All the October 2025 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all the titles.

Fiction

Pop Fiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albom, Mitch. Twice. Harper. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780062406682. 320p. $26.99. FICTION

Bestselling Albom (The Little Liar) returns to fiction with the story of Alfie Logan, who has the magical ability to do things over. He can rewind any moment and live it again—except for love; in that case, if he undoes it once, it is gone forever. With a million-copy first printing.

Colgan, Jenny. The Secret Christmas Library. Morrow Paperbacks. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063437371. pbk. 304p. $18.99. FICTION

In Colgan’s (Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop) latest Scottish-set holiday story, Mirren Sutherland travels to a castle in search of a valuable rare book. She is joined by two fellow questors in what amounts to a treasure hunt. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Newman, Catherine. Wreck. Harper. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063453913. 224p. $26.99. FICTION

Newman, the bestselling author of Sandwich, returns to those characters two years later. While her son now works in New York, Rocky is still living in Western Massachusetts with her husband and daughter, plus her widowed father who has recently moved in. Her life is full of things to do, be overly interested in, and worry about. With a 200K-copy first printing.

O’Neill, Heather Aimee. The Irish Goodbye. Holt. Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781250408150. 288p. $28.99. FICTION

Award-winning poet O’Neill turns to fiction with the story of three sisters who return home to Long Island for Thanksgiving. They have not been home together in years, and while they yearn to reconnect, they each carry secrets and losses. With a 125K-copy first printing.

Perkins, Stephanie. Overdue. Saturday. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250313461. 416p. $31. FICTION

Bestselling YA author Perkins (The Woods Are Always Watching) pens her adult debut about 29-year-old Ingrid Dahl, a librarian who is about to settle down with her long-term boyfriend. But before the couple commit to each other, they agree to a month of dating other people. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Sparks, Nicholas & M. Night Shyamalan. Remain. Random. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798217154043. 352p. $30. FICTION

Bestselling Sparks and filmmaker Shyamalan join forces on a novel that mixes romance and ghost story. It will also be a movie, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Karon, Jan. My Beloved. (Mitford, bk. 15). Putnam. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798217047178. 320p. $32. FICTION

Literary Fiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bennett, Claire-Louise. Big Kiss, Bye-Bye. Riverhead. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798217046645. 224p. $29. LITERARY FICTION

Bennett (Checkout 19, one of the New York Times top 10 books of 2021) explores love and intimacy, as her novel’s woman protagonist considers the people she’s connected with over the years and their impact upon her.

Danielewski, Mark Z. Tom’s Crossing. Pantheon. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781524747718. 1,232p. $40. LITERARY FICTION

Danielewski, author of the cult classic House of Leaves, returns with an epic Western set in Utah in 1982, about two friends who are determined to save a pair of horses from slaughter.

Díaz, Jaquira. This Is the Only Kingdom. Algonquin. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781616209148. 352p. $28. LITERARY FICTION

Díaz, author of the Whiting Award–winning memoir Ordinary Girls, makes her fiction debut with this story about a family that finds itself in the middle of a murder investigation.

Hobson, Brandon. The Devil Is a Southpaw. Ecco. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063259652. 352p. $29. LITERARY FICTION

Hobson (The Removed) crafts a novel-within-a-novel story about Milton Muleborn and Matthew Echota, who met in a juvenile detention center before Matthew escaped. Decades later, Milton writes their stories. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Ishida, Syou. We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat. tr. from Japanese by E. Madison Shimoda. Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593818763. 320p. $29. LITERARY FICTION

Ishida’s sequel to the bestselling We’ll Prescribe You a Cat revisits the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul, where those in need find emotional healing from a cast of lovable cats.

Jen, Gish. Bad Bad Girl. Knopf. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593803738. 352p. $30. LITERARY FICTION

Award-winning Jen (Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories) writes an autobiographical novel about a complicated mother-daughter relationship, spanning the mother’s childhood in China and her new life in the U.S., where her daughter is born.

Kim Jee-hye. Soyangri Book Kitchen. tr. from Korean by Shanna Tan. Union Square & Co. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781454963684. 256p. $25. LITERARY FICTION

In Kim’s debut, a bestseller in South Korea, a woman leaves Seoul to open a bookshop and café in a small village. Over the course of a year, multiple people find comfort and hope in the Book Kitchen.

