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Autumn, with its cosy evenings and moody light, is made for curling up with a good book.

And with Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments, being released last week and the Booker Prize Shortlist being announced the week before, there are a heap of unputdownable books to dive into during the cooler months.

We’ve rounded up the best new books coming out over the next couple of months below to add to your reading list.

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Release date: September 10, 2019

Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated sequel to worldwide hit The Handmaids Tale picks up 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown with testimonies from three female narrators from Gilead.

You can read our full review of The Testaments here and buy it here.

Coventry: Essays by Rachel Cusk

Release date: September 17, 2019

In her first set of essays, Rachel Cusk explores womanhood, art and choices offering new insights on the themes at the heart of her fiction writing.

You can read our review of Coventry here and buy it here.

For the Record by David Cameron

Release date: September 19, 2019

Cameron’s much-delayed memoir of his time at number 10 has been released and addresses the key issues he faced as Prime Minister including, of course, Brexit.

You can buy For the Record here and read George Osborne’s review here.

Postscript by Cecelia Ahern

Release date: September 19, 2019

In March this year, author Cecelia Ahern revealed she was releasing a much-anticipated sequel to her novel PS, I Love You – a mere 15 years after it was released. Postscript will revisit the titular characters and catch up with Holly seven years after her husband’s death.

You can buy Postscript here.

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Release date: September 24, 2019

In 2015, it’s likely you heard the name Brock Turner. The Stanford University student was found guilty of five charges including rape and felony sexual assault on ‘Emily Doe’ – but served just three months in prison. Emily Doe’s victim statement went viral and now, Doe has revealed her identity as Chanel Miller, who has decided to step forward and write her story in Know My Name.

You can buy Know My Name here.

Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith

Release date: September 24, 2019

Following on from her first two memoirs, Just Kids and M Train (2010 and 2015 respectively), Year of the Monkey follows a different format in that it focusses solely on the year 2016 – a year Smith spent in solitude. In May, Smith wrote on Instagram: “I began writing it on New Year’s Day, 2016 in cafes, trains and strange motels by the sea, with no particular design, until page by page it became a book.”

You can buy Year of the Monkey here.

The Glossy Years: Magazines, Museums and selective Memoirs by Nicholas Coleridge

Release date: September 26, 2019

With a seemingly endless list of glossy mag closures over the past few years, Nicholas Coleridge reflects on his three decades at major publishing house Condé Nast – where he is currently the chairman. Offering an insider’s look on everyone from Anna Wintour to Beyoncé​, Coleridge muses on the changing worlds of fashion, journalism and British society.

You can read our full review of The Glossy Years here and buy it here.

Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq

Release date: September 26, 2019

While Houellebecq’s native French version was published in early January, the English version is just being released now. Evening Standard literary editor David Sexton wrote at the time: “The narrator, Florent-Claude Labrouste is yet another Houellebecq alter ego, the only child of parents who committed joint suicide, at 46 a man adrift.” We take a glimpse inside Labrouste’s dismantling life, and see that in the end, it’s only love that matters.

You can read our full review of Serotonin here and buy it here.

Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl by Jeannie Vanasco

Release date: October 1, 2019

When Jeannie Vanasco was a teenager, she was raped by a boy named Mark. In Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl, Jeannie reaches out to Mark 14 years later and speaks to him about how the rape has impacted his life as well as her own, as well as detailing her friendship with him before the rape and examining the language surrounding sexual assault.

You can buy Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl here.

Face It by Debbie Harry

Release date: October 1, 2019

Blondie’s frontwoman Debbie Harry recalls her life and career over the past seven decades, coupled with rare personal photos and even a retelling of her attempted abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy – this is not the average music memoir.

You can buy Face It here.

Grand Union by Zadie Smith

Release date: October 3, 2019

Famed writer Zadie Smith will publish her first short story collection this autumn containing ten new stories alongside ten of her best from the last two decades.

You can read our full review of Grand Union here and buy it here.

Me by Elton John

Release date: October 15, 2019

Off the back of Rocketman’s success, the film about Sir Elton John’s life, the singer is releasing an autobiography this October. John announced he was writing the ‘no-holds-barred’ autobiography back in 2016.

You can buy Me here.

Twas the Nightshift before Christmas by Adam Kay

Release date: October 17, 2019

Adam Kay’s debut book, This is Going to Hurt, revisited his former career as a junior doctor and became the bestselling non-fiction title of 2018. After winning multiple awards – including Book of the Year at the National Book Awards – Kay is back with more tales that take on a Christmas theme.

You can buy Twas the Nightshift before Christmas here.

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Release date: October 31, 2019

For fans of Strout’s Olive Kitterage, this sequel follows the titular character as she grows older, navigating the second half of her life with a second husband, estranged son and feelings of loss and loneliness.

You can buy Olive, Again here.

So Lucky by Dawn O’Porter

Release Date: October 31, 2019

The pressure of Instagram has been a hot topic lately – to live the perfect life and look the perfect way. Yet, while we’re scrolling through feeds of everyone’s highlight reel, it’s good to remember the reality can be quite different. Tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, this is the premise behind Dawn O’Porter's (author of bestselling novel, The Cows) new book. Three women who seem to have it all are really three women whose lives are falling apart behind the scenes.

You can buy So Lucky here.

The Witches are Coming by Lindy West

Release date: November 5, 2019

With her bestselling memoir, Shrill, being adapted into a TV series earlier this year starring SNL’s Aidy Bryant, Lindy West’s new non-fiction book examines the post-Me Too era that we’re in. From tracking misogyny and propaganda in the media to musings on ‘how the land of the free became Trump’s America’, expect a funny and incisive cultural critique.

You can buy The Witches are Coming here.