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October 2023 Releases

Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in October 2023 — 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
978-0063274877The ListAdegoke, Yomi10/3William Morrow
978-1250872333A Cold Highland WindAlexander, Tasha10/3Minotaur
978-1250827517The Jinn-Bot of ShantiportBasu, Samit10/3Tordotcom
978-1668024843Death ValleyBroder, Melissa10/3Scribner
978-1250274977The InternCampbell, Michele10/3St. Martin's
978-0063256743Mary and the Birth of FrankensteinEekhout, Anne10/3Harper Via
978-0374208080MenewoodGriffith, Nicola10/3MCD
978-0063277274The Hurricane WarsGuanzon, Thea10/3Voyager
978-1250799050Starling HouseHarrow, Alix E.10/3Tor
978-1250867025The Dead Take the A TrainKadrey, Richard10/3Nightfire
978-1250865489A Traitor in WhitehallKelly, Julia10/3Minotaur
978-0593654477The MANIACLabatut, Benjamin10/3Penguin
978-0062938824Brooklyn Crime NovelLethem, Jonathan10/3Ecco
978-0316557290Throne of the FallenManiscalco, Kerri10/3Little, Brown
978-1324050759Moscow XMcCloskey, David10/3Norton
978-0778305316The Twelve Months of ChristmasRoberts, Sheila10/3Mira
978-0778305200The Roaring Days of Zora LilySalazar, Noelle10/3Mira
978-1250899699Yumi and the Nightmare PainterSanderson, Brandon10/3Tor
978-0593542811Judgement PreySandford, John10/3Putnam
978-1984821959Second ActSteel, Danielle10/3Delacorte Press
978-1538739204The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, WitchTaub, Melinda10/3Grand Central
978-1668007433The Refugee OceanToutonghi, Pauls10/3S&S
978-1728269962Midnight is the Darkest HourWinstead, Ashley10/3Sourcebooks Landmark
978-1250852489After the ForestWoods, Kell10/3Tor
978-1250893963Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!Andrews, Donna10/10Minotaur
978-0593543887Shoot the MoonArsen, Isa10/10Putnam
978-1538726037Stars in Your EyesCallender, Kacen10/10Forever
978-1728270418Hold My GirlCarr, Charlene10/10Sourcebooks Landmark
978-1668009161Becoming the BoogeymanChizmar, Richard10/10Gallery
978-0593237663The Art of DestinyChu, Wesley10/10Del Rey
978-0525619994Sword CatcherClare, Cassandra10/10Del Rey
978-1501101816Blood LinesDeMille, Nelson10/10Scribner
978-0553387414The Children's BachGarner, Helen10/10Pantheon
978-1668004821What We Kept to OurselvesKim, Nancy Jooyoun10/10Atria
978-0063031463The Leftover WomanKwok, Jean10/10William Morrow
978-0593536322Roman StoriesLahiri, Jhumpa10/10Knopf
978-1681377780A Year and a DayLopate, Phillip10/10New York Review Books
978-0802161840TouchedMosley, Walter10/10Atlantic Monthly
978-1250828842Twas the Bite Before ChristmasRosenfelt, David10/10Minotaur
978-0374293574BlackoutsTorres, Justin10/10FSG
978-0593421093Family MealWashington, Bryan10/10Riverhead
978-0593188484ObsessionWoods, Stuart10/10Putnam
978-1668020791The Hive and the HoneyYoon, Paul10/10Marysue Rucci Books
978-1640093713The PremonitionYoshimoto, Banana10/10Counterpoint
978-1250848475Under the Smokestrewn SkyBaker, A. Deborah10/17Tordotcom
978-1646220625Straw Dogs of the UniverseChun, Ye10/17Catapult
978-0812997118TremorCole, Teju10/17Random House
978-1250262622Silent CityDavis-Goff, Sarah10/17Flatiron
978-1639731930The House of DoorsEng, Tan Twan10/17Bloomsbury
978-0385548953The ExchangeGrisham, John10/17Doubleday
978-1643753591Distant SonsJohnston, Tim10/17Algonquin
978-0593548707Paws to RememberKelly, Sofie10/17Berkley
978-1948226387ArtificialKurzweil, Amy10/17Catapult
978-1662602115Jonathan Abernathy You Are KindMcGhee, Molly10/17Astra House
978-1668015063Murder by DegreesMukerji, Ritu10/17S&S
978-1250887894Home at NightMunier, Paula10/17Minotaur
978-0593534243Vengeance Is MineNDiaye, Marie10/17Knopf
978-0374607616The Future FutureThirlwell, Adam10/17FSG
978-0593598672The Unmaking of June FarrowYoung, Adrienne10/17Delacorte Press
978-1496735478Take the Long Way HomeAlers, Rochelle10/24Dafina
978-0593186350What Wild Women DoBrown, Karma10/24Dutton
978-0593357576Lost & HoundBrown, Rita Mae10/24Ballantine
978-0593447345Organ MeatsChang, K-Ming10/24One World
978-1620403228I Must Be DreamingChast, Roz10/24Bloomsbury
978-1984818584The SecretChild, Lee10/24Delacorte Press
978-0062991638Hercule Poirot's Silent NightHannah, Sophie10/24William Morrow
978-0374298494The Dimensions of a CaveJackson, Greg10/24FSG
978-0063240964The Queen of DaysKelly, Greta10/24Voyager
978-0593537572West Heart KillMcDorman, Dann10/24Knopf
978-1250320551Sisters Under the Rising SunMorris, Heather10/24St. Martin's
978-0063265332JuliaNewman, Sandra10/24Mariner
978-0593639009Guy's GirlNoyes, Emma10/24Berkley
978-0063318502America FantasticaO'Brien, Tim10/24Mariner
978-1982104498Let Us DescendWard, Jesmyn10/24Scribner
978-1990778919What Happens on VacationWatson, Jo10/24W by Wattpad
978-0802161512The Night Side of the RiverWinterson, Jeanette10/24Atlantic Monthly
978-1668030622The GluttonBlakemore, A.K.10/31Scribner
978-0778333500A Dish Best Served HotCana, Natalie10/31Mira
978-1668003091Dirty ThirtyEvanovich, Janet10/31Atria
978-0593550113Blood SistersLillie, Vanessa10/31Berkley
978-0593316993From a Far and Lovely CountryMcCall Smith, Alexander10/31Pantheon
978-0374610487AbsolutionMcDermott, Alice10/31FSG
978-1668018262The PaleontologistDumas, Luke10/31Atria
978-1250872340When I'm DeadMorrissey, Hannah10/31Minotaur
978-1646221950The Berry PickersPeters, Amanda10/31Catapult

NONFICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1250844200Collision of PowerBaron, Martin10/3Flatiron
978-0385350549EveBohannon, Cat10/3Knopf
978-0593655078The Cost of Free LandClarren, Rebecca10/3Viking
978-1538725061In Light of All DarknessCross, Kim10/3Grand Central
978-0393868050I've Been ThinkingDennett, Daniel C.10/3Norton
978-0525659259LatinisimoGutierrez, Sandra A.10/3Knopf
978-0374102616The Boy from KyivHarss, Marina10/3FSG
978-0374193393Lou ReedHermes, Will10/3FSG
978-0593297865Differ We MustInskeep, Steve10/3Penguin
978-1668004494What Winners Won't Tell YouJenkins, Malcolm10/3S&S
978-1324074335Going InfiniteLewis, Michael10/3Norton
978-1982146863Extremely OnlineLorenz, Taylor10/3S&S
978-0802160508A Man of Two FacesNguyen, Viet Thanh10/3Grove
978-1524748814The Lumumba PlotReid, Stuart A.10/3Knopf
978-1324065463Alfie and MeSafina, Carl10/3Norton
978-1982132330How to Say BabylonSinclair, Safiya10/3S&S
978-1982167738Making It SoStewart, Patrick10/3Gallery
978-1250854971A Day in the Life of Abed SalamaThrall, Nathan10/3Metropolitan
978-0316437905FamiliaValladolid, Marcela10/3Voracious
978-1250289315Surely You Can't Be SeriousZucker, David10/3St. Martin's
978-0063039582To Rescue the ConstitutionBaier, Bret10/10Mariner
978-1250278777The Meth LunchesFoster, Kim10/10St. Martin's
978-0316456470MadonnaGabriel, Mary10/10Little, Brown
978-0063341463OpinionsGay, Roxane10/10Harper
978-0593300473A Bold Return to Giving a DamnHarris, Will10/10Viking
978-0593490297Every Man for Himself and God Against AllHerzog, Werner10/10Penguin
978-0307958921Hollywood and the Movies of the FiftiesHirsch, Foster10/10Knopf
978-0593443163Breaking ThroughKariko, Katalin10/10Crown
978-1982176327Fashion KillaKrishnamurthy, Sowmya10/10Gallery
978-1400238255Not That FancyMcEntire, Reba10/10Harper
978-0593655955Be UsefulSchwarzenegger, Arnold10/10Penguin
978-1101947104Judgment at TokyoBass, Gary J.10/17Knopf
978-1324035367Touch the FutureClark, John Lee10/17Norton
978-1250279279The Longest MinuteDavenport, Matthew J.10/17St. Martin's
978-0063135970The DishFriedman, Andrew10/17Mariner
978-0062334732The Life and Times of Hannah CraftsHecimovich, Gregg10/17Ecco
978-0593655269I Love RussiaKostyuchenko, Elena10/17Penguin
978-1668019146The Canceling of the American MindLukianoff, Greg10/17S&S
978-0593238172The SisterhoodMundy, Liza10/17Crown
978-0593536407The Dictionary PeopleOgilvie, Sarah10/17Knopf
978-1984862129Behind the SeamsParton, Dolly10/17Ten Speed
978-0063293137ConflictPetraeus, David10/17Harper
978-0593653166An Inconvenient CopRaymond, Edwin10/17Viking
978-0525560975DeterminedSapolsky, Robert M.10/17Penguin
978-0374606978Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)Stone, Sly10/17Auwa
978-0063079816Gray AreasWingfield, Adia Harvey10/17Amistad
978-0393881264American VisionsAyers, Edward L.10/24Norton
978-0871404220Emperor of RomeBeard, Mary10/24Liveright
978-0593230060How to Know a PersonBrooks, David10/24Random House
978-1982196202RomneyCoppins, McKay10/24Scribner
978-0062962843The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinner's Ready!Drummond, Ree10/24William Morrow
978-0063115712Our Secret SocietyFord, Tanisha10/24Amistad
978-0063279735The Little Book of AliensFrank, Adam10/24Harper
978-0374603427The Upstairs DelicatessenGarner, Dwight10/24FSG
978-0593653142Hidden PotentialGrant, Adam10/24Viking
978-0063073449Hunting the FalconGuy, John10/24Harper
978-1643752648It's Not You, It's CapitalismJabali, Malaika10/24Algonquin
978-0812993202Ours Was the Shining FutureLeonhardt, David10/24Random House
978-1324004660Endangered EatingLohman, Sarah10/24Norton
978-1982195861George HarrisonNorman, Philip10/24Scribner
978-1524761042Tupac ShakurRobinson, Staci10/24Crown
978-0593540152Opposable ThumbsSinger, Matt10/24Putnam
978-0063341043The Secret Life of John le CarreSisman, Adam10/24Harper
978-1668009048The Woman In MeSpears, Britney10/24Gallery
978-1250890979If You Would Have Told MeStamos, John10/24Holt
978-1982197056The Wolf of InvestingBelfort, Jordan10/31Gallery
978-0393882124Fierce AmbitionConant, Jennet10/31Norton
978-0593320464Start HereEl-Waylly, Sohla10/31Knopf
978-1982176358Charlie Chaplin vs. AmericaEyman, Scott10/31S&S
978-1250832313Big Heart Little StoveFrench, Erin10/31Celadon
978-0063272200Energy Follows ThoughtNelson, Willie10/31William Morrow
978-1593767457Black Punk NowTerry, Chris L.10/31Soft Skull
978-0525510086On Great FieldsWhite, Ronald C.10/31Random House
978-1250888099Being HenryWinkler, Henry10/31Celadon

