October 2026 New Book Releases

Do You See What I See? by Peter Swanson

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Holiday Mystery novella

A fantastically creepy holiday story of a writer tasked with helping a famous novelist finish his next book. But when two dead bodies turn up at the seaside manor, he must uncover the killer before the clock ticks down to Christmas Day.

Hear the Dead by Ann Dávila Cardinal

Release Date: October 6, 2026

An edgy, genre-bending thriller following a retired photographer who begins to hear the murders of women she knew in her punk youth, forcing her to reckon with the past she’s desperate to forget.

The Witch by Freida McFadden

Release Date: October 6, 2026

A chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets―those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.

Another Name for Red by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala

Release Date: October 13, 2026

Debut Author

After a young Anishinaabe woman vanishes, her sister tries to pick up the pieces of her broken family, even as her investigations put her at risk of suffering a similar fate.

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Ally Carter

Release Date: October 13, 2026

Book 2 of the Kiss Marry Kill Series

A billionaire’s grandson and the housekeeper’s daughter square off in this cat-and-mouse holiday romance-mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year.

Please Enjoy Your Stay by Tara Goedjen

Release Date: October 13, 2026

After a true crime podcast reopens her cousin’s murder case, a woman must confront her past at a glamorous European castle where she follows a trail of toxic family secrets and deadly lies.

A Reunion to Die For by KJ Whittle

Release Date: October 13, 2026

They all wanted their bully dead. Now someone’s granted the wish. From the author of Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests comes the twisted tale of a school reunion turned murderous―and the suspects must catch the real killer before they’re framed.

Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Debut Author

A sharp and deeply felt debut about art, ambition, and the connections that both inspire and undo us.

Counting Down to You by Emily Stone

Release Date: October 6, 2026

In this heartfelt romance from the author of Always, in December and Yours for the Season, a bittersweet Christmas countdown opens the door to healing, hope and maybe even love.

Once, Again, Always by Amanda Gayle

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Debut Author

A second-chance romance following a young woman who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the past six years, only to find that she apparently married the one man she can’t stand—her arrogant and infuriating former boarding school rival.

Solar Eclipse of the Heart by Kate Robb

Release Date: October 6, 2026

When a PhD candidate inherits more grief than she can quantify, an attractive musician—and his mysterious jacket—unravels everything she thought she knew about love, loss, and reality.

Back Where We Starte by Becca Freeman

Release Date: October 13, 2026

A rising Hollywood star explores the road not taken with her first love in this tender second-chance romance.

The End Goal by Lauren Penny

Release Date: October 13, 2026

A star NHL player goes toe-to-toe with his team’s new data analyst over the right strategy to make the playoffs, but will their heated feud on the ice turn into something even steamier off it?

Entities to Lovers by Mallory Marlowe

Release Date: October 13, 2026

A connection that’s more than supernatural emerges between two rival tour guides who wish they could ghost each other in this sparkling romantic comedy.

Unapologetic Love Story by Elle McNicoll

Release Date: October 13, 2026

An unapologetic celebration of love, relationships, and the women who have historically been shut out of such stories, until now.

A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez

Release Date: October 20, 2026

Bring on the holiday cheer in this delightful collection of three feel-good novellas with bonus recipes and full-page illustrations, perfect for gifting!

Now That We Don’t Talk by Rachel Pologe

Release Date: October 20, 2026

Debut Author

A commitment-phobe finds herself stuck spending Hanukkah with her childhood best friend turned nemesis, only for holiday chaos to ensue and complicated feelings to resurface, in this emotionally resonant debut romance.

The Plus One List by Amy Ewing

Release Date: October 20, 2026

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing comes a steamy new vacation romance perfect for fans of Christina Lauren’s The Paradise Problem.

Friends and Family by Natalie Baszile

Release Date: October 6, 2026

From the author of Queen Sugar, a piercing examination of friendship and loyalty as two best friends find themselves at odds over their beliefs on race, identity and allyship, especially when it comes to their teenage children.

I Never Knew You At All by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

Release Date: October 13, 2026

Bestselling authors Christine Pride and Jo Piazza return with a gripping and thought-provoking new novel about a Black woman whose interracial marriage is tested when a journalist investigates a decades-old murder tied to her wealthy husband’s family.

The Mother-in-Law Book Club by Kate Hash

Release Date: October 13, 2026

Sometimes the family you need is the one you never expected to find.

Every Story Is a Love Story by Imbolo Mbue

Release Date: October 6, 2026

From the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers and How Beautiful We Were, a captivating novel about love lost—and the weight of regret

The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson

Release Date: October 6, 2026

An audacious and darkly funny literary crime masterpiece centered on a Black cop in an Atlanta precinct, whose façade of white alliance begins to crumble after a highly publicized murder

Partita by Barbara Kingsolver

Release Date: October 6, 2026

The story of a brief, passionate, life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of all: our eternal human longing for art and beauty.

Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus

Release Date: October 13, 2026

An irresistible, delightful, and tender literary novel set in the publishing world of 1980s New York City about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck.

Odette Rising by Julianne Edwards

Release Date: October 13, 2026

A mesmerizing coming-of-age story of an extraordinary young woman in turn-of-the-century France as she rises to find a life she’d never dreamed possible.