King, Lily. Heart the Lover. Grove. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780802165176. 256p. $28. LITERARY FICTION

Bestselling King’s latest is both a prequel and sequel to Writers & Lovers (a Read with Jenna pick), featuring Casey “Jordan” Peabody during her time at college and decades later when her past catches up with her.

Kitagawa, Yasushi. The Lucky Ride: A Novel Full of Opportunity. tr. from Japanese by Takami Nieda. HarperOne. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063376243. pbk. 272p. $23.99. LITERARY FICTION

Facing debt and despair, a man takes a series of magical taxi rides that teach him how to create happiness for himself and his family.

Lee, Harper. The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays. Harper. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063460515. 240p. $30. LITERARY FICTION

A collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces from Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird. With a million-copy first printing.

North, Anna. Bog Queen. Bloomsbury. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781635579666. 288p. $28.99. LITERARY FICTION

American forensic anthropologist Agnes investigates an unusual ancient body found in an English bog in the latest from bestselling North (Outlawed, a Reese’s Book Club pick). With a 200K-copy first printing.

Pynchon, Thomas. Shadow Ticket. Penguin Bks. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781594206108. 384p. $30. LITERARY FICTION

In his first book in more than a decade, bestselling and award-winning Pynchon (Bleeding Edge) writes a Great Depression–era tale about private eye Hicks McTaggart, whose search for the missing heiress to a Wisconsin cheese fortune sets him on a globe-trotting adventure.

Taylor, Brandon. Minor Black Figures. Riverhead. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593332368. 320p. $29. LITERARY FICTION

Booker Prize finalist and bestselling Taylor, author of the multi-best-booked Real Life, returns with a story set in the New York City art world that explores what it means to be both Black and gay today.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Kashiwai, Hisashi. Menu of Happiness. (Kamogawa Food Detectives, bk. 3). tr. from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood. Putnam. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798217045358. 208p. $27. LITERARY FICTION

Mystery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blacke, Olivia. Death at the Door. (The Ruby and Cordelia Mysteries, bk. 2). Minotaur. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250336705. 352p. $28. MYSTERY

Ruby and Cordelia, the ghost of the woman who previously lived in Ruby’s apartment, return to solve another murder after their adventures in Blacke’s A New Lease on Death.

Lillie, Vanessa. The Bone Thief. (Syd Walker, bk. 2). Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593550144. 368p. $30. MYSTERY

Following her investigation in Lillie’s Blood Sisters (a Target Book Club pick), Syd Walker, an archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is back and in search of missing skeletal remains and a teen girl.

Ryan, Tom. We Had a Hunch. Atlantic Crime. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780802165886. 352p. $27. MYSTERY

The three famous teen detectives of Edgar Mills, MA, have grown up but are drawn home again by a new murder in the latest from Ryan (The Treasure Hunter’s Club).

Solvinic, Nicola. The Sister’s Curse. (Anna Koray, bk. 2). Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593639757. 384p. $30. MYSTERY

After her first appearance in Solvinic’s The Hunter’s Daughter, Lieutenant Anna Koray must determine if the latest threat in her small town is human or supernatural when multiple mysterious drownings occur.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Adams, Ellery. The Tattered Cover. (A Secret, Book, and Scone Society, bk. 8). Kensington Cozies. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781496743824. 320p. $27. MYSTERY

Andrews, Donna. Five Golden Wings. (Meg Langslow, bk. 38). Minotaur. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250407306. 304p. $28. MYSTERY

Beaton, M. C. & R. W. Green. Sugar and Spite. (Agatha Raisin, bk. 36). Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250378569. 256p. $27. MYSTERY

Berenson, Laurien. Die Another Dane. (A Melanie Travis Canine Mystery, bk. 25). Kensington Cozies. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781496746658. 304p. $27. MYSTERY

Black, Juneau. Mockingbird Court. (A Shady Hollow Mystery, bk. 6). Vintage. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593470558. pbk. 272p. $17. MYSTERY

Brown, Rita Mae. Fox and Furious. (Jane Arnold, bk. 17). Bantam. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593874110. 272p. $30. MYSTERY

