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October 2020 Releases

Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in October 2020 — in a format that includes imprint info, and allows you resort the list by clicking the up/down arrows. This selection is our editorial aggregation from a wide variety of sources including bookseller and librarian lists, wholesaler top buys, Publishers Lunch Buzz Books and seasonal forecasts, well-known authors, news items and more. Once published, you can find them listed in the New Releases section at Bookateria. Lists are available at PM looking forward two to three months for reference purposes, and are updated live as on-sale dates and other information changes. Click for August  and September lists.

FICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-0062667632Leave the World BehindAlam, Rumaan10/6Ecco
978-0765399274Over the Woodward WallBaker, A. Deborah10/6Tor
978-1982155551CuyahogaBeatty, Pete10/6Scribner
978-0735224650The SearcherFrench, Tana10/6Viking
978-0063034839When We Were Young and BraveGaynor, Hazel10/6Morrow
978-1538752203Consensual HexHarlowe, Amanda10/6Grand Central
978-1250768537Dear ChildHausmann, Romy10/6Flatiron
978-0316435581Troubles in ParadiseHilderbrand, Elin10/6Little, Brown
978-1982108847Magic LessonsHoffman, Alice10/6S&S
978-0062980786A Wild Winter SwanMaguire, Gregory10/6Morrow
978-0802157447Still LifeMcDermid, Val10/6Atlantic Monthly
978-1641292030The Traveller and Other StoriesNeville, Stuart10/6Soho Crime
978-0802157997Cardiff by the SeaOates, Joyce Carol10/6Mysterious Press
978-0316300131The Ministry for the FutureRobinson, Kim Stanley10/6Orbit
978-0765387561The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueSchwab, V.E.10/6Tor
978-0374222017The NightworkersSelfon, Brian10/6MCD
978-1728206028The Devil and the Dark WaterTurton, Stuart10/6Sourcebooks
978-0778310150Confessions on the 7:45Unger, Lisa10/6Park Row
978-1335230003SnowBanville, John10/13Hanover Square
978-1250767028Ring ShoutClark, P. Djeli10/13Tor
978-0593160336The Lost Love SongDarke, Minnie10/13Ballantine
978-1250757531Attack SurfaceDoctorow, Cory10/13Tor
978-0385545969A Time for MercyGrisham, John10/13Doubleday
978-1250257925A Garland of BonesHaines, Carolyn10/13Minotaur
978-0316422048The Once and Future WitchesHarrow, Alix10/13Redhook
978-1982137335Invisible GirlJewell, Lisa10/13Atria
978-1984818751Jingle All the WayMacomber, Debbie10/13Ballantine
978-1641292207The LandMaltman, Thomas10/13Soho
978-0062881922Goodnight BeautifulMolloy, Aimee10/13Harper
978-1645660071The Midnight BargainPolk, C. L.10/13Erewhon
978-0316479257A Song for Dark TimesRankin, Ian10/13Little, Brown
978-1534444959Long Way DownReynolds, Jason10/13Atheneum
978-1534437678Black SunRoanhorse, Rebecca10/13Gallery
978-1250257147Silent BiteRosenfelt, David10/13Minotaur
978-0802119735Midnight Train to PragueWindley, Carol10/13Atlantic Monthly
978-1524860714Eagerly Awaiting Your Irrational ResponseAdams, Scott10/20Andrews McMeel
978-1250760128The Gift of the MagpieAndrews, Donna10/20Minotaur
978-1534403017MachineBear, Elizabeth10/20Gallery
978-0399178542The Last DruidBrooks, Terry10/20Del Rey
978-0063030145The Girl in the MirrorCaryle, Rose10/20Morrow
978-0062911407Christmas at the Island HotelColgan, Jenny10/20Morrow
978-0062942852Plain Bad HeroinesDanforth, Emily10/20Morrow
978-1982164553The SilenceDeLillo, Don10/20Scribner
978-0062910301The German HouseHess, Annette10/20Harper Via
978-1593766900Where the Wild Ladies AreMatsuda, Aoko10/20Soft Skull
978-0062562388Death and the MaidenNorman, Samantha10/20Morrow
978-0316541619Three Women DisappearPatterson, James10/26Little, Brown
978-1984806130Crazy Stupid BromanceAdams, Lyssa Kay10/27Berkley
978-1984818461The SentinelChild, Lee & Andrew Child10/27Delacorte
978-1501154690The Eyes of the QueenClements, Oliver10/27Atria
978-1324001850Bad IslandDonwood, Stanley10/27Norton
978-1982129606The Noel LettersEvans, Richard Paul10/27Gallery
978-0593133842The Wonder Boy of Whistle StopFlagg, Fannie10/27Random House
978-0063021341House of CorrectionFrench, Nicci10/27Morrow
978-0062998309The Forgotten DaughterGoodman, Joanna10/27Harper
978-0062982063A Solitude of WolverinesHenderson, Alice10/27Harper
978-1982104382Truly, Madly, DeeplyKingsbury, Karen10/27Atria
978-0316423694The Tower of FoolsSapkowski, Andrzej10/27Orbit
978-0385546553Fortune Favors the DeadSpotswood, Stephen10/27Doubleday
978-0062868084The Cold MillionsWalter, Jess10/27Harper
978-0593188323ShakeupWoods, Stuart10/27Putnam

NONFICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1538702895Unapologetically AmbitiousArchambeau, Shellye10/6Grand Central
978-0393635713The Man Who Ate Too MuchBirdsall, John10/6Norton
978-0385544009The Zealot and the EmancipatorBrands, H.W.10/6Doubleday
978-1631498770TrustButtigieg, Pete10/6Liveright
978-1982147105The Times I Knew I Was GayCrewes, Eleanor10/6Scribner
978-1524747435Lon Chaney SpeaksDorian, Pat10/6Pantheon
978-0399179785The AfterGriefEdelman, Hope10/6Ballantine
978-0804187060Modern Comfort FoodGarten, Ina10/6Clarkson Potter
978-1250217035Losing the Long GameGordon, Philip10/6St. Martin's
978-1948226745White Tears/Brown ScarsHamad, Ruby10/6Catapult
978-0062917775Win at All CostsHart, Matt10/6Dey Street
978-1250113085Let Love RuleKravitz, Lenny10/6Holt
978-1982145620What Were We ThinkingLozada, Carlos10/6S&S
978-1984856135WarMacMillan, Margaret10/6Random House
978-0374293314Bland FanaticsMishra, Pankaj10/6FSG
978-0358352556Jacques Pepin Quick & SimplePepin, Jacques & Tom Hopkins10/6HMH
978-0063017542The Fragile EarthRemnick, David & Henry Finder10/6Ecco
978-1982112691Is This Anything?Seinfeld, Jerry10/6S&S
978-0802148100Chicago’s Great FireSmith, Carl10/6Atlantic Monthly
978-1982132071Keep MovingSmith, Maggie10/6Atria
978-1250114297HumansStanton, Brandon10/6St. Martin's
978-0062892713The Hidden Habits of GeniusWright, Craig10/6Dey Street
978-0393542134Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic WorldZakaria, Fareed10/6Norton
978-1645020165OutragesWolf, Naomi10/6Chelsea Green
978-0062895776Finding Your HarmonyBrooke, Ally10/13Dey Street
978-0593239261American CrisisCuomo, Andrew10/13Crown
978-0393609998A Good Time To Be BornKlass, Perri10/13Norton
978-1328546333Chasing FlavorKluger, Dan10/13HMH
978-0062911223PieometryKo, Lauren10/13Morrow
978-0593191088This Just Speaks To MeKotb, Hoda10/13Putnam
978-1324006756Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I WriteMessud, Claire10/13Norton
978-1982107581The Butterfly EffectMoore, Marcus10/13Atria
978-1982129149The UpswingPutnam, Robert10/13S&S
978-1982120931The Luckiest ManSalter, Mark10/13S&S
978-0307266880Gambling with ArmageddonSherwin, Martin10/13Knopf
978-1982140588The Call Me Ishmael Phone BookSmalley, Logan & Stephanie Kent10/13Avid
978-0393292268Mad at the WorldSouder, William10/13Norton
978-1631491375The Knowledge MachineStrevens, Michael10/13Liveright
978-0593183526How to Write One SongTweedy, Jeff10/13Dutton
978-1524746056The CaptainWright, David10/13Dutton
978-0062992031Reclaiming Her TimeAndrews-Dyer, Helena & R. Eric Thomas10/20Dey Street
978-0393634921Science and CookingBrenner, Michael10/20Norton
978-0307961167Red CometClark, Heather10/20Knopf
978-1501192111Cary GrantEyman, Scott10/20S&S
978-0316425315Do You Feel Like I Do?Frampton, Peter10/20Hachette
978-0062995285Make Me RainGiovanni, Nikki10/20Morrow
978-0063042940Battle of BrothersLacey, Robert10/20Harper
978-0593139134GreenlightsMcConaughey, Matthew10/20Crown
978-1631491665The Dead Are ArisingPayne, Les & Tamara Payne10/20Liveright
978-1982129750Prince PhilipSeward, Ingrid10/20Atria
978-0063019478I Marched with PattonSisson, Frank & Robert Wise10/20Morrow
978-0062965998The Nom Wah CookbookTang, Wilson10/20Ecco
978-1982154615GroupTate, Christie10/20Avid
978-0393078855Max JacobWarren, Rosanna10/20Norton
978-0316449823Sh*t, ActuallyWest, Lindy10/20Hachette
978-1324006893A World Beneath the SandsWilkinson, Toby10/20Norton
978-1250314482World Wild VetAntin, Evan10/27Holt
978-0593134672I’ll Be Seeing YouBerg, Elizabeth10/27Random House
978-1524733254Tecumseh and the ProphetCozzens, Peter10/27Knopf
978-0307405449Catching the WindGabler, Neal10/27Crown
978-0316412629Looking to Get LostGuralnick, Peter10/27Little, Brown
978-0062887214The Magnolia Bakery HandbookLloyd, Bobbie10/27Harper Design
978-1982174026Joe BidenOsnos, Evan10/27Scribner

