A preview of fiction titles we're looking forward to in the next nine months.

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Fiction Preview (11:39 )
 

      

        

There's a ton of great fiction titles coming out in the next 9 months. Here are our picks:

DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke
The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis
How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball
The Dream Life of Astronauts by Patrick Ryan
Dr. Knox by Peter Spiegelman
The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock
The Invoice by Jonas Karlsson
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Nix by Nathan Hill
Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Ballroom by Anna Hope
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
Dear Mr. M by Herman Koch
The Apartment: A Horror Story by S.L. Grey
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Angel Catbird, Vol. 1 by Margaret Atwood and Johnnie Christmas
Untitled Novel by Hannah Tinti
Ill Will by Dan Chaon

 

That brings us to the end of last full episode of Books on the Nightstand. THANK YOU to all of you who've been with us on this bookish journey, whether from episode 1 or episode 389. You  have all made this worthwhile!

-- Ann and Michael