Los Angeles Magazine: 8 New Novels You’ll Find Us Curling Up with This Fall

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam —

A white Brooklyn family enjoys a relaxing summer in a rented home in the Hamptons—until the house’s Black owners suddenly return and a series of strange events occur. Netflix has already snapped up the rights to the topical satire in a bidding war between studios and streamers, with Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington set to star and Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail directing. October 6.