Amazon.com announced its annual Big Fall Books Preview that features the most popular books readers choose to curl up with as the weather cools. The Amazon Books Editors read hundreds of titles to handpick their annual list of the hottest blockbusters of the season. The selection highlights the season’s most anticipated releases in genres including: biographies & memoirs, sports & outdoors, science fiction & fantasy, mysteries & thrillers, literature & fiction, humor & entertainment, hobbies & home, food & wine, comics & graphic novels, business & leadership, cookbooks, romance, nonfiction, history, and crafts—along with upcoming releases for kids and young adults.
Here is the list with the most popular books in fall 2015, in order of release date:
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter: More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different.
The Survivor: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle Mills: A blistering novel that picks up where The Last Man left off, The Survivor is a no-holds-barred race to save America…and Mitch Rapp’s finest battle.
M Train by Patti Smith: From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist.
Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton: Based on the blog with more than four million loyal fans, a beautiful, heartfelt, funny, and inspiring collection of photographs and stories capturing the spirit of a city.
Foreign Affairs by Stuart Woods: When he’s apprised at the last minute of a mandatory meeting abroad, Stone Barrington rushes off to Europe for a whirlwind tour of business and, of course, pleasure.
Hell’s Foundations Quiver by David Weber: The latest novel in Weber’s New York Times best-selling Safehold series.
See Me by Nicholas Sparks: Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. At 28, he’s focused on avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive in his earlier life.
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith: A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, it is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.
Corrupted: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel by Lisa Scottoline: Bennie Rosato is faced with a case from her past that shows her how differently things might have turned out.