Contemporary & Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Romance | Thrillers & Mysteries | Horror & Gothic Fiction | Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Magical Realism | Young Adult | Nonfiction
Contemporary & Literary Fiction
The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people’s lives.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Harper
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Shred Sisters
Betsy Lerner
No one will love you more or hurt you more than a sister. From Betsy Lerner, celebrated author of The Bridge Ladies, comes a wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sisters
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Grove Press
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The Book of George
Kate Greathead
From the author of the critically acclaimed Laura & Emma comes a The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. for our times: Kate Greathead’s razor-sharp but big-hearted excavation of millennial masculinity, The Book of George. As hilarious as it is resonant and as singular as it is universal, The Book of George is a deft, unexpectedly moving portrait of one man―but also countless others.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
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Shock Induction
Chuck Palahniuk
From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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What Does It Feel Like?
Sophie Kinsella
From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming—of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew.
Publication Date: October 8
Publisher: Dial Press
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The Witches of El Paso
Luis Jaramillo
A lawyer and her elderly great-aunt use their supernatural gifts to find a lost child in this richly imagined and empowering story of motherhood, magic, and legacy in the vein of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina and La Hacienda.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Atria/Primero Sueno Press
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The Ancients
John Larison
A richly imagined, sweeping novel of hope, love, and adventure set in the unforgiving world of our own descendants, by the acclaimed author of Whiskey When We’re Dry.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Viking
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Blood Test
Charles Baxter
From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and one of our most gifted writers comes a comic novel about a divorced Midwestern dad who takes a cutting-edge medical test and learns that he has a predisposition to murder.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Pantheon
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Blue Light Hours
Bruna Dantas Lobato
From the National Book Award-winning translator, an atmospheric and wise debut novel of a young Brazilian woman’s first year in America, a continent away from her lonely mother, and the relationship they build over Skype calls across borders.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Grove Press
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Libby Lost and Found
Stephanie Booth
Libby Lost and Found is a book for people who don’t know who they are without the books they love. It’s about the stories we tell ourselves and the chapters of our lives we regret. Most importantly, it’s about the endings we write for ourselves.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
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How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?
Anna Montague
For fans of Less and Remarkably Bright Creatures comes a funny and moving novel about love, loss, and new beginnings found on an unlikely road trip.
Publication date: October 22
Publisher: Ecco
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Like Mother, Like Mother
Susan Rieger
An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secrets buried in their family’s past. Spanning generations, and populated by complex, unforgettable characters, Like Mother, Like Mother is an exhilarating, portrait of family, marriage, ambition, power, the stories we inherit, and the lies we tell to become the people we believe we’re meant to be.
Publication date: October 29
Publisher: The Dial Press
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This Motherless Land
Nikki May
From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a vibrant decolonial retelling of Mansfield Park, exploring identity, culture, race, and love. Moving between Somerset and Lagos over the course of two decades, This Motherless Land is a sweeping examination of identity, culture, race, and love that asks how we find belonging and whether a family’s generational wrongs can be righted.
Publication date: October 29
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Historical Fiction
Pearly Everlasting
Tammy Armstrong
Set during the Great Depression, an immersive and enchantingly atmospheric novel about a girl and a bear raised as sister and brother in a remote logging camp, and the lengths to which they’ll go to protect each other.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Harper
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Season of the Swamp
Yuri Herrera
A major new novel set in nineteenth-century New Orleans by the author of Signs Preceding the End of the World. With the extraordinary linguistic play and love of popular forms that have characterized all of Herrera’s fiction, Season of the Swamp is a magnificent work of speculative history, a love letter to the city of New Orleans and its polyglot culture, and a cautionary statement that informs our understanding of the world we live in.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Graywolf Press
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The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
Lydia Cohen Loigman
On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta Stern is adrift. When she relocates to Rallentando Springs―an active senior community in southern Florida―she unexpectedly crosses paths with Irving Rivkin, the delivery boy from her father’s old pharmacy―and the man who broke her heart sixty years earlier. What happened all those years ago and how did her plan go so spectacularly wrong? Did Irving ever truly love her or was he simply playing a part? And can Augusta reclaim the magic of her youth before it’s too late?
