It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Big-name authors (and not counting all the celebrity books you'll be seeing) seem to be rushing their books to the shelves this fall season (and weirdly, most of them seem to be men): Stephen King, Michael Crichton, Bob Woodward, Mitch Albom, John Grisham, John le Carré, Thomas Harris, Thomas Pynchon, and many more. Because of this "killer" fall line-up, smaller books might be taking a backseat or their publication will be pushed to after the holidays.