Lit-fic lovers, this month is for you!

A number of fan-favorite wordsmiths return to store shelves in September 2022.

Keep scrolling to check out the 61 most anticipated books of September 2022 below.

A selection of the best books coming out in September 2022.

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1

Broken Summer

Sept. 1

In this new novel from South Korean literary giant J.M.

As he reads, hes is drawn back into his memories of a deadly summer.

‘Broken Summer’ by J.M. Lee

2

Running to Fall

Sept. 6

FromSpeaking of Summerauthor Kalisha Buckhanon comesRunning to Fall.

But will the curse be lifted, or is that just wishful thinking?

10

Be the Serpent

The 16th installment in Seanan McGuires October Daye series is out this month.

‘Running to Fall’ by Kalisha Buckhanon

Can these women keep Ithaca at peace, or are their efforts doomed from the start?

Abrams originally published the book about 20 years ago, and theyve beenout of print in recent years.

(Read an excerpt of the book here.)

‘Gallows Hill’ by Darcy Coates

He was made to be hers… but are they meant to be?

There, Sara gets swept up in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement and finds new love.

This time around, however, the Tribe has been compromised.

‘A Visible Man’ by Edward Enninful

But can she put an end to the violence before its too late?

24

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton the cartoonist behindStep Aside, PopsandHark!

Looking back on the experience, Beaton examines the true cost of her labor.

‘The Most Likely Club’ by Elyssa Friedland

30

The Depths

Addie was reluctant to accompany her mother on her honeymoon to Eulalie Island.

Now, the islands reluctant to let Addie leave.

Can she escape before its too late?

‘The Fortunes of Jaded Women’ by Carolyn Huynh

Passing for white affords some safety to Rose, a Latine flapper who aspires to run her own speakeasy.

Three powerful allies have spent the last year rehabilitating Nona and trying to figure out who she really is.

Tender, funny, and evocative,It Wont Always Be Like Thisis a must-read this fall.

‘The Weight of Blood’ by Tiffany D. Jackson

Now popular and famous!

Kat has the community shes always wanted.

Everythings going fine… until Wells comes to town and opens a competing business right across the street.

‘What We Fed to the Manticore’ by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

But as her story collides with the others, Nellies already tenuous security becomes even more strained.

57

The Furrows

When C was 12 years old, her 7-year-old brother, Wayne, vanished.

Over the years, C swears she sees Waynes face in myriad crowds.

‘The Interpreter’s Daughter’ by Teresa Lim

61

The Genesis of Misery

Only saints have the power to meld and shape holystone.

Saints… and those with a terminal mental illness, called voidmadness.

This article was originally published onSep.

‘Be the Serpent’ by Seanan McGuire

‘Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix’ by Anna-Marie McLemore

‘Sacrificio’ by Ernesto Mestre-Reed

‘Ithaca’ by Claire North

‘The Marriage Portrait’ by Maggie O’Farrell

‘Killers of a Certain Age’ by Deanna Raybourn

‘On the Rooftop’ by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

‘The Sunbearer Trials’ by Aiden Thomas

‘Rules of Engagement’

‘Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match’ by Sally Thorne

‘The Two Lives of Sara’ by Catherine Adel West

‘Do You Take This Man’ by Denise Williams

‘They Come at Knight’ by Yasmin Angoe

‘Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us’ by Rachel Aviv

‘Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands’ by Kate Beaton

‘People Person’ by Candice Carty-Williams

‘Silver Under Nightfall’ by Rin Chupeco

‘How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water’ by Angie Cruz

‘A Girlhood: Letter to My Transgender Daughter’ by Carolyn Hays

‘As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow’ by Zoulfa Katouh

‘The Depths’ by Nicole Lesperance

‘All That’s Left Unsaid’ by Tracey Lien

‘Bliss Montage’ by Ling Ma

‘Bindle Punk Bruja’ by Desideria Mesa

‘Nona the Ninth’ by Tamsyn Muir

‘Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions’ by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

‘I’m the Girl’ by Courtney Summers

‘The Backstreets’ by Perhat Tursun

‘It Won’t Always Be Like This’ by Malaka Gharib

‘Drunk on Love’ by Jasmine Guillory

‘A Cigarette Lit Backwards’ by Tea Hacic-Vlahovic

‘Rust in the Root’ by Justina Ireland

‘The Book of Goose’ by Yiyun Li

‘Woman of an Uncertain Age’ by Priya Malhotra

‘The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers’ by Adam Sass

‘The Kiss Curse’ by Erin Sterling

‘Lucy by the Sea’ by Elizabeth Strout

‘Shrines of Gaiety’ by Kate Atkinson

‘Soul of the Deep’ by Natasha Bowen

‘How to Succeed in Witchcraft’ by Aislinn Brophy

‘Forestfall’ by Lyndall Clipstone

‘Leech’ by Hiron Ennes

‘Foul Lady Fortune’ by Chloe Gong

‘House of Hunger’ by Alexis Henderson

‘Concerning My Daughter’ by Kim Hye-jin

‘Creep’ by Lygia Day Peñaflor

‘Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories’ by Kelly Ripa

‘The Furrows’ by Namwali Serpell

‘Best of Friends’ by Kamila Shamsie

‘Well, That Was Unexpected’ by Jesse Q. Sutanto

‘Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm’ by Laura Warrell

‘The Genesis of Misery’ by Neon Yang