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
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Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst
From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel of modern England through the lens of one man’s acutely observed experiences. From one of our most gifted writers, Our Evenings sweeps readers from our past to our present through the beauty, pain, and joy of one deeply observed life.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Random House
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Polostan
Neal Stephenson
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: William Morrow
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The Vow
Jude Berman
In a stunning work of feminist historical fiction for readers who loved Dawn Tripp’s Georgia and Whitney Scharer’s The Age of Light, Jude Berman brings painter Angelica Kauffman to life. Accused of dressing as a boy to study in the prestigious galleries of eighteenth-century Italy, child prodigy Angelica Kauffman has set high goals for herself. She is determined to become a history painter, a career off-limits to women. To ensure her success, she has vowed never to marry.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: She Writes Press
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Women’s Hotel
Daniel M. Lavery
From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women’s hotel in 1960s New York City. As trenchant as the novels of Dawn Powell and Rona Jaffe and as immersive as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Lessons in Chemistry, Women’s Hotel is a modern classic—and it is very, very funny.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Harpervia
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The Secret War of Julia Child
Diana R. Chambers
Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of America’s most beloved chef, revealing how the war made her into the icon we know now.
Publication date: October 22
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
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Masquerade
Mike Fu
Newly single Meadow Liu is house-sitting for his friend, artist Selma Shimizu, when he stumbles upon The Masquerade, a translated novel about a masked ball in 1930s Shanghai. Exploring social, cultural, and sexual identities in New York, Shanghai, and beyond, Mike Fu’s Masquerade is a skillfully layered, brilliantly interwoven debut novel of friendship, queer longing, and worlds on the brink, asking how we can find ourselves among ghosts of all kinds, and who we can trust when nothing―and no one―is as it seems.
Publication date: October 29
Publisher: Tin House Books
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Romance
Best Hex Ever
Nadia El-Fassi
A kitchen witch with a penchant for baking and a (literally) cursed love life meets someone who’s worth breaking a hex for in this enchanting romance debut written with a heap of spice and an equal measure of heart.
Publication Date: October 1
Publisher: Dell
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The Crescent Moon Tearoom
Stacy Sivinski
An impossibly endearing debut novel about three clairvoyant sisters who face an unexpected twist of Fate at the bottom of their own delicate porcelain cups.
Publication Date: October 1
Publisher: Atria Books
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I Did Something Bad
Pyae Moe Thet War
In this smart and swoony adventure rom-com, a journalist and a movie star find themselves teaming up to cover up a murder…and falling for each other in the process.
Publication Date: October 8
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
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Double Apex
Josie Juniper
A brilliant engineer and a cocky racecar driver pair enter a forbidden arrangement in this spicy enemies-to-lovers romance.
Publication Date: October 8
Publisher: Forever
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This Will Be Fun
Melissa Wiesner
In this witty and charming love story perfect for fans of Sophie Cousens, Ashley Poston, and Josie Silver, a buttoned-up math professor is forced to rely on her carefree doorman when her identity mysteriously disappears.
Publication Date: October 15
Publisher: Forever
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The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells
Rachel Greenlaw
In a magical new direction for One Christmas Morning author Rachel Greenlaw, an evocative and mysterious story about lost love and the magic of coming home, for readers of Adrienne Young and Breanne Randall.
Publication Date: October 22
Publisher: Avon
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This Will Be Fun
E.B. Asher
Former friends and former flames reunite on a mayhem-spike quest in this cozy romantasy perfect for readers of Legends & Lattes and lovers of Shrek.
Publication Date: October 29
Publisher: Avon
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Thrillers & Mysteries
Exposure
Ramona Emerson
In the follow-up to the National Book Award–longlisted Shutter, Navajo forensic photographer Rita Todacheene grapples with a fanatical serial killer—and the ghosts he leaves behind. A dual-voice cat-and-mouse thriller, told from the points of view of a killer who has created his own deadly religion and the only person who can stop him, an embattled young detective who sees the ghosts of his Native victims.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Soho Crime
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A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer
Maxie Dara
Kathy Valence is forty-two, mid-divorce, and pregnant with her ex’s baby. She’s also a modern-day grim reaper employed by S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences) but frankly that’s the easiest part of her life right now. Or at least it was, until one of her clients’ souls went missing.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Soho Crime
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The Sequel
Jean Hanff Korelitz
After the insanely readable and perfectly told New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz’s equally captivating new novel: The Sequel. With her signature wit and sardonic humor, Jean Hanff Korelitz gives readers an antihero to root for while illuminating and satirizing the world of publishing in this deliciously fun and suspenseful read.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Celadon Books
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Society of Lies
Lauren Ling Brown
A dark and haunting debut that explores secret societies, the bonds of sisterhood, and the intricacies of privilege at an elite college.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Bantam
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The Last One at the Wedding
Jason Rekulak
From the bestselling author of Hidden Pictures comes a breathtaking work of suspense about a father trying to save his daughter from a life-altering decision that will put everything he loves on the line.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Flatiron Books
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The Puzzle Box
Danielle Trussoni
Two sisters. A lost imperial treasure. The world’s greatest puzzle master has twenty-four hours to solve the most dangerous mystery of his life . . . or die trying, in this breathlessly paced and nail-bitingly suspenseful novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Puzzle Master.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Random House
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The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins
A deceased artist, her companion, and an obsessive curator propel this well written thriller that takes place on an island accessible only during low tide.
