Amazon's fall list drops

The new Kindle bestseller list is full of books readers stay up past bedtime for, from Sarah J. Maas to Ann Patchett to a YA rugby romance.

Verity, soon on screens

Colleen Hoover's thriller hits theaters October 2 with Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson. Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh is hired to finish a bestselling series and moves into the author's family home.

The manuscript changes everything

Lowen finds an autobiographical manuscript Verity wrote before an accident left her incapacitated. The family's secrets spill out, and nothing after that feels reliable.

“I finished the book with more questions than answers, and I actually love that.”

Stockett returns after 17 years

The Calamity Club is Kathryn Stockett's first novel since The Help in 2009. It's set in Oxford, Mississippi, in the 1930s.

An orphanage and a plan

Abandoned on Christmas Eve, 11-year-old Meg Lefleur lands in the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum under an abusive chairwoman. Birdie Calhoun arrives in town broke, meets ex-con Charlie, and a rescue plan forms.

“A deeply heartfelt story about resilient women finding hope, friendship, family and strength.”

Patchett's museum reunion

In Whistler, Daphne Fuller runs into her former stepfather Eddie Triplett at the Met. They haven't spoken in decades, not since one dreadful night ended things.

The people who shape you

As Daphne and Eddie reconnect, they remember how close they were. It's a study of how someone can mark your life without ever knowing it.

“Those who leave your life are usually the ones that mold you into who you are.”

Rugby star, new girl

Binding 13 opens Chloe Walsh's Boys of Tommen series. Johnny Kavanagh is the school's rugby star hiding an injury that could end his career, and Shannon Lynch is the new girl with a rough home life.

Why readers binge Tommen

A run-in on Shannon's first day sets off the drama. Woman's World editor Carissa Mosness calls the series one of the best she's read in years.

“The spice, humor, heart and found family made it hard to put down.”

Feyre kills a wolf

In A Court of Thorns and Roses, 19-year-old huntress Feyre shoots a wolf and a dangerous creature comes to collect her, dragging her into the magical world of Prythian.

The Spring Court and the shadow

Feyre lands in a castle with Tamlin, the handsome faerie Lord of the Spring Court. A shadow is stirring elsewhere, and she may be the only one who can stop it.

“My only wish would be to read it as if it was my first time.”

Evelyn Hugo's real ask

Journalist Monique Grant thinks she's writing an article about the Hollywood legend. Evelyn actually wants her full biography, including the truth about seven marriages and actress Celia St. James.

Mad Mabel's neighbors don't know

Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick, 81, lives quietly in suburban Melbourne. Decades ago she was convicted of murder as a child, and nobody on the street has any idea.

Suspect again at 81

When a neighbor dies unexpectedly, Mabel's past surfaces and she becomes the prime suspect. She has to prove her innocence while the community turns on her.

“Mabel is quirky, funny, complicated and completely unforgettable.”