CHILDREN’S

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1250765208The Lives of SaintsBardugo, Leigh & Daniel Zollinger10/6Imprint
978-1368046381The Mirror Broken WishDao, Julie10/6Disney-Hyperion
978-1250235909HushFarrow, Dylan10/6Wednesday Books
978-1616899912Little Audrey's DaydreamFerrer, Sean Hepburn10/6Princeton Architectural Press
978-1250224736EventideGoodman, Sarah10/6Tor Teen
978-0593114117Something Happened to Ali GreenleafKrischer, Hayley10/6Razorbill
978-1338654547One Way or AnotherMcDowell, Kara10/6Scholastic
978-1419739941Out!McKenna, Miles10/6Amulet
978-1645670797Blazewrath GamesOrtiz, Amparo10/6Page Street Kids
978-1335146519Kingdom of Sea and StoneRutherford, Mara10/6Inkyard Press
978-0062849632The Shadow MissionSarif, Shamim10/6Harper Teen
978-0062874474Return of the ThiefTurner, Megan Whalen10/6Greenwillow
978-0062491251Junk BoyAbbott, Tony10/13Katherine Tegen Books
978-1536212105Rural VoicesCarpenter, Nora Shalaway10/13Candlewick
978-1250220400A Golden FuryCohoe, Samantha10/13Wednesday Books
978-1645670803The Puppetmaster's ApprenticeDeselm, Lisa10/13Page Street Kids
978-1368052139Beyond the Ruby VeilFitzgerald, Mara10/13Little, Brown
978-0062957085You Know I'm No GoodFoley, Jessie Ann10/13Quill Tree
978-0062954404The Truth ProjectMedema, Dante10/13Quill Tree
978-1984851598The Magic FishNguyen, Trung Le10/13Random House Graphic
978-1250242341This Is All Your FaultSafi, Aminah Mae10/13Feiwel & Friends
978-0374313715ChanceShulevitz, Uri10/13FSG
978-1536207767Everything I Thought I KnewTakaoka, Shannon10/13Candlewick
978-0593377680SerpentinePullman, Philip10/15Knopf
978-1250175779The Brightest NightArmentrout, Jennifer L10/20Tor Teen
978-1338268492PoisonedDonnelly, Jennifer10/20Scholastic
978-0062847362Among the Beasts & BriarsPoston, Ashley10/20Balzer & Bray
978-1419748684Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep EndKinney, Jeff10/27Amulet
978-1683692317The Fangirl's Guide to the UniverseMaggs, Sam10/27Quirk

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