CHILDREN’S

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1335458018The Scarlet AlchemistBaker, Kylie Lee10/3Inkyard Press
978-0593485545Plan ACaletti, Deb10/3Labyrinth Road
978-0063223356KweenChum, Vichet10/3Quill Tree
978-0063091597The BlackwoodsColbert, Brandy10/3Balzer & Bray
978-1250838735Hockey Girl Loves Drama BoyHicks, Faith Erin10/3First Second
978-0063260795The Forest Demands Its DueJackson, Kosoko10/3Quill Tree Books
978-1368089234The Spells We CastJune, Jason10/3Hyperion
978-1338745344BeholderLa Sala, Ryan10/3Push
978-1665939270Curious TidesLacelle, Pascale10/3Margaret K. McElderry Books
978-1534404489The Broke HeartsMendez, Matt10/3Atheneum
978-1728272160Night of the WitchRaasch, Sara & Beth Revis10/3Sourcebooks Fire
978-0593524787I Loved You in Another LifeArnold, David10/10Viking
978-0062990853The Blood YearsArnold, Elana K10/10Balzer & Bray
978-1250846808Songs of IrieBromfield, Asha Ashanti10/10Wednesday Books
978-0358538165Run and HideBrown, Don10/10Clarion
978-1665940719By Any Other NameCotter, Erin10/10S&S
978-0063266483Too Scared to SleepDuplessie, Andrew10/10Clarion
978-1368048217Realm of WondersMonir, Alexandra10/10Disney Hyperion
978-1335458032Wrath Becomes HerPolydoros, Aden10/10Inkyard Press
978-0062982391Charming Young ManSchrefer, Eliot10/10Katherine Tegen Books
978-0593643419Hatchet GirlsWallach, Diana Rodriguez10/10Delacorte
978-1250873736LayersBagieu, Penelope & Montana Kane10/17First Second
978-1250887733Unholy TerrorsClipstone, Lyndall10/17Holt
978-0310156222Our Divine MischiefHoward, Hanna10/17Blink
978-1250823700Flower and ThornMehrotra, Rati10/17Wednesday Books
978-1250868091At the End of the WorldMikail, Nadia10/17Feiwel & Friends
978-1990778742The God of High School Vol. 1Park, Yongie10/17Webtoon
978-0593526002Thin AirParker, Kellie M10/17Razorbill
978-0063115965All That Consumes UsWaters, Erica10/17Harper Teen
978-1250851208A Curse for True LoveGarber, Stephanie10/24Flatiron
978-0063144408When We Become OursGibney, Shannon, et.al.10/24Harper Teen
978-1250803375What the River KnowsIbanez, Isabel10/31Wednesday Books
978-0063287600The Rosewood HuntReed, MacKenzie10/31Harper Teen

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