5 Exciting Books to Look For This Fall | KQED
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Mark Ronson produced Amy Winehouse's Back to Black and co-wrote Lady Gaga's Oscar-winning "Shallow." He executive produced the soundtrack for Greta Gerwig's 2024 film Barbie and recounts teenage and early adult years in booming 1990s New York City nightlife, where he found community and carved a path to stardom. Michelle Chouinard's A Tour to Die For (Sept. 23, 2025) follows Capri Sanzio, a tour guide who leads serial killer walking tours; an eerie sighting by a guest triggers a new whodunit and a Northern California book tour. Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon's Gone Before Goodbye (Oct. 14, 2025) is marketed as a story about a woman trapped in a deadly conspiracy.
You may recognize Mark Ronson as the producer of Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album and a co-writer of Lady Gaga's Oscar-winning A Star Is Born track "Shallow." He's also the executive producer of the soundtrack that accompanied Greta Gerwig's 2024 blockbuster Barbie. In his new memoir, Ronson writes about his teenage and early adult years in the booming New York City nightlife, when he found his community and carved his own path to stardom.
Local author Michelle Chouinard returns with the highly-anticipated second novel in her mystery series, which revolves around Capri Sanzio, a (fictional) tour guide giving serial killer walking tours in the city. When one of Capri's guests reports seeing something eerie on her tour, it unfolds into a whole new whodunit mystery - perfect for this tour guide (and her obsessive fans) to solve.
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