We Don’t Talk about Carol By Kristen L. Berry

We Don’t Talk About Carol is a story of secrets, family, and the dangerous pull of what’s been buried too long.

After her grandmother’s death, Sydney Singleton uncovers a photograph of a girl who looks uncannily like her, only to learn it’s her aunt Carol, one of six Black girls who vanished in 1960s North Carolina.

For decades, the family has stayed silent about Carol’s disappearance. Now, as Sydney faces her own struggles with fertility and a faltering marriage, she’s determined to dig up the truth.

But chasing the past comes with a cost: years earlier, her fixation on another missing girl nearly broke her.

107 Days By Kamala Harris

I am eagerly awaiting this book release! In 107 Days, Kamala Harris offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most extraordinary campaigns in American history. When President Biden stepped aside in July 2024, Harris had just 107 days to win the presidency. With candor and urgency, she takes readers inside those chaotic, history-making months – the strategy, the pressure, and the personal stakes of becoming the first woman elected vice president and stepping into the race for the highest office.

No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder

In this book, journalist Rachel Snyder is pulling back the curtain on what stays hidden too often – showing how abuse inside the home connects to some of our biggest national crises – from mass shootings to mass incarceration.

Through the voices of survivors, perpetrators, and those on the front lines, Snyder dismantles the myths that keep us complacent: that victims can just leave, that abusers can’t change, that shelter is enough. This is a powerful, necessary investigation into the true scale of domestic violence and what it will take to end it.

All The Way To The River: Love, Loss, and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert is back with her first non-fiction book in over a decade! In this read, Gilbert tells the story of her greatest love and deepest undoing.

When friendship with Rayya turned into love, it also ignited old addictions and destructive patterns that nearly consumed them both.What began as devotion spiraled into chaos, but out of heartbreak came a reckoning and, ultimately, a hard-won freedom.This is a memoir about love, obsession, loss, and the painful road to liberation.

The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan

This real-life, true crime mystery began in the early 2000s and was revived in 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, by four suburban moms who swapped PTDA duties for investigating a decade-old double homicide in their own town.

With no training and nothing to lose, they dig into forbidden ravines, comb through crime scenes, and unearth secrets the police left behind.But as the stakes rise, so does the danger.

Part gripping mystery, part ode to reinvention, this is a thriller for every armchair sleuth who’s ever wondered: what if you could solve it?

Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking by Leonard Mlodinow

We’ve all been told that thinking rationally is the key to success. But at the cutting edge of science, researchers are discovering that feeling is every bit as important as thinking

In this book, author Leonard Mlodinow explores the science of emotion and its profound influence on how we make decisions, build relationships, and understand ourselves.

Blending cutting-edge research with human stories, he shows that emotions aren’t the enemy of reason; they’re actually essential to it.

The Wives: A Memoir by Simone Gorrindo

In The Wives, Simone Gorrindo shares her story of leaving New York City and entering the close-knit, often overlooked world of Army wives in Georgia.

With her husband frequently deployed, Simone leans on the women around her, finding friendship, strength, and a new understanding of marriage and community.

Both a love story and a portrait of resilience, this memoir reveals the quiet power of connection in a divided America.

A Witch’s Guide To Magical Inkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

Sera Swan was once one of Britain’s most powerful witches until a spell gone wrong cost her nearly all her magic.

Now exiled from the Guild, she runs a chaotic enchanted inn with her resurrected great-aunt and a mischievous talking fox.

When a handsome but aloof historian arrives with knowledge of a spell that could restore her power, Sera is pulled into a journey that’s equal parts magical mischief, second chances, and unexpected love.

This book is a heartwarming tale about found family, healing, and the magic of starting over.

 

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

On Shearwater, a remote island near Antarctica, Dominic Salt and his children guard the world’s largest seed bank until a violent storm brings Rowan, a mysterious woman, to their shore. As she recovers, Rowan begins to imagine a life with the Salts, but secrets lie just beneath the surface: sabotaged radios, a hidden grave, and truths neither Rowan nor Dominic are ready to face.

Wild Dark Shore is a haunting novel of isolation, survival, and the fierce love that drives us to protect one another as the world unravels.

What’s on your fall reading list?

That’s what’s stacked on my nightstand for the season, but now I’d love to hear from you!