Best New Books: Week of September 29, 2020

The following books, published this week, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist!

Adult Fiction

★ All Scot and Bothered, by Kerrigan Byrne

★ Battle Ground, by Jim Butcher

★ The Book of Lamps and Banners, by Elizabeth Hand

★ Come Home, Indio, by Jim Terry

★ A Deadly Education, by Naomi Novik

★ Her Night with the Duke, by Diana Quincy

★ Jack, by Marilynne Robinson

★ The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

★ The Sleeping Nymph, by Ilaria Tuti and translated by Ekin Oklap

★ The Three Mrs. Wrights, by Linda Keir

Adult Nonfiction

★ Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, by David S. Reynolds

★ Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity, by Frances Palmer

Youth Fiction

★ Bunheads, by Misty Copeland and illustrated by Setor Fiadzigbey

★ Donut Feed the Squirrels, by Mika Song

★ Dungeon Critters, by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter

★ Finding Balance, by Kati Gardner

★ Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It, by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkey