Amazon Editors Reveal Fall Books List

Amazon.com has announced a top ten list of books for the fall. Chris Schluep, a Senior Editor at Amazon.com books, calls it "one of the best seasons for literary novels to come along in several years."

Take a look at which books Amazon has chosen, and read our thoughts on each one.

Which one of these will you be reading and why? Let us know in the comments!

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"The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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[Tiffany Harris]

03:54 PM on 09/22/2011

"11/22/1963" sounds really good. I'll probably check that one out.
One that I'm looking forward to is "What Came First" by Carol Snow - http://www.carolsnow.com
I love her other novels, so hopefully this one will be just as good!

[rwilli1972]

09:44 PM on 09/12/2011

Other great reads: http://www.perspectivestv.com/lets-read

[Manuel Gwiazda]

02:40 PM on 08/28/2011

For me the only thing that counts are readers ratings between four and five stars, and not only from just one website. I do not trust editor and publisher reviews at all

[hagagaga]

07:22 PM on 08/16/2011

Looks like I'm just going to finish up the Dune chronicle.

[webbtx]

11:51 AM on 08/16/2011

None of these picks resonated with me. I like stories about contemporary issues faced by women today in a gender enhancing way; woman against man; woman against herself; and woman against nature (or the economy). None of these books seemed to feature women in contemporary United States settings. And, please, no more "mean girls grown up" stories about polarizing politicians either. Give us something inspiring to read about real women--young and old-- triumphing over real adversity as we see it everyday here in this nation.

[capt hastings]

07:03 PM on 08/17/2011

Room by Emma Donoghue may fit the bill for you.

[chrisfromky]

07:58 AM on 08/19/2011

Maybe you should branch out a bit and let go of your man hate.

[floydhowardjr]

08:15 AM on 08/16/2011

Amazon books may be business proficient but don't order a book and have to return it. You will not have timely service and may not get the refund. Word to the Wise.

[tohlourae]

01:35 AM on 08/16/2011

Maiden of Destiny (Book One of the Forgotten Gods Trilogy) by Lenny Fultz

Great Read!

[poeticjustice4all]

11:24 PM on 08/15/2011

Stephen King called himself "the McDonalds of of literature."

[rwilli1972]

09:54 PM on 08/15/2011

There are other great books out there as well. http://www.perspectivestv.com/lets-read

[kidjudas]

05:46 PM on 08/15/2011

Once again Stephen King "borrows" an idea from a previous work. First "The Simpsons Movie" became his "The Dome" and now he rips off "Replay" by Ken Grimwood and writes "11/22/63". I guess when you've got a big enough swagger in the lit world, publishers don't care about creativity- even if you get caught.

[Balancement]

02:46 PM on 08/15/2011

All of these are from major publishing houses--already with a ton of marketing dollars behind them. There were approximately 300,000 new titles published last year in the United States alone--and these 10 books will get plenty of attention.

But there are a startling array of excellent, excellent books published each year, which is why I rely on The Bloomsbury Review--their mission is to review a lot of those genuinely supreb titles that *don't* get the marketing dollars and fly under the mainstream review media.

The Bloomsbury Review struggles to survive issue after issue, and has for over 30 years, because it doesn't get much support from publishers--but they believe in what they do. If you're looking for something extraordinary that hasn't received the attention it deserves, and likely won't, you really should consider looking into it. It's a genuine service to those remarkable authors who are all-too-often overlooked. www.bloomsburyreview.com

And no, I don't get paid for bringing this up. I just admire the hell out of them.

[kareemachan]

11:49 AM on 08/14/2011

Spam.

[Scuzzi]

04:54 PM on 08/10/2011

And how much do the publishers pay to get their books on this list I wonder?

[Mari Malcolm]

04:33 PM on 08/11/2011

Our Top 10 Editors' Picks list and all the books in our Fall Books Preview were independently selected by the Amazon Books Editorial team, based on our early reads and advanced reviews. We focused on books being released from August through early November.You can find more of our picks across several categories here: http://www.amazon.com/fallbooks

Let us know if you think we missed anything major!

[Balancement]

02:58 PM on 08/15/2011

Where do we start? And how much space will Huffpo give us?

[SarahCollinsHonenberger]

10:17 PM on 08/18/2011

These don't look like literary fiction to me. Portals to other worlds, and sports, and mostly male authors; not very representative without any small press books either.

[aurora97]

04:07 PM on 08/10/2011

I'll be definitely reading Haruki Murakami since I like him very much,

[Mahi Joe]

05:27 PM on 08/11/2011

I'm with you. Love this guy's works.

[WYHKTai-Tai]

12:28 AM on 08/14/2011

Yes, that one looks to be good, and the Michael Lewis one. Good finds.

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

05:36 PM on 08/10/2011

FLagged

[bearchao]

06:35 PM on 08/10/2011

SPAMMER...FLAGGED