10 Best Books To Read In September

The last official day of summer is September 23, so you still have a few more weeks to soak up the season. September 6 is also National Read A Book Day, so now is the perfect time to head outside and enjoy a great book. If you're looking for recommendations, we've got you covered.

This month's reading list is a mix of picks from Patch staffers and Amazon editors. We've got beach reads, thrillers, historical fiction, memoirs and everything in between. If you like to read, you're going to love these books. Happy reading!

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#1 "Opioid, Indiana" by Brian Allen Carr

After the death of his parents, 17-year-old Riggle is sent to live with his uncle in an impoverished area of rural Indiana. When his uncle goes missing, likely on a drug binge, it doesn't change the fact that $800 is due for rent on Monday. Riggle, who's been suspended from school, has to find his uncle or get the money together himself. During this mission, the teenager finds himself mixed in with a group of Opioid locals. Finding himself at a crossroad, Riggle sees firsthand how addiction and income inequality present seemingly insurmountable challenges even for those willing to work.

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#2 "The Language of Divorce: A Novel" by Leanne Treese

With two kids and a house in the suburbs, Hannah and Will Abbott seem like the perfect couple. But things are not always as they appear, and both spouses suspect the other could be cheating. When Will and Hannah independently consult with divorce attorneys, things take a turn for the worse. Hannah goes against a court order and flees with the children, and suddenly the Abbotts' divorce becomes big news. With their legal fees rising, Hannah and Will accept an invitation to go on a reality show for divorcing couples. They fly off to the beautiful island of St. John, where with cameras rolling, they'll have to figure out if the love they once shared can survive.

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#3 "The World That We Knew: A Novel" by Alice Hoffman

Hanni Kohn knows that in order to save her 12-year-old daughter Lea from the Nazi regime, she has no choice but to send her away from Berlin. Lea finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but it's his daughter, Ettie, who creates a mystical Jewish creature who promises to protect the young girl. Once Ava, a rare and unusual golem, is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie are eternally intertwined. Lea and Ava travel to Paris, while Ettie remains in hiding. This poignant book tells their respective stories of survival and finding hope in the most desperate of times.

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#4 "She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement" by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

In 2017, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began their investigation into Harvey Weinstein. There had been rumors about the Hollywood producer's mistreatment of women for many years, but a web of secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements kept these long-buried allegations from coming to light. Kantor and Twohey were determined to change that, and after months of confidential interviews with top actresses, former Weinstein employees, and other sources, they unearthed "a veritable Pandora's box of sexual harassment and abuse." Their findings helped to inspire the #MeToo movement and encouraged other women to come forward with their stories. She Said is an in-depth look into Kantor and Twohey's groundbreaking investigation and the cultural movement it ignited.

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#5 "The Last Widow: A Novel" by Karin Slaughter

On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. One month later, one of Atlanta's busiest and most important neighborhoods — home to Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI, and the CDC — is bombed. The authorities are desperate to figure out if these events are connected, and find out who is responsible. Medical examiner Sara Linton and her partner Will Trent, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, are put on the case, and they quickly discover a deadly conspiracy with the potential to destroy thousands of lives. When the assailants realize they've been discovered, they abduct Sara. With all odds stacked against him, Will goes undercover to save Sara and try and prevent a devastating massacre.

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#6 "The Perfect Wife: A Novel" by JP Delaney

When Abbie wakes up, she has no memory of who she is or what happened to her. The man at her side, a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur, claims to be her husband. He tells Abbie that she's a gifted artist, a wonderful wife and the loving mother to their young son. This man says Abbie was in a terrible accident five years ago, but that a huge technological breakthrough has brought her back from the abyss. She's supposed to be a miracle of science, but Abbie isn't so sure about her husband's motives. As she comes back to consciousness, she begins to remember bits and pieces of her life before the accident. Can she trust the man she once shared a life with, and what really happened to her on that fateful day five years before?

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#7 "Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know" by Malcolm Gladwell

Malcom Gladwell, the author of Outliers and host of the podcast Revisionist History, has a theory: We don't know how to talk to strangers. This fact, he theorizes, is how Fidel Castro fooled the CIA for a generation. Do TV sitcoms and feel-good movies teach us something totally untrue about the way in which we relate to each other? In this intellectually adventurous book, Gladwell investigates how the way we talk to strangers actually invites conflict and misunderstanding into our lives.

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#8 "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death" by Caitlin Doughty (Illustrated by Dianné Ruz)

Funeral director Caitlin Doughty fields dozens of questions about death every day, and the best ones come from children. Kids aren't afraid to ask the bold questions we're all curious about. Why do bodies turn colors during decomposition? Why do corpses groan? What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? This beautifully illustrated book provides true, hilarious, and candid answers to 35 distinctive questions about death. It's only when we ask these questions that we can understand and accept this unavoidable subject.

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#9 "Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead" by Jim Mattis and Bing West

Throughout his storied military career, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis rose from a Marine recruit to a four-star general. In this riveting memoir, General Mattis reflects on his wide-ranging roles and the unique leadership philosophy he developed over the years. As Henry Kissinger put it, "Call Sign Chaos is a lesson in leadership and an evocation of humanity in the cause of peace."

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#10 "The Secrets We Kept: A Novel" by Lara Prescott

During the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and turned into spies. Their mission is to smuggle Doctor Zhivago, a novel by Boris Pasternak, out of the USSR to a place where it can be published for the world to read. It's a high-risk adventure, but the two women at the heart of the mission decide it's worth it. The Secrets We Kept is a tale of adventure and a historical romance that will stay with you long after the final page.

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Looking for even more great books? Check out last month's reading list!

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