The biggest of the blockbusters? Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol which is due out September 15th.

Although Quill and Quire magazine recently posted an article on how some publishers have scrambled to change release dates to avoid getting swept up in the tidal wave that Robert Langdon’s next adventure is sure to be, not everyone is so nervous.

Here’s a few of the big names that will be releasing books this September. (Get your name on the hold list now…)

Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay: everyone’s favourite serial killer (did I really just write that?) returns September 8th.

An Echo In the Bone by Diana Gabaldon: Ladies, Scottish heartthrob Jamie Fraser returns in the latest Outlander novel on September 22th.

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks: the latest family drama from this bestselling author is released September 8th.

Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith: McCall Smith is so prolific that a new book is almost not news anymore, unless of course you’ve been waiting for the latest installment in the Isabel Dalhousie series, which arrives September 22

Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood: CanLit queen Atwood doesn’t need to fear her reign being impacted by Brown, her latest hits shelves on September 8th.