Publication date: October 29
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Horror & Gothic Fiction
The Bog Wife
Kay Chronister
A haunting, brilliant Appalachian folktale evoking the Southern gothic suspense of Sharp Objects and the eco spine-tinglers of Jeff Vandermeer. Five siblings in West Virginia unearth long-buried secrets when the supernatural bargain entwining their fate with their ancestral land is suddenly ruptured.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Counterpoint
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Model Home
Rivers Solomon
Rivers Solomon turns the haunted-house story on its head, unearthing the dark legacies of segregation and racism in the suburban American South. Unbridled, raw, and daring, Model Home is the story of secret histories uncovered, and of a queer family battling for their right to live, grieve, and heal amid the terrors of contemporary American life.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: MCD
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This Cursed House
Del Sandeen
In this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth: They’re under a curse, and they think she can break it.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Berkley
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American Rapture
C.J. Leede
From CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly, comes a scorching new apocalyptic novel. American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping story about the end of the world as we know it.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Tor Nightfire
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Curdle Creek
Yvonne Battle-Felton
For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way. Curdle Creek is a unique, inventive novel exploring themes of home, belonging, motherhood and what we inherit from society. Yvonne Battle-Felton’s fever dream of a tale is enthralling, layered and quite unlike anything else.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
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Memoirals
Richard Chizmar
A group of students encounter a supernatural terror while on a road trip through Appalachia in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the unforgettable and scary Chasing the Boogeyman.
Publication date: October 22
Publisher: Gallery Books
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Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Magical Realism
The Crescent Moon Tearoom
Stacy Sivinski
An impossibly endearing debut novel about three clairvoyant sisters who face an unexpected twist of Fate at the bottom of their own delicate porcelain cups.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Atria Books
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A Song to Drown Rivers
Ann Liang
Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic novel steeped in myth about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds as the fate of two kingdoms hangs in a delicate balance.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
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The Stone Witch of Florence
Anna Rasche
As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift—harnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick. But when word spread of her unusual abilities, she was condemned as a witch and banished. Now the same men who expelled Ginevra are begging for her return.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Park Row
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The Last Dragon of the East
Katrina Kwan
Inspired by Chinese myths of ancient dragon gods and threads of fate, Katrina Kwan’s dazzling fantasy debut is a propulsive adventure perfect for fans of Sue Lynn Tan and Hannah Whitten.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Saga Press
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Swordcrossed
Freya Marske
The cozy, low stakes of Legends & Lattes meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s From Blood and Ash in this enemies-to-lovers romance where, yes, the swords do cross.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Bramble
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Bull Moon Rising
Ruby Dixon
In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman determined to save her family joins forces with an unlikely partner—a minotaur—in this steamy romantasy by USA Today bestselling author Ruby Dixon.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Ace
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Bloodguard
Cecy Robson
Everything in the Kingdom of Arrow is a lie. Leith of Grey thought coming to this new land and volunteering to fight in the gladiator arena―vicious, bloodthirsty tournaments where only the strongest survive―would earn him enough gold to save his dying sister. He thought there was nothing left to lose. He was wrong―and they took everything.
Publication date: October 22
Publisher: Red Tower
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Sorcery and Small Magics
Maiga Doocy
From debut author Maiga Doocy comes the charming tale of an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly rival as they venture deep into a magical forest in search of a counterspell that can break the curse between them—only to discover that magic might not be the only thing pulling them together.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Orbit
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Blood Over Bright Haven
M.L. Wang
The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of mages unravels a secret conspiracy that could change the practice of magic forever, in this standalone dark fantasy from the author of The Sword of Kaigen.
