10 books to add to your reading list in September

On the Shelf 10 September Books For Your Reading List If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Lucy by the Sea By Elizabeth Strout Random House: 304 pages, $28 A new entry in Strout’s Lucy Barton series always excites her fan base, but this one has a certain Superman versus Batman appeal as it finds the compelling heroine in a Maine town within driving distance of a certain Olive Kitteridge, titular protagonist of Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2008 novel. The Furrows By Namwali Serpell Hogarth Press: 288 pages, $27 Serpell’s “The Old Drift” gave us the story of Zambia told through an elegant yet unsparing intertwining of racial histories. Join the club with an intense new graphic memoir In ‘Seek You,’ Kristen Radtke melds social science and personal anecdotes with hauntingly beautiful imagery, making the lonely feel less alone. Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Challenged the Future of Espionage By Nathalia Holt Putnam: 400 pages, $28 Americans owe a great deal to Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page and Elizabeth Sudmeier, the four “wise gals” of Holt’s title who helped build the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services into the Central Intelligence Agency.