Top new literary-fiction books in October 2024
Last updated:
October 31, 2024
October 2024 featuring new releases by Paula Hawkins, Nikki May, Lavie Tidhar, James Smythe, Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, Ali Smith, Louise Erdrich, Susanna Clarke, Victoria Sawdon, Sophie Kinsella, Lynda Cohen Loigman, Andrew Miller and many more.
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The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
The spellbinding new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train.An isolated Scottish island, accessible to the mainland only twelve hours a day. A famous (some might say infamous) artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared after visiting her twenty years ago... -
![This Motherless Land by Nikki May]()
This Motherless Land by Nikki May
READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAYFrom the acclaimed author of Wahala, a “vibrant” (Charmaine Wilkerson) decolonial retelling of Mansfield Park: Jane Austen meets The Vanishing HalfQuiet Funke is happy in Nigeria. She loves her art teacher mother, her professor father, and even her annoying little brother (most of the time)...fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · contemporary · retellings · family · coming-of-age · racism · poc-mc -
![Of the Flesh by Lavie Tidhar, James Smythe, Michel Faber, Bridget Collins]()
Of the Flesh by Lavie Tidhar, James Smythe, Michel Faber, Bridget Collins
Fear never dies… These stories from eighteen master storytellers will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams and redefine terror.An exploited child worker in the silver mines of Bolivia finds an ally – but at what cost? A young woman's workplace affair has terrifying repercussions when her lover's wife dies...horror · fiction · anthologies · audiobook · gothic · spooky · cannibalism · supernatural · ghosts · literary-fiction -
![Every Moment Since: A Novel by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen]()
Every Moment Since: A Novel by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
A small Southern town. An ordinary Saturday night. A little boy disappears without a trace.Everyone in Wynotte, North Carolina, knows the name Davy Malcor. Knows the video clip of him juggling four balls, "All at the very same time!" Knows the Marty McFly jacket his mother made for his birthday that he wore proudly, and often...mystery · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · womens-fiction · suspense · crime · grief · thriller · family -
![Gliff by Ali Smith]()
Gliff by Ali Smith
From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning and knowing.An uncertain near-future. A story of new boundaries drawn between people daily. A not-very brave new world. Add two children. And a horse.From a Scottish word meaning a transient moment, a shock, a faint glimpse, Gliff explores how and why we endeavour to make a mark on the world...fiction · dystopia · literary-fiction · sci-fi · audiobook · contemporary · 21st-century · lgbtq · fantasy · family -
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![The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich]()
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people’s lives.History is a flood. The mighty red . . .In Argus, North Dakota, a collection of people revolve around a fraught wedding... -
![The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke, Victoria Sawdon]()
The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke, Victoria Sawdon
'A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They're the same thing really.'Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scott is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees—and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods.One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox...fantasy · fiction · magical-realism · audiobook · animals · season-winter · historical · historical-fiction · outdoors · magic -
![What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella]()
What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming—of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew.“The bravest book you’ll read all year.”—Jodi Picoult “What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it is my most autobiographical work to date. Eve’s story is my story...romance · fiction · womens-fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · grief · family · female-mc · book · adult -
![The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman]()
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
It's never too late for new beginnings.On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta Stern is adrift. When she relocates to Rallentando Springs—an active senior community in southern Florida—she unexpectedly crosses paths with Irving Rivkin, the delivery boy from her father’s old pharmacy—and the man who broke her heart sixty years earlier...north-america · usa · florida · urban · new-york-state · romance · historical-fiction · fiction · magical-realism · fantasy -
