I'm Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times Book Review.

This is the Book Review podcast, and we're back.

We took the last few weeks of summer off, hopefully you had some time off as well.

I got to visit the Mount, which is Edith Warton's house in the Berkshires, which was stately

and beautiful and wonderful, and I bought some Edith Warton books there.

I also went to an amazing bookstore called Shaker Mill Books in West Stockbridge, which

I had visited years ago after I saw some classical music at Tanglewood, and I've been thinking

about the store for years, and I got back, and it was great, and I, of course, bought

way too many things.

It's September now, and the podcast is back.

School is in full swing, and it's time to get serious.

In today's episode, we discuss some books you should be looking out for this month, and

then, after the break, Stephen King joins us to talk about his new book, Holly, which

is a suspense novel starring what has quickly become one of his most recurring characters,

the private investigator Holly Gibney.

But first, Jumana Katee, an editor at the Book Review, will run through some exciting

September releases.

Jumana Katee, thank you so much for coming out on the Book Review podcast, as you often

do to talk about books that are coming out in the month ahead.

Hi, Gilbert.

It's always nice to be here.

I can't believe it's already been a month.

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