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21 Books to Curl Up With This Fall

Here are our top picks for the best new fiction and nonfiction as the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns crisp.
As the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns crisp, sometimes nothing is more enticing than the lure of a good book. The Newsweek staff has curated a list of recent and soon-to-be published titles that are sure to please—from thrillers and literary fiction to memoirs, history and pop culture. Here are our top picks for the best new fiction and nonfiction.
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As the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns crisp, sometimes nothing is more enticing than the lure of a good book.

The Newsweek staff has curated a list of recent and soon-to-be published titles that are sure to please—from thrillers and literary fiction to memoirs, history and pop culture.

Here are our top picks for the best new fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction

The Swallows By Lisa Lutz Ballantine | $27 The author of The Passenger returns with a twisty mystery that unfolds at a New England prep school. With a memorable cast of characters and more than a few secrets, Lutz’s latest is a turbocharged tale for our times.Ballantine

The Swallows By Lisa LutzBallantine | $27

The author of The Passenger returns with a twisty mystery that unfolds at a New England prep school. With a memorable cast of characters and more than a few secrets, Lutz's latest is a turbocharged tale for our times.

The Gifted School By Bruce Holsinger Riverhead Books | $26 A tight-knit group of friends living in an idyllic, progressive Colorado town starts to unravel when a school catering to gifted students is slated to open its doors in this prescient novel. Just how far would a parent go to get their child admitted? Riverhead Books

The Gifted School By Bruce HolsingerRiverhead Books | $26

A tight-knit group of friends living in an

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