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The Big Books of Fall
Sara Nelson picks the season's literary hits—including new novels from Philip Roth, Vladimir Nabokov, and Dominick Dunne, Ted Kennedy’s memoir, and a sprawling biography of Ayn Rand.
Unless you spent your summer vacation locked in a catacomb inside the Vatican, you already know that the big book of the fall will be released next week—Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code sequel, The Lost Symbol. Whether that novel sells through its 6.5 million-copy first printing remains to be seen, and except for a few dribs and drabs leaked on some popular entertainment shows, no one has gotten an advance look. But you know what? There are many other titles coming this fall, and much is known about them. From the return of beloved novelists to long-awaited memoirs, here are 15 of the hottest books for fall.
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Sara Nelson is a critic for The Daily Beast and the former editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. She is the author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time.
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Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
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Sara Nelson is a critic for The Daily Beast and the former editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. She is the author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time.
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Sara Nelson is a critic for The Daily Beast and the former editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. She is the author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time.
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Sara Nelson is a critic for The Daily Beast and the former editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. She is the author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time.
You dropped Irving's name, but didn't mention his new book?
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