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What New Book Should You Read This Fall?

Acclaimed essayist Sloane Crosley's debut novel _The Clasp_ centers around three friends in their late 20s who went their separate ways after college, but are reunited when they attend a mutual friend's wedding. When they hear a story about a necklace that mysteriously vanished in France, they set off on a grand adventure across America and France to find it and the connection they once had with each other. At turns funny and tender, _The Clasp_ will warm your heart during the coldest parts of autumn.  
Publication date: [Oct. 6, 2015](http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374124410)

_The Clasp_ by Sloane Crosley

Valeria Luiselli's _The Story of My Teeth_ follows an auctioneer known as Highway as he makes his way through Mexico City. Highway prides himself on being a storyteller, which means that he is not always so honest about the items he sells – including several peculiar sets of teeth. A quirky and charming meditation on art, value, and truth, _The Story of My Teeth_ will delight you as the leaves change color.  
Publication date: [Sept. 15, 2015](http://coffeehousepress.org/shop/the-story-of-my-teeth/)

_The Story of My Teeth_ by Valeria Luiselli

Margaret Atwood's _The Heart Goes Last_ is the newest novel by the acclaimed author of _The Handmaid's Tale_ and many other award-winning works. The fourth installment in the Positron series, _The Heart Goes Last_ is the story of a married couple who must find a way to survive in extremely dire economic times. In desperation, they join The Positron Project in the town of Consilience, where residents alternate every month between living in comfortable homes and working as inmates in the prison. Dark and chilling as the autumn evening, _The Heart Goes Last_ will make you reflect on our society.  
Publication date: [Sept. 29, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/251269/the-heart-goes-last-by-margaret-atwood/)

_The Heart Goes Last_ by Margaret Atwood

Anthony Marra, author of the award-winning _A Constellation of Vital Phenomena_, returns with _The Tsar of Love and Techno_, a short story collection set in past and present Russia. The characters in these interlinked stories are everyone from former gulag prisoners to actresses to Communist censors – and are often connected in surprising ways, making the collection feel more like a multifaceted novel than a set of stories. A portrait of a country touched by loss, _The Tsar of Love and Techno_ is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit that will inspire you this season.  
Publication date: [Oct. 6, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/220154/the-tsar-of-love-and-techno-by-anthony-marra/)

_The Tsar of Love and Techno_ by Anthony Marra

Chinelo Okparanta's debut novel _Under the Udala Trees_ is inspired by traditional Nigerian folklore and set against the backdrop of Nigeria's civil war. An eleven-year-old girl is sent away for her safety as war and violence begin to tear the country apart, but falls in love with someone taboo – a girl from a different community – and is forced to hide what she feels. Deeply moving and powerful, _Under the Udala Trees_ is a commentary on identity, prejudice, and forbidden love that will break your heart this fall.  
Publication date: [Sept. 22, 2015](http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Under-the-Udala-Trees/9780544003446)

_Under the Udala Trees_ by Chinelo Okparanta

In _Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights_, acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie spins classic mythology to fit modern times, showing off his talents as a master storyteller. After New York City is struck by an unusual storm, its inhabitants begin to experience magic and mischief, unknowingly playing a part in an epic battle between good and evil that will last 1001 nights. Imaginative and often humorous, _Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights_ will transport you to another realm this autumn.  
Publication date: [Sept. 8, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/253057/two-years-eight-months-and-twenty-eight-nights-by-salman-rushdie/)

_Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights_ by Salman Rushdie

Claire Vaye Watkins, author of the award-winning short story collection _Battleborn_, returns with a debut novel set in the future in a California made unlivable by severe drought. A young couple has learned to survive in an abandoned mansion on rations and scavenged sustenance, but a run-in with a mysterious child leads them on a dangerous search for a better life to the east. Watkins' brilliant writing in _Gold Fame Citrus_ will scorch you just when you thought summer was over.  
Publication date: [Sept. 29, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318277/gold-fame-citrus-by-claire-vaye-watkins/)

_Gold Fame Citrus_ by Claire Vaye Watkins

Acclaimed novelist Jonathan Franzen returns with _Purity_, a sweeping, epic novel about a young girl named Purity "Pip" Tyler who is searching for her father and her identity. A run-in with an activist from Germany lands Pip with an internship at a collective in Bolivia called The Sunlight Project that exposes secrets those in power would rather keep hidden, but those at TSP seem to have secrets of their own as well. Complex, globe-trotting, and provocative, _Purity_ is one of the most anticipated books this fall.  
Publication date: [Sept. 1, 2015](http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374239213)

_Purity_ by Jonathan Franzen

Lauren Groff, author of the best-sellers _Arcadia_ and _The Monsters of Templeton_, is back with _Fates and Furies_, a multi-layered portrait of a seemingly perfect marriage that unravels over the course of two decades. Told from both sides, _Fates and Furies_ is wholly complex, dramatic, and riveting – an exploration of love, betrayal, perception, and the destructive power of secrets. Groff's novel's crackling energy makes it the perfect read for fall.  
Publication date: [Sept. 15, 2015](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318608/fates-and-furies-by-lauren-groff/)

_Fates and Furies_ by Lauren Groff

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