(Oct. 5)

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen has done it again.

Oh, and it’s the first in a trilogy, so gird your loins.

(Oct. 12)

On Animals by Susan Orlean

The beloved writer (and tweeter!)

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Penguin

turns to nonfiction with this essay collection that profiles and meditates over the human-animal relationship.

The real-life inspiration is clear, but this version is way more fun.

(Oct. 12)

Oh William!

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Catapult

It is, like every Strout novel, completely delightful.

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Bloomsbury

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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HarperCollins

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Penguin

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Simon and Schuster

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St. Martin’s Press

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‘Oh, William!,’ by Elizabeth Strout.Random House

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Penguin