Summer may be the season to relax with a beach read, but autumn is high time for new blockbuster novels.
Amazon editors broke down the 20 most anticipated books of fall 2014.
From household author names like George R. R. Martin and Jodi Picoult to famous faces like Amy Poehler and Neil Patrick Harris, these are the 20 books everyone should pick up this fall.
They are listed here in order of release date.
"The Long Way Home" by Louise Penny
When we last saw Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, he had retired to a small town in Canada. And that's where readers will find him in "The Long Way Home"— that is, until his neighbor Clara begs the ex-homicide detective to come out of retirement and find her missing husband.
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"Personal" by Lee Child
Retired military cop Jack Reacher is back in "Personal," this time working for the State Department and the CIA after the French President is assassinated. Teamed with CIA analyst Casey Nice, together they must stop the assassin before he murders another world leader at an upcoming G-8 summit.
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"Edge of Eternity" by Ken Follett
The much-anticipated finale to "The Century Trilogy," Follett's readers once again delve into the realm of historical fiction, this time in the 1960s through the '80s. American, German, English, Russian, and Welsh characters all struggle with Civil Rights, the Cold War, and world politics in this gripping, truly epic novel.
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