11 Fall Books You Need To Know About

We get so many books in the mail, you wouldn't believe. I know, your heart bleeds for us. Most of them, to be brutal yet honest, merit little more than a cursory look followed by careful placement into the donation pile, but hidden among the piles of coal are also perfect-bound diamonds of the purest shimmer.

Here are our favorite ethically sourced jewels from the past few weeks.

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[Disketta]

08:31 PM on 12/05/2011

I loved In Other Worlds.

[Ajax Johnson]

06:16 PM on 12/05/2011

Only Fall book I can think of is "Humpty Dumpty"

[empress trudy]

03:45 PM on 12/05/2011

What an odd disjoint Ritalin challenged list you concocted.

[Dave Astor]

01:03 PM on 12/05/2011

If Margaret Atwood's new nonfiction book is even half as good as her novels, it will be good indeed!

[Annemarie Dooling]

11:24 AM on 12/11/2011

Heard good things.

[Dave Astor]

01:48 PM on 12/11/2011

Thanks, Annemarie! I've read all of Margaret Atwood's "speculative fiction" novels ("The Handmaid's Tale," "Oryx and Crake," and "The Year of the Flood"), so I think I'm ready to read "In Other Worlds"!

[iczlite]

11:45 PM on 12/04/2011

I like the "Hoarders" book. I think I'm going to order 125 copies for myself.

[Brent M Kelley]

12:00 AM on 12/04/2011

Everybody should read Chuggie and the Desecration of Stagwater.
http://www.amazon.com/Chuggie-Desecration-Stagwater-Michael-Kelley/dp/0615571042/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322974662&sr=8-1

[dahpunkster]

06:56 PM on 12/03/2011

loose diamonds by amy ephron very cute and full of sweet and bitter notes with splashes of stevie nicks all over the place :)

I am half sick of shadows which from what I read looks pretty good....

[ESerafina42]

05:49 PM on 12/03/2011

On A Study in Sherlock: "Flawed but fun for anyone who aches for more Holmes than Conan Doyle could create, this pipeful of tales from writers including Neil Gaiman and Laura Lippman is entertaining enough to honor the memory of the greatest-ever detective."
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What do you mean, "honor the memory"? Are you suggesting that he's dead?

[Gilatfirst]

03:45 PM on 12/03/2011

There's a great book, a novel, I got on Amazon called ACROSS 7TH STREET.... Warm, funny, romantic, dramatic....you really should check it out. You're gonna love it.

[Justine Me]

03:33 PM on 12/03/2011

read the true book------­-Popsicle Toes-True story of growing up as the victim of the Bartow Florida Mall Rapist--[N­OOK Book]---TH­IS IS A CRAZY STORY IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT YET------ its on barnes and noble at bn.com----­---

this is the Overview of the book---

This is the true life story of a little girl who becomes a victim as a baby of unspeakabl­e child abuse from a half brother who is much older than her. He begins grabbing up his baby sister Anne out of her bed taking her to his room and raping her while both parents are passed out drunk. The story only gets worse as the abuse continues until the half brother (Danny) gets arrested for raping and kidnapping women by knife point at a mall. As a teen, Danny vandalized grave yards, raped, tortured and abused both animals and his siblings. (Editor's Note: This book contains mature, graphic content)

[gregbelter]

03:20 PM on 12/03/2011

I've had seven books published, but have become terrified people would buy them and think I was nuts. I mean that. I got lucky with a connection in the film industry who will be reviewing them now.

gregbelter
Books I like: About the spirit world and psychic energy.

[KOPman]

02:55 PM on 12/03/2011

Since people posting on here are recommending their favorite books irrespective of whether they're new releases or not, I'll recommend one of mine. One of my very favorite works of fiction is "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy. It is beautifully written(but not an easy read), extremely violent(the most violent work of fiction I've ever read) but written in gorgeous prose and set in the American southwest of 1849. Brilliant...but not for the timid!!!!!

[LittleWeloosMom]

03:45 PM on 12/03/2011

I am reading that now. Really good so far.

[KOPman]

05:36 PM on 12/03/2011

Glad you're enjoying it thus far! The first time I read it I was blown away.......could not get the imagery of the novel out of my head for days afterwards. I also recommend "Suttree" also by McCarthy. Very different...but a great character study. "Child of God", also by McCarthy is very good as well, and just as disturbing as "Blood Meridian".

[Dave Astor]

01:07 PM on 12/05/2011

Agree with your very eloquent and accurate description of "Blood Meridian." A scary, and scary good, read!

[KOPman]

05:07 PM on 12/05/2011

Thanks!!!

[ex1machina]

02:42 PM on 12/03/2011

If you like horror with a dose of otherworldly fantasy (think Niel Gaiman meets Chuck Palahniuk's horror works), please consider checking out my novel on Amazon & B&N: Mephistopolis. (You can read about 40 pages of it on Amazon.) Thx. =]

[Michael Howe]

02:37 PM on 12/03/2011

Ridiculous headline. A compilation of musings from Atwood is absolutely not a "masterpiece of science fiction".

[benne841]

02:36 PM on 12/03/2011

11/22/63 is without doubt the best fiction novel I have read in years.

[kcenzer]

02:55 PM on 12/03/2011

Absolutely Right! Just finished it and blubbered like an idot for an hour! I was so caught up with the characters and the plot was magnificent. King's besrt work in some time, I think. I love him as a author anyway, but he out did himself ( which is pretty hard to do considering the classics he's written ) but this is in a class all by itself. Fabulous!