Southern Woman Book Society - New Releases We Can't Wait To Read This Fall!

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

Literary Fiction

A triple timeline tale from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, Cloud Cuckoo Land tells the story of four characters amid siege in their own times and how each relates to the story of Aethon, miraculously preserved through generations, while showing the interconnectedness we share as a human race.

The Family Plot

Megan Collins

Mystery/Thriller

Dahlia Lighthouse returns to the secluded family home of her true crime–obsessed family upon the death of her father, only to discover that someone has already been buried in his grave— her twin brother who disappeared when they were only 16. Dahlia wades through her own horror and grief to find the answers for which she’s been searching for a decade.

Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead

Historical Fiction

Set in New York City in the 1960s, Harlem Shuffle tells of the struggles of one man, fighting against his past while fighting for his future. On the outside, Ray Carney is an upstanding member of the community, selling quality home furniture, but his crooked past seeps into his life more and more causing him to question if he can manage his double life.

True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant

Brad Ricca

Nonfiction

This real-life version of Raiders of the Lost Ark tells the true story of Monty Parker and his secret 1909 expedition to find the Ark of the Covenant. The book is the first retelling of the adventures of the eclectic group that set out on the journey of a lifetime.

Eight Perfect Hours

Lia Louis

Romance

Two strangers, stranded by a blizzard, spend eight wonderful hours together—until the roads clear the next morning and they go their separate ways. Noelle and Sam are positive they’ll never see each other again, but fate has other plans.

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