• Video
  • Shop
  • Culture
  • Family
  • Wellness
  • Food
  • Living
  • Style
  • Travel
  • News
  • Book Club
  • GMA3: WYNTK
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your US State Privacy Rights
  • Children's Online Privacy Policy
  • Interest-Based Ads
  • Terms of Use
  • Do Not Sell My Info
  • Contact Us
  • © 2025 ABC News
  • Culture

15 spectacular new books to read in September

1:30
'Happiness Falls' by Angie Kim is ‘GMA’ Book Club pick for September
ABC News Photo Illustration / Bookshop.org
ByZibby Owens
September 04, 2023, 8:06 AM

Zibby Owens is the author of "Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature" and the upcoming novel "Blank." Owner of Zibby's Bookshop in Santa Monica, she is also the CEO of Zibby Media which includes the publishing house Zibby Books, retreats, classes, and Zibby Mag. She hosts the daily author interview podcast Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. Follow her on Instagram.

Back to school, back to reality. Summer reading might officially be over until 2024, but that doesn't mean we all need to stop reading. As children around the world return to their desks and spin their locker combinations, grown-ups can take a page out of their backpacks and assign themselves some of these utterly fabulous, engrossing, educational and emotional titles coming out this month. From World War I steamships to British baby showers and the "Friends" writers room, this selection of books will entertain all types of voracious readers.

Summer's over? So what!

September Book Club Picks
ABC News Photo Illustration / Bookshop.org
7% off
ABC News Photo Illustration, Hogarth, Nina Subin

"Happiness Falls" by Angie Kim

When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of "Miracle Creek."
  • $26.04
  • $28
Shop Now

Editor’s Picks

'Happiness Falls' by Angie Kim is our 'GMA' Book Club pick for September

  • Aug 29, 2023

'Family Lore' by Elizabeth Acevedo is our 'GMA' Book Club pick for August

  • Aug 01, 2023

Shop 'GMA' Book Club picks

  • Apr 17, 2025

Up Next in Culture—

2025 ACM Awards: Lainey Wilson wins big and Alan Jackson performs

May 9, 2025

Doechii reacts to critics following Met Gala outburst

May 8, 2025

Lorde announces Ultrasound World Tour: See where she's headed

May 8, 2025

USWNT star Mallory Swanson, Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson expecting 1st child

May 8, 2025

Shop GMA Favorites

ABC will receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

Sponsored Content by Taboola

The latest lifestyle and entertainment news and inspiration for how to live your best life - all from Good Morning America.
  • Contests
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Do Not Sell My Info
  • Children’s Online Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with us
  • Your US State Privacy Rights
  • Interest-Based Ads
  • About Nielsen Measurement
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Shop FAQs
  • ABC News
  • ABC
  • All Videos
  • All Topics
  • Sitemap

© 2025 ABC News
  • Privacy Policy— 
  • Your US State Privacy Rights— 
  • Children's Online Privacy Policy— 
  • Interest-Based Ads— 
  • Terms of Use— 
  • Do Not Sell My Info— 
  • Contact Us— 

© 2025 ABC News