9 New Books You Need To Read In September

Politics--real, fictional, literal, and metaphorical--are in the air this September. Whether it's the 2016 presidential election, the European refugee crisis, or the politics of race, class, faith, and identity, September's top authors are digging into the intricate, thorny questions of what it means to be a citizen of the world.

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Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss

In the parallel stories that make up Krauss’ latest novel, two Americans try to find themselves in the sometimes confusing, often disparate culture of Israel. Krauss’ prose is elegant, lending the philosophical and intellectual conversations around which the book revolves a soft-edged, ethereal feel.

Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss, $19, amazon.com on September 12.

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