![The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller]()
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
December 1962, a small village near Bristol. Eric and Irene and Bill and Rita. Two young couples living next to each other, the first in a beautiful cottage - suitable for a newly appointed local doctor - the second in a rundown, perennially under-heated farm... -
![Where Roses Fall by Jennifer Donnelly]()
Where Roses Fall by Jennifer Donnelly
Bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly continues her Rose Petals series – novella-length stories set within the world of her beloved Tea Rose saga.It’s the summer of 1900 in London’s gritty East End. The ruthless, complicated gangster Sid Malone rules the streets of Whitechapel with an iron fist, but cannot rule his own heart...romance · historical-fiction · audiobook · fiction · medical · mystery · industrial-era · victorian · edwardian · literary-fiction -
![Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger]()
Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secrets buried in their family’s past.Detroit, 1960. Lila Pereira is two years old when her angry, abusive father has her mother committed to an asylum. Lila never sees her mother again...fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · mystery · family · audiobook · drama · feminism · friendship -
![Burning Crown by Marie Niehoff]()
Burning Crown by Marie Niehoff
Eine Drachenreiterin liebt nicht – erst recht nicht ihren Drachen.Der Auftakt zur neuen großen Romantasy-Trilogie von Spiegel-Bestseller-Autorin Marie Niehoff.Auf drei Vergehen steht in der Armee von Eldeya die Verrat, Desertion und Beziehungen zwischen Reitern und Drachenwandlern. Nachdem Yessas Wandler bei einem Hinterhalt stirbt, wird ihr ein neuer Cassim...romance · fantasy · dragons · enemies-to-lovers · high-fantasy · audiobook · new-adult · fiction · forbidden-love · forced-proximity -
![A Little Place in Prague by Julie Caplin]()
A Little Place in Prague by Julie Caplin
***Preorder the gorgeous new Winter romance from Julie Caplin, coming October 2024!***It's been years since Anna has seen Leo Knight. And of all the apartments in all the cities in all the world, he just happens to walk in to her cosy new attic home – as her new housemate...romance · contemporary · fiction · audiobook · season-winter · literary-fiction · holidays · humor · book · adult -
![Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst]()
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst
From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions modern England through the lens of one man’s acutely observed and often unnerving experience, as he struggles with class and race, art and sexuality, love and violence... -
![Exposure by Ramona Emerson]()
Exposure by Ramona Emerson
In the follow-up to the National Book Award–longlisted Shutter, Navajo forensic photographer Rita Todacheene grapples with a fanatical serial killer—and the ghosts he leaves behind...north-america · usa · new-mexico · mystery · fiction · horror · indigenous-mc · suspense · crime · paranormal -
![Model Home by Rivers Solomon]()
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
Two bodies lie in the garden of a sprawling property in Oak Creek Estate, a wealthy gated community in Dallas, Texas.The bodies belong to the parents of Ezri, Eve and Emmanuel, who have long since abandoned the childhood home in which their parents remained all these years...horror · fiction · lgbtq · mystery · audiobook · contemporary · haunted-places · spooky · paranormal · literary-fiction -
![The Glass Girl by Kathleen Glasgow]()
The Glass Girl by Kathleen Glasgow
Everyone in fifteen-year-old Bella’s life needs something from her. Her mom needs her to help around the house; her dad needs her to not make waves; her ex needs her to not be so much. The only person who never needed anything from her was her grandmother—and now she’s dead.There’s only one thing that dulls the pressure: alcohol...young-adult · mental-illness · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · realistic · dark · psychological · family · substance-abuse -
![The Woman in Coach D by Sarah A. Denzil]()
The Woman in Coach D by Sarah A. Denzil
“Let the fear set you free, Jenny.”It’s been sixteen years since Susie Patterson last told me those words. Sixteen years since our ever-escalating dares and challenges finally went too far, and my best friend plunged into the icy waters of Hangman’s Cave never to be seen again...audiobook · mystery · fiction · psychological · crime · contemporary · suspense · thriller · cults · fundamentalism -
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![Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner]()
Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner
A wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sistersIt is said that when one person in a family is unstable, the whole family is destabilized. Meet the Shreds. Olivia is the sister in the spotlight, but when her stunning confidence morphs into something erratic and unpredictable, she becomes a hurricane leaving people wrecked in her wake...fiction · contemporary · mental-illness · literary-fiction · family · coming-of-age · audiobook · psychological · dark · season-spring -
![Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy.When the Southern Reach Trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page New York Times story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others... -
![Saviors by Brian J. Nordon]()
Saviors by Brian J. Nordon
The first semester is ending. It’s time to take on the Tower! The excursion was a mess. Sal’s trust in his team is at rock bottom from the actions of another in the final fight. He now needs to enter the Tower and fight demons with the same person that betrayed him... -
![Polostan by Neal Stephenson]()
Polostan by Neal Stephenson
The first installment in Neal Stephenson’s three-part Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early life of the enigmatic Dawn Rae Bjornberg. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn is raised in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution by her Russian father, a party line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora...fiction · historical-fiction · sci-fi · historical · audiobook · fantasy · espionage · 20th-century · politics · mystery -
![Sugar by Mia Ballard]()
Sugar by Mia Ballard
Love, betrayal, murder, and witchcraft.When 35-year-old Satara Stratton discovers her husband Dean’s treacherous affair with her best friend, Lilah, she plunges into familiar deceit and death. Having disposed of men before without a hitch, she finds a new thrill in this betrayal. But with Lilah on a crusade to expose her guilt, Satara must outpace everyone to keep her secrets safe...horror · fiction · contemporary · historical-fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · witches-wizards · thriller · suspense · spooky -
![Night and Day by John Connolly]()
Night and Day by John Connolly
New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, “one of the best thriller writers we have” (Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author), returns with a shivery collection of supernatural tales...horror · fiction · fantasy · audiobook · paranormal · spooky · anthologies · humor · supernatural · mystery -
![Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth]()
Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth
Libby Lost and Found is a book for people who don't know who they are without the books they love. It's about the stories we tell ourselves and the chapters of our lives we regret. Most importantly, it's about the endings we write for ourselves.Meet Libby Weeks, author of the mega-best-selling fantasy series, The Falling Children—written as "F.T. Goldhero" to maintain her privacy...fiction · contemporary · audiobook · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · fantasy · friendship · realistic · found-family · humor -
![The Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock]()
The Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock
Inspired by the little-known history of Cumberland Island, The Fabled Earth is a sweeping story of family lore and the power of finding your own voice as Southern mythology and personal reckoning collide with a changing world.1932...historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · historical · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · audiobook · family · small-town · secrets -
![Ropa tendida by Óscar García Sierra]()
Ropa tendida by Óscar García Sierra
De la desindustrialización al after en un pueblo deprimente pero con encanto. Donde había una central térmica, ahora hay un gran hueco.Isidorín se ha prejubilado después de una vida dedicada a la minería y ocupa sus horas aprendiendo ruso y organizando carreras para los guajes del club ciclista... -
![Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro]()
Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro
Gemma’s boots slip on uneven ground and her black cape catches in the wind as she runs. “Please, not Lucy,” she prays. Nurse Gemma Tate is heartbroken when she hears that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed...mystery · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · fiction · murder · crime · cozy · suspense · law-enforcement -
![Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato]()
Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato
One of Electric Literature’s “75 Books by Women of Color to Read in 2024”From the National Book Award-winning translator, an atmospheric and wise debut novel of a young Brazilian woman’s first year in America, a continent away from her lonely mother, and the relationship they build over Skype calls across borders“Utterly beautiful . . . The yearning in these pages will haunt me...north-america · usa · vermont · urban · new-york-state · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · latinx-mc -
![And He Shall Appear by Kate van der Borgh]()
And He Shall Appear by Kate van der Borgh
