Brandon Sanderson, whose epic 91裸聊视频淲ind and Truth91裸聊视频� is a highlight of the upcoming , sees nothing wrong with the idea of 91裸聊视频渆scapism.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just the ability to go to another world and relate to other people91裸聊视频檚 problems, problems that aren91裸聊视频檛 our problems. It91裸聊视频檚 a really valuable tool in our lives,91裸聊视频� the fantasy novelist told The Associated Press during a recent telephone interview. Sanderson91裸聊视频檚 fans have waited four years for 91裸聊视频淲ind and Truth,91裸聊视频� the 1,300-page fifth volume in his 91裸聊视频淪tormlight Archive91裸聊视频� fantasy series.

He acknowledges, with mixed feelings, that some will take relatively little time to finish it.

91裸聊视频淭hey will absolutely read it in two days, which feels both gratifying and a little horrifying,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淵ou put your heart and soul into something for so long, knowing that fans are going to be done in a couple of days and say, 91裸聊视频榃hen91裸聊视频檚 the next one?91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

The is expected to dominate headlines this fall, but booksellers look to Sanderson and others to sustain the wave of fantasy and the hybrid romantasy novels that have been selling strongly over the past few years. 91裸聊视频淲ind and Truth91裸聊视频� is among numerous anticipated works that include Jeff VanderMeer91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淎bsolution,91裸聊视频� Alan Moore91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Great When,91裸聊视频� Cecy Robson91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淏loodguard91裸聊视频� and Kerri Maniscalco91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭hrone of Secrets,91裸聊视频� the second installment of her 91裸聊视频淧rince of Sin91裸聊视频� series.

According to Circana, which tracks around 85% of the retail market, fantasy sales have been growing for the past five years and since last summer have jumped by nearly 75%, driven in part by the million-selling romantasy authors Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros.

91裸聊视频淭he fantasy subject is the top growth segment of the total U.S. print book market,91裸聊视频� says Circana analyst Brenna Conner, who cites the reader-driven sales of #BookTok as a strong factor. 91裸聊视频淚 also believe escapism is a component as more readers seek out stories with elements of escapism to counter daily stress and fatigue of the news cycle.91裸聊视频�

At Barnes & Noble, senior director of books Shannon DeVito notes that fantasy has expanded and diversified, blending horror and romance and mystery. She cites Maas and Yarros, and such upcoming releases as Frances White91裸聊视频檚 gay-themed 91裸聊视频淰oyage of the Damned,91裸聊视频� John Gwynn91裸聊视频檚 Norse-inspired 91裸聊视频淭he Fury of the Gods91裸聊视频� and Ann Liang91裸聊视频檚 mythical 91裸聊视频淎 Song to Drown Rivers.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 event-proof,91裸聊视频� DeVito says of fantasy and its offshoots. 91裸聊视频淚t doesn91裸聊视频檛 depend on news of the day.91裸聊视频�

Election fallout

decision not to seek reelection may have little effect on the fantasy market, but it upended the fall campaign and left a void in the publishing schedule: No one had time to work up in-depth books on the Democrats91裸聊视频� new nominee, . The best chance for revelations likely comes from Bob Woodward91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淲ar,91裸聊视频� which in Ukraine and the Middle East, but also promises insights on Harris and the presidential race.

Publishers of anti-Biden books are proceeding with scheduled fall releases, including 91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Biden Crime Family.91裸聊视频� Harris91裸聊视频� Republican opponent, has a book of photos coming, 91裸聊视频淪ave America,91裸聊视频� which on its cover has the AP91裸聊视频檚 image of him bloodied and raising his fist after the assassination attempt in July. His wife, former first lady Melania Trump, Donald Trump91裸聊视频檚 estranged niece and bestselling author, Mary Trump, returns with more family (horror) stories in 91裸聊视频淲ho Could Ever Love You.91裸聊视频�

H.R. McMaster, who served briefly as national security adviser during the Trump administration, has written 91裸聊视频淎t War With Ourselves.91裸聊视频� Onetime Trump opponent in the essay collection 91裸聊视频淪omething Lost, Something Gained.91裸聊视频� Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淒awn91裸聊视频檚 Early Light,91裸聊视频� for which GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrote the foreword, has been postponed until just after the election amid Republican efforts to distance themselves from the controversial blueprint for a second Trump term. But pre-election readers can consider recommendations from Joel B. Pollak91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 50 Days,91裸聊视频� with a foreword from Trump ally

Prose and poetry

is a story of grief and sibling rivalry from the author known for the best sellers 91裸聊视频淣ormal People91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淐onversations With Friends.91裸聊视频� Nobel laureate 91裸聊视频榮 91裸聊视频淭he Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story91裸聊视频� is the Polish91裸聊视频檚 author variation of the Thomas Mann classic 91裸聊视频淭he Magic Mountain.91裸聊视频� Nobelist of France combines memoir and images in 91裸聊视频淭he Use of Photography91裸聊视频� and perennial Nobel candidate expands on an early short story for 91裸聊视频淭he City and Its Uncertain Walls,91裸聊视频� which his Japanese publisher is calling 91裸聊视频渟oul-stirring, 100% pure Murakami world.91裸聊视频�

Pulitzer Prize winner 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淧layground91裸聊视频� touches upon everything from climate change to artificial intelligence, while another Pulitzer winner, Louise Erdrich, sets 91裸聊视频淭he Mighty Red91裸聊视频� on a North Dakota beet farm during the economic crash of 2008. In 91裸聊视频淭ell Me Everything,91裸聊视频� Pulitzer winner returns to fictional Crosby, Maine, and such friends from 91裸聊视频淥live Kitteridge91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频漁live, Again91裸聊视频� as the elderly title character and the scribe Lucy Barton.

