"Now that we're past the equinox, makes sense that darkness is gathering not just outside our windows, with the lengthening nights, but also on the printed page. This week's notable book releases promise a veritable potpourri of death: murder, war, ritual interment, even the dreadful undeath of avenging spirits. Luckily though, to start us off, the heavy load is at least leavened by a celebration of life from one of our most defiantly sentimental artists, in Lionel Richie's new memoir. Truly: A Memoir, by Lionel Ritchie"
"Few voices on the radio are as easy to recognize as Richie's, partly because few voices have proven as ubiquitous over the past half-century. Find just one person who says they can't belt at least part of the chorus to "All Night Long (All Night)," and it's likely you've found yourself a brazen liar. In Truly, the musical icon tries a new medium on for size. Across nearly 500 pages, the smooth-singing septuagenarian offers a perspective as intimate as it is panoramic,"
"In the pantheon of awful jobs, surely few could compete with the one held by Chung's beleaguered narrator: night shift employee at a house of cursed objects. We perambulate from haunting to haunting, as each of the interlinked stories in this slender volume betrays the kind of allegory and dread you'd find in some of the darker fairy tales. Hur returns as translator from the original Korean;"
Nightfall imagery accompanies a fall list of new releases that emphasize death, including murder, war, ritual interment, and vengeful spirits. Lionel Richie's Truly: A Memoir offers a celebratory life story across nearly 500 pages, tracing musical origins in Tuskegee, Alabama, and later roles including American Idol while highlighting an instantly recognizable voice and broad popular reach. Bora Chung's Midnight Timetable collects linked ghost stories about a night-shift worker at a house of cursed objects, blending allegory and dread; Anton Hur translates from Korean and previously translated Cursed Bunny, a prize-shortlisted work. Richard Osman's The Impossible Fortune reunites the Thursday Murder Club after a recent film adaptation.
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