Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in October 2021 — 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
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-1335471406 | April in Spain | Banville, John | 10/5 | Hanover Square |
| 978-0593200865 | Twisted Tea Christmas | Childs, Laura | 10/5 | Berkley |
| 978-0374181178 | Crossroads | Franzen, Jonathan | 10/5 | FSG |
| 978-1250807151 | My Monticello | Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole | 10/5 | Holt |
| 978-1250179401 | Echoes of the Dead | Kope, Spencer | 10/5 | Minotaur |
| 978-0593319017 | A Time Outside This Time | Kumar, Amitava | 10/5 | Knopf |
| 978-0063079915 | Reprieve | Mattson, James Han | 10/5 | Morrow |
| 978-0802159021 | 1979 | McDermid, Val | 10/5 | Atlantic Monthly |
| 978-1250276896 | Three Sisters | Morris, Heather | 10/5 | St. Martin's |
| 978-0593321003 | The Jealousy Man and Other Stories | Nesbo, Jo | 10/5 | Knopf |
| 978-1646220830 | Sankofa | Onuzo, Chibundu | 10/5 | Catapult |
| 978-1538704592 | 2 Sisters Detective Agency | Patterson, James | 10/5 | Grand Central |
| 978-1982181031 | We Are Not Like Them | Pride, Christine & Jo Piazza | 10/5 | Atria |
| 978-0385547567 | The Survivors | Schulman, Alex | 10/5 | Doubleday |
| 978-1250272584 | The Death of Jane Lawrence | Starling, Caitlin | 10/5 | St. Martin's |
| 978-1984821522 | The Butler | Steel, Danielle | 10/5 | Delacorte |
| 978-0735222359 | The Lincoln Highway | Towles, Amor | 10/5 | Viking |
| 978-0778311041 | Last Girl Ghosted | Unger, Lisa | 10/5 | Park Row |
| 978-0593330210 | I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness | Watkins, Claire Vaye | 10/5 | Riverhead |
| 978-0593331699 | Foul Play | Woods, Stuart | 10/5 | Putnam |
| 978-1250760180 | The Twelve Jays of Christmas | Andrews, Donna | 10/12 | Minotaur |
| 978-0802158888 | The Pessimists | Ball, Bethany | 10/12 | Grove Press |
| 978-0440000082 | God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen | Bowen, Rhys | 10/12 | Berkley |
| 978-0593130094 | Claws for Alarm | Brown, Rita Mae | 10/12 | Bantam |
| 978-0063082250 | No Words | Cabot, Meg | 10/12 | Morrow |
| 978-0063094727 | Small Pleasures | Chambers, Clare | 10/12 | Custom House |
| 978-1982173678 | State of Terror | Clinton, Hilary Rodham & Lousie Penny | 10/12 | S&S/St. Martin's |
| 978-0316264532 | The Apollo Murders | Hadfield, Chris | 10/12 | Mulholland |
| 978-1982151485 | The Book of Magic | Hoffmann, Alice | 10/12 | S&S |
| 978-1335630988 | Tales from the Café | Kawaguchi, Toshikazu | 10/12 | Hanover Square |
| 978-1525804700 | The Mother Next Door | Laskowski, Tara | 10/12 | Graydon House |
| 978-0593490594 | Silverview | LeCarre, John | 10/12 | Viking |
| 978-0063093966 | The Brides of Maracoor | Maguire, Gregory | 10/12 | Morrow |
| 978-1250224163 | Marked Man | Mayor, Archer | 10/12 | Minotaur |
| 978-0062938039 | Death at Greenway | Rader-Day, Lori | 10/12 | Morrow |
| 978-1250257178 | Best in Snow | Rosenfelt, David | 10/12 | Minotaur |
| 978-0063057012 | No One Will Miss Her | Rosenfield, Kat | 10/12 | Morrow |
| 978-0358554837 | When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky | Verble, Margaret | 10/12 | HMH |
| 978-1641293068 | How High? - That High | Williams, Diane | 10/12 | Soho |
| 978-1644450680 | The House of Rust | Bajaber, Khadija Abdalla | 10/19 | Graywolf |
| 978-1534443624 | Shadows of Eternity | Benford, Gregory | 10/19 | Saga |
| 978-0593357385 | Child of Light | Brooks, Terry | 10/19 | Del Rey |
