What it’s about: In this short, timely novel set in the near future, five people gather in a Manhattan apartment on Super Bowl Sunday and experience a catastrophic event. “The Silence,” by Don DeLillo (Scribner, fiction, on sale Oct. The buzz: “This is a tough, triumphant memoir,” says Publishers Weekly.ĥ. What it’s about: The fashion model and Muay Thai fighter charts her journey from self-loathing to self-love, sharing how she overcame an eating disorder and built confidence through martial arts. “Knockout,” by Mia Kang (Abrams Press, nonfiction, on sale Oct.

The buzz: “Even readers who aren’t fans of horror will appreciate this bighearted story,” says a starred review from Publishers Weekly.Ĥ. What it’s about: This queer, metafictional horror-comedy centers on a New England boarding school for girls, which was shuttered in the early 1900s after a spate of mysterious deaths and ends up back in the news a century later. Danforth illustrated by Sara Lautman (William Morrow, fiction, on sale Oct. The buzz: “A major biography that redeems Plath from the condescension of easy interpretation,” says a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.ģ.

What it’s about: This meticulously researched and lengthy biography of a much-romanticized poet promises to paint the full portrait of a complex woman and her remarkable literary achievements. “Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath,” by Heather Clark (Knopf, nonfiction, on sale Oct.

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