91裸聊视频淚 never intended to write about them again. I think I keep bringing them back because they are so very well known to me,91裸聊视频� Strout says. 91裸聊视频淭hey feel almost as real as actual people. I know they91裸聊视频檙e not real people, but they feel like real people.91裸聊视频�

John Edgar Wideman blends fiction, history and memoir in 91裸聊视频淪laveroad,91裸聊视频� and Rebecca Godfrey91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淧eggy91裸聊视频� is a fictional take on the heiress-art collector Peggy Guggenheim that was completed by Leslie Jamison after Godfrey91裸聊视频檚 death in 2022. New fiction is also coming from Richard Price, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Kate Atkinson, Janet Evanovich, Rachel Kushner, Richard Osman, Tova Reich, Paula Hawkins, and Rumaan Alam.

began her career as a poet and her verse is collected in 91裸聊视频淧aper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023,91裸聊视频� while 91裸聊视频淏lues in Stereo91裸聊视频� features early work from the late Langston Hughes. Prize winners Paul Muldoon, Kimiko Hahn and Matthew Zapruder all have collections coming out, along with new books from Billy Collins, Ben Okri, Frank X Walker and E. Hughes.

91裸聊视频淒ear Yusef91裸聊视频� is a tribute to the celebrated poet Yusef Komunyakaa that includes contributions from Terrance Hayes, Major Jackson and Sharon Olds. 91裸聊视频淟atino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology91裸聊视频� compiles verse from the 17th century to the present.

Taylor-ed

Like all pop culture phenomena, from the Beatles to 91裸聊视频淪tar Wars,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频榮 appeal isn91裸聊视频檛 confined to a single art form. Her songs and her life have inspired young adult novels, children91裸聊视频檚 books and biographies and the wave continues.

Katie Cotugno91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淗eavy Hitter91裸聊视频� is an athlete/pop star romance based in part on Swift and NFL great Travis Kelce, while 91裸聊视频淭he 13 Days of Swiftness91裸聊视频� is a picture story for holiday shoppers who can chant such lines as 91裸聊视频�12 strings for strumming91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频�11 bracelets beaded.91裸聊视频�

The anthology 91裸聊视频淧oems for Tortured Souls91裸聊视频� includes verse from Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay and other alleged kindred souls of Swift91裸聊视频檚. Biographies/critical studies include the picture book 91裸聊视频淭aylor Swift: Wildest Dreams,91裸聊视频� by Erica Wainer and Joanie Stone, and Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淗eartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music.91裸聊视频�

The famous and near famous

91裸聊视频淔rom Here to the Great Unknown91裸聊视频� was nearly done before she died in 2023 and was completed by daughter . In 91裸聊视频淒idion and Babitz,91裸聊视频� Lili Anolik draws upon newly discovered letters as she contrasts the California bards and who died within days of each other in 2021 and whose lives, Anolik documents, were more entwined than previously known.

Celebrity books also will include 91裸聊视频榮 91裸聊视频淪onny Boy,91裸聊视频� Josh Brolin91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淔rom Under the Truck,91裸聊视频� Kelly Bishop91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Third Gilmore Girl91裸聊视频� and Connie Chung91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频滳onnie.91裸聊视频� shares stories-allegories-musings in 91裸聊视频淭he Last Dream91裸聊视频� and Neneh Cherry looks back on her life and music in 91裸聊视频淎 Thousand Threads.91裸聊视频�

Past and present

91裸聊视频淧atriot91裸聊视频� is a posthumous memoir from imprisoned Russian opposition leader Supreme Court Justice has written 91裸聊视频淟ovely One: A Memoir,91裸聊视频� Malcolm Gladwell returns to famous territory in and explores the power of stories, and misinformation, in 91裸聊视频淭he Message.91裸聊视频�

Numerous books draw upon racism in U.S. history and those who fought against it. David Greenberg91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淛ohn Lewis91裸聊视频� is a biography of the while Wright Thompson91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Barn91裸聊视频� promises new information on the murder of Emmett Till. Russell Cobb91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淕hosts of Crook County,91裸聊视频� like 91裸聊视频淜illers of the Flower Moon,91裸聊视频� tells of a white oil man in Oklahoma who seeks to steal Native property. In 91裸聊视频淭he Black Utopians,91裸聊视频� Aaron Robertson tracks a century of planned communities and asks, 91裸聊视频淲hat does utopia look like in black?91裸聊视频