| 978-0785251729 | Once Upon a Wardrobe | Callahan, Patti | 10/19 | Harper Muse |
| 978-0593201107 | Femlandia | Dalcher, Christina | 10/19 | Berkley |
| 978-1250274540 | Truth and the Divine | Ellis, Lindsay | 10/19 | St. Martin's |
| 978-0385546027 | The Judge's List | Grisham, John | 10/19 | Doubleday |
| 978-1250824790 | Sleepless | Hausmann, Romy | 10/19 | Flatiron |
| 978-0062938169 | A Line To Kill | Horowitz, Anthony | 10/19 | Harper |
| 978-1982108786 | The Book of Mother | Huisman, Violaine | 10/19 | Scribner |
| 978-1641293129 | Diamond and the Eye | Lovesey, Peter | 10/19 | Soho Crime |
| 978-1984818812 | Dear Santa | Macomber, Debbie | 10/19 | Ballantine |
| 978-0063143388 | The Last Checkmate | Saab, Gabriella | 10/19 | Morrow |
| 978-0374140052 | The Days of Afrekete | Solomon, Asali | 10/19 | FSG |
| 978-0812989434 | Oh William! | Strout, Elizabeth | 10/19 | Random House |
| 978-1594633607 | Monster in the Middle | Yanique, Tiphanie | 10/19 | Riverhead |
| 978-1250816139 | Down the Hatch | Beaton, M.C. | 10/26 | Minotaur |
| 978-0778312178 | A Virgin River Christmas | Carr, Robyn | 10/26 | Mira |
| 978-1982104627 | Where They Wait | Carson, Scott | 10/26 | Emily Bestler |
| 978-1984818508 | Better Off Dead | Child, Lee & Andrew Child | 10/26 | Delacorte |
| 978-0063143258 | The Christmas Bookshop | Colgan, Jenny | 10/26 | Morrow |
| 978-1982176976 | The Nameless Ones | Connolly, John | 10/26 | Emily Bestler |
| 978-0778311225 | Sisters of the Great War | Feldman, Suzanne | 10/26 | Mira |
| 978-0063137769 | The Unheard | French, Nicci | 10/26 | Morrow |
| 978-1982183776 | A Christmas Courtship | Gray, Shelley Shepard | 10/26 | Gallery |
| 978-0063037038 | As the Wicked Watch | Hall, Tamron | 10/26 | Morrow |
| 978-1335529084 | One Christmas Wish | Jackson, Brenda | 10/26 | HQN |
| 978-0316592550 | The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven | Miller, Nathaniel Ian | 10/26 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1335529053 | The Christmas Escape | Morgan, Sarah | 10/26 | HQN |
| 978-1982168896 | Grave Reservations | Priest, Cherie | 10/26 | Atria |
| 978-0778311270 | Trashlands | Stine, Alison | 10/26 | Mira |
| 978-1335529060 | Sleigh Bells Ring | Thayne, RaeAnne | 10/26 | HQN |
| 978-0062953223 | Second Chance Christmas | Wilde, Lori | 10/26 | Avon |
| 978-0063144736 | The Wicked Widow | Williams, Beatriz | 10/26 | Morrow |
NONFICTION
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-0063028708 | Bad Fat Black Girl | Bowen, Sesali | 10/5 | Amistad |
| 978-1538737828 | Say Their Names | Bunn, Curtis | 10/5 | Grand Central |
| 978-0802158055 | King of the Blues | de Vise, Daniel | 10/5 | Grove |
| 978-0812986945 | Invisible Child | Elliott, Andrea | 10/5 | Random House |
| 978-0063076099 | The Storyteller | Grohl, Dave | 10/5 | Dey Street |
| 978-1982166106 | World War C | Gupta, Sanjay | 10/5 | S&S |
| 978-0358566052 | The Redemption of Bobby Love | Love, Bobby & Cheryl Love | 10/5 | HMH |
| 978-1250128423 | The Long War | Loyn, David | 10/5 | St. Martin's |
| 978-0063004771 | The Book of Nonexistent Words | Massini, Stefano | 10/5 | Harper Via |
| 978-0525657194 | Squirrel Hill | Oppehneimer, Mark | 10/5 | Knopf |
| 978-0062937780 | The Taking of Jemima Boone | Pearl, Matthew | 10/5 | Harper |
| 978-1982150945 | Smile | Ruhl, Sarah | 10/5 | S&S |
| 978-0525559597 | Major Labels | Sanneh, Kelefa | 10/5 | Penguin |
| 978-0316558792 | A Carnival of Snackery | Sedaris, David | 10/5 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1640094987 | A Tale of Two Omars | Sharif, Omar, Jr. | 10/5 | Counterpoint |
