This season's reading list includes new fiction from J.K. Rowling and Emma Donoghue, posthumous collections by Christopher Hitchens and David Foster Wallace, and more.

Fall is the most wonderful time of the year for book lovers: Publishers save their best titles for this season in an attempt to get their authors onto year-end best-of lists and holiday gift guides. This year brings a wide range of great books by authors old and new: the last writings of Christopher Hitchens and a debut novel by Emma Straub; the next installment in The Passage trilogy and J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults; Jessica Valenti's thoughts on parenting and Naomi Wolf's reflections on female anatomy; and more. Below, a look at the 20 titles we're most looking forward to: