What Are We Reading? Our Staff’s First Fall Picks

By Rachel Tran | September 3 2024 | NewsStaff Picks

We’re saying goodbye to summer and welcoming the cooler days ahead with these first staff picks for fall. What are we reading? Scroll to find out!

Rachel's Pick

An Academy for Liars
An Academy for Liars
Alexis Henderson
A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed author of The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger.
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Miriam's Pick

I, Rigoberta Menchú
I, Rigoberta Menchú
An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Rigoberta Menchú
A Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on poverty, injustice, and the struggles of Mayan communities in Guatemala, offering “a fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people” (The Times)
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Sharnell's Pick

The Unmothers
The Unmothers
A Novel
Leslie J. Anderson
“The Unmothers is a triumph of folk horror that will gratify lovers of Midsommar and The Handmaid's Tale.”—Library Journal, starred reviewIn this raw and lyrical folk horror novel, a journalist sent to a small town begins to unravel a dark secret that the women of the town have been keeping for generations.
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Elizabeth's Pick

Water, Water
Water, Water
Poems
Billy Collins
From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous and personal new collection of poems about the joys and mysteries of daily life"Collins remains the most companionable of poetic companions." —The New York Times
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Jen C.'s Pick

Every Valley
Every Valley
The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah
Charles King
From New York Times bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Charles King, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel’s Messiah"A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure."—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World"A book of power and glory, brimming with emotion and dazzling in its reach."—Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra and The Revolutionary
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Maureen's Pick

The Empusium
The Empusium
A Health Resort Horror Story
Olga Tokarczuk
The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas.
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Kate's Pick

The Ancients
The Ancients
A Novel
John Larison
A richly imagined, sweeping novel of hope, love, and adventure set in the unforgiving world of our own descendants, by the acclaimed author of WHISKEY WHEN WE’RE DRY
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Kelly's Pick

Okay, Now What?
Okay, Now What?
How to Be Resilient When Life Gets Tough
Kate Gladdin
From life coach Kate Gladdin, this easy-to-follow, three-step plan for how to bravely face life’s unexpected challenges is the foolproof solution to developing resilience.
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