This fall brings many new books.

Marlon James returns to Jamaica in “The Disappearers.”

The book is longlisted for the Booker Prize.

It is about the beating of eight gay men in 1988.

They were practicing a play.

James mixes humor and kindness with hard experience.

He says he will not believe there is a lesson from great suffering.

The only lesson is to be careful.

Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark write about Roy Cohn in “American Scoundrel.”

Cohn was a powerful political worker.

He was a top helper to Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

Later, he taught a young Donald Trump.

The book uses documents and interviews, including with Trump.

Trump answered their phone calls but would not meet them.

He said he was busy with China and Russia.

Emma Cline’s “Switzy” is also longlisted for the Booker.

It follows a retired businessman whose mind is failing.

He is traveling to a place in Zurich where people can end their lives.

Cline tells the story in short parts.

The man thinks about his memories.

He decides that he always stayed on the surface of his own life.

Yiyun Li’s “Music Against the Night” is her first book since her Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir.

The novel is about a piano star from the 1700s.

An orphaned musician marries him.

The book thinks deeply about music and death.

Li writes that a person must not give in to despair.

She says a child’s death takes away time itself.

Joe Biden’s memoir will come out in November.

It will likely focus on his 2020 win over Donald Trump and his main successes.

People may look for answers about his health.

They may also ask why he stopped his campaign for another term.