October seems to bring with it even more fabulous books than September did. I hope you’re ready!

We might actually see the third book in the Hollow Gods series at long last! I need to go recap the previous books, but I am excited to get back to the story. I’ve pre-ordered the latest offerings from V.E. Schwab, Leigh Bardugo, Stu Turton and Aliya Whiteley, and am tempted by a whole lot more of these.


1st

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
A Secret of Birds & Bone by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
A Snowfall of Silver by Laura Wood
People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent
The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale
Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

6th

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Ruby by Nina Allan

8th

The Lives of Saints by Leigh Bardugo
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by various authors
The Sun’s Devices by Rebecca Levene

12th

Greensmith by Aliya Whiteley

13th

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (US only)
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong (e)

15th

Shine by Jessica Jung
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
The Nesting by C.J. Cooke
Kay’s Anatomy by Adam Kay + Henry Paker
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

20th

The Fourth Island by Sarah Tolmie

29th

The Magpie Society by Amy McCulloch + Zoe Sugg
The Silence by Don DeLillo
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots