1. ‘A Legacy of Spies’

By: John le Carré (Viking, fiction, on sale now)

What it’s about: Peter Guillam, now retired from the British Secret Service, is summoned to London to answer questions from a new generation with little patience for Cold War tactics.

Cool factor: This is the first le Carré thriller in more than 25 years to feature spymaster George Smiley.

2. ‘Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook’

By: Alice Waters (Clarkson Potter, non-fiction, on sale now)

What it’s about: A memoir by the chef (and cookbook author) who opened Chez Panisse, the influential Berkeley, Calif., restaurant, when she was 27 in 1971.

Cool factor: Waters, at the forefront of the local/organic food movement, has seen her influence extend all the way to Michelle Obama’s White House garden.

3. ‘The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye’

By: David Lagercrantz (Knopf, fiction, on sale Sept. 12)

What it’s about: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo mega-series continues as imprisoned punk hacker Lisbeth Salander teams with Swedish journalist Mikael Blomkvist to uncover the truth about her childhood and to exact revenge.

Cool factor: This is the second Millennium sequel written by Lagercrantz and sanctioned by Stieg Larsson’s estate; the first, 2015’s The Girl in the Spider’s Web, was a No. 1 USA TODAY best seller.

4. ‘Sleeping Beauties’

By: Stephen King and Owen King (Scribner, fiction, on sale Sept. 26)

What it’s about: A mysterious sleeping disorder that can cause women to become violent and feral disrupts an Appalachian town where the main employer is a women’s prison.

Cool factor: This is the first time Stephen King has co-written a book with his