9 new books to read this fall

Grab your library list—these are the new fall books we're most excited about.

Grab your library list -- this are the fall books we're most excited about
The Marvels
By Brian Selznick

 

A book by the author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret is an event, and Selznick’s latest—a story of an 18th century shipwreck, told mostly in pictures, twined with a seemingly unrelated tale of late 20th century London, told mostly in prose—is worth the hype.

 

 

 

He’s explored Greek and Egyptian mythology; now the Percy Jackson author turns his attention to Norse myths.

 

Leo: A Ghost Story
By Mac Barnett

 

 

Leo knows he’d make a wonderful friend, if only he could find someone who doesn’t immediately race off in terror when he bids a ghostly “hello.”

 

 

 

Beard’s sprawling, bawdy history of the Roman empire features the usual suspects (Caesar, Nero) as well as a host of ordinary folks that don't always show up in history, including bakers, jokers, and women.

 

 

 

 

Carry On: A Novel
By Rainbow Rowell

 

 

Following up on the success of Fangirl, Rowell returns to the world of Simon Snow, this time in a story focused on the boy wizard himself.

 

 

 

The Pigeon creator heads to Paris with his first chapter book about a homebody dog who meets a wandering cat and finds true friendship.

 

 

What is life like for the teenagers who aren’t the ones destined to battle evil forces? Ness’s protagonists have bigger problems than preventing the end of the world or falling in love with vampires—problems like getting a date for prom and passing biology.

 

 

A little boy makes two friends to help him cope with his fears about his new house in this delightfully illustrated picture book.

 

Lenny & Lucy
By Philip C. Stead

 

 

Riggs wraps up the quirky trilogy that started with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.


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