York Times bestsellers that read like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end of this mystery series, you'll never think of good girls the same way again...
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