Adam Johnson, Muriel Spark, bardic rivalry… and 25 more books out in paperback this September.

Literary Hub has rounded up twenty-five new paperback releases for September, spanning fiction and nonfiction. The list includes new novels from Adam Johnson, Megha Majumdar, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Gish Jen, and Walter Mosley, along with biographies and essay collections on subjects like Muriel Spark, the Beatles, and Shakespeare's rival Christopher Marlowe. For readers looking to refresh their to-be-read pile, the roundup offers a broad mix of debuts, translations, and works from established authors.

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