Queen of Lombard Street by Lisa Kleypas

Release Date: October 20, 2026

From New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas—a sweeping, richly layered Victorian novel about a trailblazing female economist who’s determined to build Britain’s first women’s bank, but she must fight both financial corruption and a system intent on destroying the newly found family she’s created.

The Queen of Roses by Julia Kelly

Release Date: October 20, 2026

Spanning the ballrooms of Pasadena and the sunlit gardens of Altadena, a new novel of love and sacrifice from the internationally bestselling author of The Light Over London and The Last Garden in England.

Upstate by Kim van Alkemade

Release Date: October 27, 2026

A grieving writer. An abandoned bookshop. A secret love story hidden in letters. From New York Times bestselling author Kim van Alkemade comes an unforgettable novel about found family, healing, and the power of the past to reshape the present.

The Divines by Rachel Greenlaw

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Book 2 in the Killmarth Trials series

Dangers and magics new and old build to God-like proportions as Sophia and her allies fight for their lives, and their very world, in this steamy, propulsive follow-up to The Ordeals.

Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Two great loves. A world in chaos. And a life that never lands in order. Discover the highly anticipated new novel from Audrey Niffenegger, which can be read on its own or as a companion to her multi-million copy bestseller The Time Traveler’s Wife.

The Memory of Borrowed Books by Meg Anderson

Release Date: October 6, 2026

A sweeping, magical ode to community and the stories we leave behind, The Memory of Borrowed Books follows one librarian who discovers a hidden room of unfinished memories―and must find the one that can save her beloved library from closing forever.

Victorious by V. E. Schwab

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Book 3 of the Villains series

The triumphant conclusion to the Villains series from V.E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.

Mothsblood by Lynn D. Jung

Release Date: October 13, 2026

Debut Author

An ambitious alchemist must uncover her university’s dark secrets while trying to escape from her mysterious past in this electrifying debut.

The Tarot Trials by Katee Robert

Release Date: October 20, 2026

This high-octane, fast-paced epic fantasy of tarot magic and deadly competition launches an explosive new series perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and Carissa Broadbent.

A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas

Release Date: October 27, 2026

Romance, danger, and intrigue await you in the breathtaking sixth book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series.

The Seventh Ribbon by Gus Krieger

Release Date: October 27, 2026

Debut Author

A moving, whimsical debut love story of ‘what if’ about a grieving widow who attempts to rewrite her past with magical typewriter ribbons to try to save her husband from his unfortunate fate, for readers of In Five Years and Me Before You.

The Chain House by J. H. Markert

Release Date: October 6, 2026

A dangerous cult leader, days away from execution, reveals he is the famous author behind a bestselling series. With his death, the final, unpublished manuscript—and the crucial evidence it contains—will never see the light of day.

Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Final Destination meets The Cabin at the End of the World in this supernatural horror from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, in which a series of car accidents traps a group of strangers at a dive bar.

Killing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

Release Date: October 6, 2026

Book 3 of the Boogeyman Series

The terrifying horror trilogy finale to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling series that includes Chasing the Boogeyman and Becoming the Boogeyman from “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste).

Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak

Release Date: October 13, 2026

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret, featuring more than eighty pages of illustrations.

Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones

Release Date: October 13, 2026

Book 2 of The Only Good Indians Series

A ragtag group of activists sets out to repatriate the bones of a Blackfeet boy taken to the infamous Carlisle Indian Industrial School in author Stephen Graham Jones’s return to the Blackfeet reservation of his award-winning New York Times bestsellers The Only Good Indians and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.

Rottenheart by Kat Dunn

Release Date: October 13, 2026

From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twist—and where the only thing more dangerous than a family secret is a mother’s revenge.

Solace House by Will Maclean

Release Date: October 13, 2026

An addictive and brilliant puzzle box of a novel following a group of university students who discover an astonishing secret while clearing out a neglected Victorian mansion.

The Woman of the House by Kate Mooney

Release Date: October 13, 2026

A terrifying, twisty, and impossible-to-put-down supernatural thriller that reminds us that houses are never just houses—and secrets never stay buried.

Milk Teeth by Caitlin Starling

Release Date: October 20, 2026

A dark, seductive tale of hunger, love, and transformation from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence.

When the Night Comes Knocking by Katherine Daniel

Release Date: October 20, 2026

In this Appalachian horror novel, two estranged siblings become trapped in a convenience store under attack by a monster from the mountains who feasts on guilty hearts.

Savage Lake by Nick Medina

Release Date: October 27, 2026

A mother and son travel to a dilapidated cabin in the woods that haunts more than just her memories in this new unnerving horror from the author of The Whistler and Sisters of the Lost Nation.

As We Fall Through Time by Claire North

Release Date: October 13, 2026

A future that is already broken. A paradox that must be solved. A love that can never be erased.

As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers

Release Date: October 13, 2026

Explore a universe of stubborn survival and found family, of persistent danger and quiet wonder in the first installment of a heartfelt new duology from Hugo Award–winning author Becky Chambers.

Under the Iron Sky by A. T. Emerald

Release Date: October 13, 2026

A fallen empire. A warrior determined to protect her people. And the masked soldier who captures her behind enemy lines. This is the first novel in a dark, seductive, and all-consuming trilogy where hope is fickle but the fight is never over.