This fall brings many new books.

Marlon James writes about Jamaica.

His book is "The Disappearers."

It is on a list for the Booker Prize.

The story is about 1988.

Eight gay men were hurt.

They were practicing a play.

James uses humor and kindness.

He also shows hard times.

He says he does not believe in a lesson from pain.

He says the only lesson is to be careful.

Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark write a book.

It is "American Scoundrel."

It is about Roy Cohn.

He was a powerful political man.

Cohn helped Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

Later he helped a young Donald Trump.

The book uses papers and talks.

Trump talked to them on the phone.

He did not meet them.

He said he was busy with China and Russia.

Emma Cline writes "Switzy."

It is also on the Booker list.

The story is about an old businessman.

His mind is not strong now.

He goes to a place in Zurich.

That place helps people die.

Cline writes the story in short parts.

The man thinks about his past.

He sees that he never lived deeply.

Yiyun Li writes "Music Against the Night."

It is her first book after her memoir.

Her memoir won a big prize.

The new book is about a piano player.

He lived in the 1700s.

A young musician with no parents marries him.

The book thinks about music and death.

Li says a person must not give in to sadness.

She says a child's death stops time.

Joe Biden writes a memoir.

It comes in November.

It will tell about his win in 2020.

He beat Donald Trump.

It will tell about his big wins.

People may look for answers about his health.

They may ask why he stopped his campaign.