Midterm election news will fill the headlines this fall.

But fiction is expected to lead book sales.

Political books have lost their energy.

Nonfiction sales have been falling in recent years.

Analyst Kristen McLean says the mood in political books seems quiet.

People are "ranted out," she adds.

Barnes & Noble's Shannon DeVito notes the news cycle moves too fast.

Specific political books cannot catch on in that speed.

Former President Joe Biden's memoir "Promise Me, America" is a rare high-profile political release.

Michael Lewis's "Blockers" may match the effect of a recent summer bestseller.

Other political titles look back at the Biden years.

These include Brett McGurk's "Brink" and Akbar Shahid Ahmed's "Crossing the Red Line."

Bob Woodward's new book "Secrets" reviews his career, not current politics.

Novelists Barbara Kingsolver and Hernan Diaz won the Pulitzer together three years ago.

Both have new novels out now.

Kingsolver's "Partita" follows her Pulitzer-winning "Demon Copperhead."

Diaz's "Ply" is a dystopian story.

Diaz says literature is not a race.

More good books make the conversation richer.

Fiction sales stay strong, helped by new releases from romantasy authors Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas.

The season also includes memoirs from Sylvester Stallone, Michael Douglas, and Dustin Hoffman.

Gloria Steinem and Colin Kaepernick think about their lives and activism.

Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey" film has raised sales of ancient poetry.

Emily Wilson has released new essays.

Other notable works include Joy Harjo's "Cloud Runner" about her daughter's death.

There are also books about democracy's fall in 1930s Germany.