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The Novels We’re Reading in September

From a North American nail salon to a Korean institute for haunted objects. September 5, 2025, 2:15 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

A grid of 12 book covers showing new releases in global fiction.

This month, we’re getting to know the employees of a fictional North American nail salon and a Korean research center for haunted objects.

Pick a Color: A Novel

Souvankham Thammavongsa (Little, Brown and Company, 192 pp., $28, September 2025)

This month, we’re getting to know the employees of a fictional North American nail salon and a Korean research center for haunted objects.

Pick a Color: A Novel

Souvankham Thammavongsa (Little, Brown and Company, 192 pp., $28, September 2025) The book cover for Pick a Color

If Lao Canad

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