September has arrived, bringing cooler temperatures, a return to routine, and some of the most anticipated book releases of the year! We’ve highlighted our favorite, no-to-be-missed titles below from authors like Elizabeth Strout, Liane Moriarty, Sally Rooney, Nicholas Sparks, and James Patterson, just to name a few. There are plenty of new releases to keep you reading happily all month long. Did you know you can place a hold on a book before it goes on sale? Simply print our September Coming Soon list, circle your favorites, and our librarians will take care of the reserve requests for you.
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
Haig’s anxiously awaited follow-up to The Midnight Library (2020) proves that it’s never too late to change your life. When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past. Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning. Available 9/3.
On the Hunt by Iris Johansen
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces a bold new heroine—and her search-and-rescue dog—as Kira Drake begins an international search for an elusive killer. Drake has come to Paris with her highly trained Golden Retriever, Mack, to investigate the horrific bombing of a museum in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. What she doesn’t know is that one powerful man has a special reason to find the person responsible.With more than 50 consecutive bestsellers to her name, Johansen’s latest is sure to follow suit. Available 9/3.
Passions in Death by J.D. Robb
On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the streets of Manhattan to the Down and Dirty club, where a joyful, boisterous pre-wedding girls’ night out has turned into a murder scene. Robb (Random in Death, 2024) expertly engineers another winning combination of twisty plotting, turbocharged pacing, and memorable characters in the fifty-ninth stellar entry in her wildly popular In Death series. Available 9/3.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
The House in the Cerulean Sea was one of the most beloved fantasies of 2020, and fans will be gratified by this heartfelt sequel. Arthur Parnassus knows how one can feel as an orphan—different, feared, and abused. Now as an adult, he ensures that the children under his care on Marsyas Island instead know love, happiness, and opportunity. With the love of his life, Linus Baker, by his side and close friends nearby, Arthur protects the children while giving them space to be themselves. Called before the Department in Charge of Magical Youth to talk about his past, Arthur finds himself pitted against those who believe magic is dangerous and don't want Arthur, his children, or those like them to be near "normal people." Will everything Arthur and Linus have created be destroyed? The emotional arcs are epic, taking readers from sadness to laughter, and the children sit front and center in the action. Available 9/10.
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
A woman upends strangers’ lives by predicting their deaths in the powerful latest from bestseller Moriarty (Apples Never Fall). Travelers aboard a delayed flight are already on edge when a woman stands, points at a fellow passenger, and pronounces, “I expect catastrophic stroke. Age seventy-two.” She moves down the aisle, foretelling the causes and ages of death of several more passengers before the cabin crew intervenes. She then sleeps until landing and disembarks as though nothing had happened. Most assume she has mental health problems—until one of her prognostications comes true three months later. Everyone is rattled, but none more than the other passengers she hit with premonitions. Moriarty’s meticulously plotted tale follows each of the doomed passengers as they reckon with their alleged fate. Moriarty has outdone herself in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel. Available 9/10.
Confronting the Presidents by Bill O’Reilly
From Washington to Jefferson, Lincoln to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Kennedy to Nixon, Reagan to Obama and Biden, the United States presidents have left lasting impacts on our nation. In Confronting the Presidents, O’Reilly and Dugard present 45 wonderfully entertaining and insightful portraits of each president, with no-spin commentary on their achievements―or lack thereof. This book will delight all readers of history, politics, and current affairs, especially during the 2024 election season. Available 9/10.
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?” Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything illuminates the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. Available 9/10.
The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
In this riveting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that may have been fatal. The authorities rule the death accidental, but Nora and her estranged brother Sam have other ideas. As Nora and Sam form an uneasy alliance to unravel the mystery, they start putting together the pieces of their father’s past and uncover a family secret that changes everything. With Laura Dave's trademark combination of soulful suspense and evocative family drama, The Night We Lost Him is a riveting page-turner with a heartbreaking final twist that you will never see coming. Available 9/17.
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
One of the most eagerly anticipated titles of the season, Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo follows a pair of brothers grieving their father’s death. An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love. Rooney's fourth novel (following Beautiful World, Where Are You) might be her best yet: a tale of depth and grand sweep, an understated study of characters caught circling the margin of some great and unknown thing, and a diversion of pure enjoyment, too. Rooney's title tells us these brothers, in their love and fury for one another, are at an in-between moment, as she carefully, brilliantly writes them out of it. Available 9/24.
Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks
Bestseller Sparks (The Longest Ride) brings all the emotion fans expect in his heart-tugging latest. Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather’s military footsteps to become an Army Ranger. His whole life has been spent abroad, and he is the proverbial rolling stone: happiest when off on his next adventure, zero desire to settle down. But when his grandmother passes away, her last words to him are “find where you belong.” She also drops a bombshell, telling him the name of the father he never knew—and where to find him. As these characters’ fates orbit closer together, none of them is expecting a miracle . . . but that may be exactly what is about to alter their futures forever. Available 9/24.
Lies He Told Me by James Patterson
Edgar Award-winning Ellis and Patterson team up again, after Escape, with a stand-alone suspense story. Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practices family law. When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, he’s celebrated as a hero on every news outlet. For most people, newfound fame is a lifeline. For David Bowers, it’s a death sentence. For Marcie Bowers, it’s a test. A wife knows the difference between a loving husband and father and a cold-blooded assassin. Right? Available 9/30.