Publication date: October 29
Publisher: Del Rey
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Short Stories & Essays
An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays
Lucy Ives
What would you risk to know yourself? Which stories are you willing to follow to the bitter end, revise, or, possibly, begin all over? In this collection of five interrelated essays, Lucy Ives explores identity, national fantasy, and history. She examines events and records from her own life to excavate larger aspects of the past that have been suppressed or ignored.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Graywolf Press
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The Bone Picker: Native Stories, Alternate Histories
Devon A. Mihesuah
As a Choctaw citizen, with deep ties to Indian Territory and Oklahoma, Mihesuah grew up hearing the stories of her ancestors. In the tradition of Native storytelling, she spins tales that move back and forth fluidly across time. The ancient beings, we discover, followed the tribe from their original homelands in Mississippi and are now ever-present influences on tribal consciousness.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Memoirs & Biographies
Salvage: Readings from the Wreck
Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her sense of self and the world, of what was possible and what was not.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
Dava Sobel
The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who were launched into stellar scientific careers of their own.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
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From Here to the Great Unknown
Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Random House
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John Lewis: A Life
David Greenberg
A comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, “the conscience of the Congress,” drawing on interviews with Lewis and approximately 275 others who knew him at various stages of his life, as well as never-before-used FBI files and documents.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Sonny Boy
Al Pacino
From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. Sonny Boy is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book’s golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Penguin Press
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Lifeform
Jenny Slate
From actor, comedian, co-creator of Marcel the Shell, and New York Times bestselling author of Little Weirds,Jenny Slate, a wild, soulful, hilarious collection of genre-bending essays depicting the journey into motherhood as you’ve never seen it before.
Publication date: October 22
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
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Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books that Saved Me
Glory Edim
An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl.
Publication date: October 29
Publisher: Ballantine
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Nonfiction
Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win
Jessica Valenti
In a stirring and succinct examination of post-Roe America, one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation takes on what’s become the country’s most resonant political issue. With the wit, expertise, and blunt moral clarity that’s made her writing popular for decades, Valenti offers an essential manifesto in an urgent moment.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Crown
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American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era
NPR Music
Drawn from NPR Music’s acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music—from Beyoncé to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton—featuring archival interviews, essays, photographs, and illustrations.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: HarperOne
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The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: OneWorld
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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcom Gladwell
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
Publication date: October 1
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
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American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era
Nico Lang
From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today.
Publication date: October 8
Publisher: Abrams Press
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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham & Jim McCloskey
In John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, the master of the legal thriller teams up with Jim McCloskey, the godfather of the innocence movement, to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Doubleday
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The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz
A groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of Tribal enrollment, and what it means to be Native American in the United States. With this intimate perspective of the ongoing fight for Native sovereignty, The Indian Card sheds light on what it looks like to find a deeper sense of belonging.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Flatiron Books
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Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love
Julie Sedivy
A celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world. Part memoir, part scientific exploration, and part cultural commentary, this book epitomizes the thrills of a life steeped in the aesthetic delights of language and the joys of its scientific scrutiny.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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The Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World
Sara C. Brown
An eye-opening exploration of one of the little-known levers that controls our world―zoning codes―and a call-to-arms for using them to improve American society at every level. With clarity and insight, Bronin demystifies the power of an inscrutable organizing force in our lives and invites us to see zoning as a revolutionary vehicle for change. In Key to the City, she puts forward a practical and energizing vision for how we can reimagine our communities.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Norton
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The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
Noam Chomsky & Nathan J. Robinson
From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers, an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity’s future as well as a sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the national myths that support it.
Publication date: October 15
Publisher: Penguin Press
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The Living Medicine: How a Lifesaving Cure Was Nearly Lost―and Why It Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail
Lina Zeldovich
A remarkable story of the scientists behind a long-forgotten and life-saving cure: the healing viruses that can conquer antibiotic resistant bacterial infections. Filled with adventure, human ambition, tragedy, technology, irrepressible scientists and the excitement of their innovation, The Living Medicine offers a vision of how our future may be saved by knowledge from the past.
Publication date: October 22
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
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Pillars of Creation: How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos
Richard Panek
The James Webb Space Telescope is transforming the universe right before our eyes—and here, for the first time, is the inside account of how the mission originated, how it performs its miracles of science, and what its revolutionary images are revealing.
Publication date: October 22
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
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Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handle’s Messiah
Charles King
From New York Times bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Charles King, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel’s Messiah.
Publication date: October 29
Publisher: Doubleday
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