From a mesmerizing new literary voice comes a story of obsessive friendship, chilling powers, and untimely death for readers of dark academia classics like If We Were Villains and The Secret History. An unnamed narrator arrives at Cambridge University in the early aughts determined to reinvent himself...horror · dark-academia · fantasy · fiction · gothic · contemporary · mystery · literary-fiction · audiobook · magic -
![Rest In Pieces by Candice M. Wright]()
Rest In Pieces by Candice M. Wright
If you’d told me years ago that I’d become a stunt woman after a car accident turned my Olympic dreams of gold to rust,I’d have called you crazy.Yet here I am, throwing myself off a perfectly good building.I guess I’ve always been a little fearless, except when it comes to matters of the heart.I keep my relationships light and meaningless, which is why my exes tend to have big..romance · found-family · suspense · forced-proximity · contemporary · biker · small-town · organized-crime · dark · family -
![Right Hand by Natalie Zina Walschots]()
Right Hand by Natalie Zina Walschots
The Boys meets Starter Villain and Assistant to the Villain in Natalie Zina Walschots’s electrifying, sharp, violent, and hilarious sequel to the highly acclaimed novel, Hench, in which the Auditor must confront the near-impossible in order to right the many wrongs in the superhuman industry…or cause more of them. She’s not picky...fantasy · fiction · super-powered · lgbtq · literary-fiction · romance · action-adventure · horror · female-mc · book -
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![Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery]()
Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women’s hotel in 1960s New York City.The Beidermeier might be several rungs lower on the ladder than the real-life Barbizon, but its residents manage to occupy one another nonetheless...historical-fiction · fiction · literary-fiction · humor · historical · lgbtq · wlw · comedy · politics · urban -
![The Unfinished Line by Jen Lyon]()
The Unfinished Line by Jen Lyon
Jen Lyon, award-winning author of The Senator’s Wife, brings another intricately woven world of nuanced characters, solidifying herself as a skilled storyteller of women’s fiction.When Kameryn Kingsbury lands one of the most coveted roles in cinema history, she’s certain it’s the most monumental thing that’s ever happened to her—until a twist of fate introduces her to Dillon Sinclair...romance · wlw · sports · literary-fiction · fiction · lgbtq · contemporary · audiobook · lesbian-mc · celebrity -
![The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni]()
The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni
It is the Year of the Wood Dragon, and the ingenious Mike Brink has been invited to Tokyo, Japan to open the legendary Dragon Box, a mysterious nineteenth-century puzzle that has remained unsolved for over 150 years.The box was constructed during one of Japan’s most tumultuous periods, when the samurai class was disbanded and the shogun lost power...mystery · fiction · serial-killers · sci-fi · audiobook · suspense · supernatural · horror · psychological · female-mc -
![Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins]()
Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
"Can the absence of words tell a story? Like a pattern in lace, the holes as important as the threads?"A search. A puzzle. Sixty protagonists―all of whom are dead...sci-fi · fiction · death · audiobook · time-travel · grief · ai · literary-fiction · epistolary · lgbtq -
![The Book of George by Kate Greathead]()
The Book of George by Kate Greathead
From the author of the critically acclaimed Laura & Emma comes a The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. for our times: Kate Greathead's razor-sharp but big-hearted excavation of millennial masculinity, The Book of George.If you haven’t had the misfortune of dating a George, you know someone who has...fiction · romantic-love · 21st-century · 20th-century · travel · satire · humor · literary-fiction · historical · book -
![Don't Be a Stranger by Susan Minot]()
Don't Be a Stranger by Susan Minot
A mesmerizing new novel from the author of the story of a woman swept into a love affair at mid-lifeIvy Cooper is 52 years old when Ansel Fleming first walks into her life. Twenty years her junior, a musician newly released from prison on a minor drug charge, Ansel’s beguiling good looks and quiet intensity instantly seduce her...romance · fiction · literary-fiction · audiobook · contemporary · drama · family · psychological · book · adult -
![VIRGINIA FALL 2: Wind and Rain by Boyd Craven Jr., LA Bayles, Dan Gilliam]()
VIRGINIA FALL 2: Wind and Rain by Boyd Craven Jr., LA Bayles, Dan Gilliam
While out on a scavenging mission for useful home improvement items to expand their ability to house more people, the Old Cabin crew found a small, yellow plane, a Piper Super Cub with removable wings, in a barn and trailered it home. John knew how to fly one, and Jimmy could fix just about anything with an engine in it...apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · female-mc · fiction · action-adventure · literary-fiction · disaster · book · adult