| 978-1982168018 | Taste | Tucci, Stanley | 10/5 | S&S |
| 978-0374600181 | Shelf Life | Wassef, Nadia | 10/5 | FSG |
| 978-1250269645 | I’m Possible | White, Richard Antoine | 10/5 | Flatiron |
| 978-0593238653 | Forward | Yang, Andrew | 10/5 | Crown |
| 978-0759554269 | E.R. Nurses | Patterson, James | 10/11 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1984881281 | Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds | Dogon, Mondiant | 10/12 | Penguin |
| 978-1631495823 | Born in Blackness | French, Howard W. | 10/12 | Liveright |
| 978-0063002609 | The Forever Dog | Habib, Rodney & Karen Shaw Becker | 10/12 | Harper Wave |
| 978-1982144432 | The Wires of War | Helberg, Jacob | 10/12 | Avid Reader |
| 978-1982168971 | Move | Khanna, Parag | 10/12 | Scribner |
| 978-0316243346 | Set the Night on Fire | Krieger, Robby | 10/12 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1101984697 | Where the Deer and the Antelope Play | Offerman, Nick | 10/12 | Dutton |
| 978-1982181536 | On Animals | Orlean, Susan | 10/12 | Avid Reader |
| 978-1640094840 | The Crime Without a Name | Pitner, Barrett Holmes | 10/12 | Counterpoint |
| 978-0593182925 | The Gilded Edge | Prendergast, Catherine | 10/12 | Dutton |
| 978-1631497964 | When Women Ruled the World | Quilligan, Maureen | 10/12 | Liveright |
| 978-0593086087 | Concepcion | Samaha, Albert | 10/12 | Riverhead |
| 978-0593231524 | Midnight In Washington | Schiff, Adam | 10/12 | Random House |
| 978-0063093621 | San Fransicko | Shellenberger, Michael | 10/12 | Harper |
| 978-0525658146 | Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die | Sloss, Daniel | 10/12 | Knopf |
| 978-0593239629 | Shoutin’ in the Fire | Stewart, Dante | 10/12 | Convergent |
| 978-1982114183 | The 9.9 Percent | Stewart, Matthew | 10/12 | S&S |
| 978-1984801159 | American Made | Stockman, Farah | 10/12 | Random House |
| 978-0525656364 | Oscar Wilde | Sturgis, Matthew | 10/12 | Knopf |
| 978-0735222168 | All the Marvels | Wolk, Douglas | 10/12 | Penguin |
| 978-0063046498 | We Were Dreamers | Liu, Simu | 10/15 | Morrow |
| 978-0525657408 | Lidia’s a Pot, a Pan, and a Bowl | Bastianich, Lidia Matticchio & Tanya Bastianich Manuali | 10/19 | Knopf |
| 978-0063082366 | Social Justice Parenting | Baxley, Traci | 10/19 | Harper Wave |
| 978-1101871959 | The Last Diving Horse in America | Branigan, Cynthia | 10/19 | Pantheon |
| 978-1501198939 | The Writing of the Gods | Dolnick, Edward | 10/19 | Scribner |
| 978-1538703281 | Act Like You Got Some Sense | Foxx, Jamie | 10/19 | Grand Central |
| 978-1250784094 | The Book of Hope | Goodall, Jane & Doug Abrams | 10/19 | Celadon |
| 978-0358223580 | Baking with Dorie | Greenspan, Dorie | 10/19 | HMH |
| 978-0525656876 | Colorization | Haygood, Wil | 10/19 | Knopf |
| 978-1982154431 | Our Class | Hedges, Chris | 10/19 | S&S |
| 978-1476750378 | Liberty Is Sweet | Holton, Woody | 10/19 | S&S |
| 978-0593358412 | The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting | Lynch, Evanna | 10/19 | Ballantine |
| 978-1839763854 | Everything and Less | McGurl, Mark | 10/19 | Verso |
| 978-1646220700 | Gentrifier | Moore, Anne Elizabeth | 10/19 | Catapult |
| 978-1335282408 | Girly Drinks | O'Meara, Mallory | 10/19 | Hanover Square |
| 978-0593238868 | This Is Ear Hustle | Poor, Nigel & Earlonne Woods | 10/19 | Crown |
| 978-1984879110 | The Plant Hunter | Quave, Cassandra Leah | 10/19 | Viking |
| 978-1250804228 | Sunbelt Blues | Ross, Andrew | 10/19 | Metropolitan |
| 978-1982158590 | Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli | Seal, Mark | 10/19 | Gallery |
| 978-1524742874 | Being You | Seth, Anil | 10/19 | Dutton |
| 978-0593083369 | Orwell’s Roses | Solnit, Rebecca | 10/19 | Viking |
| 978-0063081673 | Fallen Idols | von Tunzelmann, Alex | 10/19 | Harper |
| 978-1250235831 | Burning Boy | Auster, Paul | 10/26 | Holt |
| 978-0358569848 | The First Shots | Borrell, Brendan | 10/26 | HMH |
| 978-0593316207 | How To Live | Cohen, Josh | 10/26 | Pantheon |
| 978-1982112912 | David Copperfield’s History of Magic | Copperfield, David | 10/26 | S&S |
| 978-1250269607 | Her Honor | Cordell, LaDoris Hazzard | 10/26 | Celadon |
| 978-0316535861 | Going There | Couric, Katie | 10/26 | Little, Brown |
| 978-1524747558 | Feeling and Knowing | Damasio, Antonio | 10/26 | Pantheon |
| 978-1982177775 | The Pain Gap | Hossain, Anushay | 10/26 | Tiller |
| 978-1250128348 | The Radical Potter | Hunt, Tristram | 10/26 | Metropolitan |
| 978-1101947548 | Master of the Game | Indyk, Martin | 10/26 | Knopf |
| 978-0593183298 | Sorry Not Sorry | Milano, Alyssa | 10/26 | Dutton |
| 978-0593236314 | Renegades | Obama, Barak & Bruce Springsteen | 10/26 | Crown |
| 978-0593136775 | 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet | Paul, Pamela | 10/26 | Crown |
| 978-1250296054 | From Warsaw with Love | Pomfret, John | 10/26 | Holt |
| 978-1250804228 | Sunbelt Blues | Ross, Andrew | 10/26 | Metropolitan |
| 978-1631495182 | Ten Masterpieces of Music | Sachs, Harvey | 10/26 | Liveright |
| 978-1250116253 | In the Midst of Civilized Europe | Veidlinger, Jeffery | 10/26 | Metropolitan |
CHILDREN’S
| Title | Author | On Sale | Imprint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-1250204325 | When Night Breaks | Angeles, Janella | 10/5 | Wednesday Books |
| 978-1338355963 | Bluebird | Cameron, Sharon | 10/5 | Scholastic |
| 978-0063056664 | Black Birds in the Sky | Colbert, Brandy | 10/5 | Balzer & Bray |
| 978-0593114148 | The Falling Girls | Krischer, Hayley | 10/5 | Razorbill |
| 978-0316428477 | Kingdom of the Cursed | Maniscalco, Kerri | 10/5 | Jimmy Patterson |
| 978-1324016236 | Punching Bag | Ogle, Rex | 10/5 | Norton |
| 978-1335405654 | Luminous | Rutherford, Mara | 10/5 | Inkyard |
| 978-1989365793 | Crossbones | Vale, Kimberly | 10/5 | Wattpad |
| 978-0593353127 | So, This Is Christmas | Andreen, Tracy | 10/12 | Viking |
| 978-1335405661 | The Keeper of Night | Baker, Kylie Lee | 10/12 | Inkyard |
| 978-0763696894 | The Delusionist | Calame, Don | 10/12 | Candlewick |
| 978-1536216530 | The Heartbreak Bakery | Capetta, A R | 10/12 | Candlewick |
| 978-1250239570 | I Am Margaret Moore | Capin, Hannah | 10/12 | Wednesday Books |
| 978-0062691934 | Any Sign of Life | Carson, Rae | 10/12 | Greenwillow |
| 978-0358434597 | The Gilded Cage | Noni, Lynette | 10/12 | Clarion |
| 978-1645673163 | Dragonblood Ring | Ortiz, Amparo | 10/12 | Page Street Kids |
| 978-0762496815 | Where There's a Whisk | Schmitt, Sarah J | 10/12 | Running Press Kids |
| 978-0063056367 | Jade Fire Gold | Tan, June CL | 10/12 | Harper Teen |
| 978-1250787101 | Within These Wicked Walls | Blackwood, Lauren | 10/19 | Wednesday Books |
| 978-1250232588 | Bad Girls Never Say Die | Mathieu, Jennifer | 10/19 | Roaring Brook |
| 978-1250191908 | Little Thieves | Owen, Margaret | 10/19 | Holt |
| 978-1368077927 | Daughter of the Deep | Riordan, Rick | 10/26 | Disney Hyperion |
| 978-1547603763 | We Light Up the Sky | Rivera, Lilliam | 10/26 | Bloomsbury |