Fall is sort of like Oscar season for hockey books: All the great ones will be coming out in the next month or two, just in time for the Christmas buy up.

This year, there are some really intriguing options from a few Mirtle-blog favourites, so consider this an early heads up given these are all soon to be released:

• Future Greats and Heartbreaks: A Season Undercover in the Secret World of NHL Scouts
  By Gare Joyce (Release date: Nov. 20, 2007)
  
  
• King of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League
  By Dave King and Eric Duhatschek (Oct. 2, 2007)
  
  
• Jonesy: The Improbable Career of Keith Jones
  By John Buccigross, Keith Jones, and Ray Bourque (Sept. 25, 2007)
  
  
• McCown's Law: The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments
  By Bob Mccown and Dave Naylor (Oct. 30, 2007)
  
  
• Hockey Night In Canada: By The Numbers: From 00 to 99
  By Scott Morrison (Nov. 28, 2007)

A few new media savvy publishers have even delivered me a copy of some of these titles, so I'll be offering reviews within the next month or so.

Joyce and Duhatschek are the must-reads for me.