Cambridge, Colleen. Two Truths and a Murder. (Phyllida Bright, bk. 5). Kensington. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781496742780. 304p. $27. MYSTERY

Cornwell, Patricia. Sharp Force. (Kay Scarpetta, bk. 29). Grand Central. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781538773963. 400p. $30. MYSTERY

Driscoll, Sara. Deadly Trade. (FBI K-9, bk. 10). Kensington. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781496756312. 304p. $28. MYSTERY

Goldberg, Lee. Fallen Star. (Eve Ronin, bk. 6). Thomas & Mercer. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781662526497. 301p. $28.99. MYSTERY

Hannah, Sophie & Agatha Christie. The Last Death of the Year. (A New Hercule Poirot Mystery, bk. 6). Morrow. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063424517. 320p. $30. MYSTERY

Kellerman, Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman. Coyote Hills. (Clay Edison, bk. 6). Ballantine. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780525620174. 352p. $30. MYSTERY

Klavan, Andrew. After That, the Dark. (Cameron Winter, bk. 5). The Mysterious Pr. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781613166864. 312p. $26.95. MYSTERY

Mizushima, Margaret. Dying Cry. (A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, bk. 10). Crooked Lane. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798892421959. 288p. $29.99. MYSTERY

Penny, Louise. The Black Wolf. (Chief Inspector Gamache, bk. 20). Minotaur. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250328175. 384p. $30. MYSTERY

Rosen, Lev AC. Mirage City. (Evander Mills, bk. 4). Minotaur. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250322470. 272p. $28. MYSTERY

Rosenfelt, David. And to All a Good Bite. (Andy Carpenter, bk. 32). Minotaur. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250324573. 304p. $28. MYSTERY

Simpson, Rosemary. In Deadly Fashion. (A Gilded Age Mystery, bk. 10). Kensington. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781496741080. 304p. $27. MYSTERY

Thrillers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freeman, Brian. Photograph. Blackstone. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781665109765. 330p. $28.99. THRILLER

Freeman, who writes both the Jonathan Stride and Jason Bourne series, offers a cold-case mystery about a PI who is trying to figure out why a woman was murdered and how that death connects to her own past.

Grisham, John. The Widow. Doubleday. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780385548984. 416p. $32. THRILLER

Bestselling Grisham offers a new legal thriller, a whodunit starring a small-time lawyer accused of murder who must solve his own case to clear his name.

Panowich, Brian. Long Night Moon. Minotaur. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250835277. 304p. $28. THRILLER

ITW Thriller Award winner Panowich (Hard Cash Valley) offers the story of Martin “Cookie” Cook Junior, finally out of prison, who is set up by a police deputy and turns to a Georgia Bureau of Investigations agent for help.

Patterson, James & Howard Roughan. The Picasso Heist. Little, Brown. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781538758434. 400p. $30. THRILLER

Bestselling Patterson and Roughan (Steal) set their newest collaboration in the world of organized crime and art, as a then-unknown Picasso shakes up the scene and a 22-year-old thief makes a play. With a 250K-copy first printing.

Reich, Christopher. The Tourists. (Mac Dekker, bk. 2). Thomas & Mercer. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781662516566. pbk. NAp. $16.99. THRILLER

Award-winning and bestselling Reich returns with book two in the “Mac Dekker” series (following Matterhorn). In this outing, Mac searches for fellow agent Ava after she disappears during their romantic dinner in Paris.

Stevens, Chevy. The Hitchhikers. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250133656. 384p. $29. THRILLER

Stevens (Still Missing) offers a historical psychological thriller set in 1976, featuring a husband and wife who are imprisoned by a pair of hitchhikers. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Witherspoon, Reese & Harlan Coben. Gone Before Goodbye. Grand Central. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781538774700. 352p. $30. THRILLER

Witherspoon and Coben join forces on a thriller with a million-copy first printing. No details are available yet, save for the BISAC code: Fiction/Thrillers/Suspense.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Connelly, Michael. The Proving Ground. (Lincoln Lawyer, bk. 8). Little, Brown. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780316563826. 400p. $30. THRILLER

DeMille, Nelson & Alex DeMille. The Tin Men. (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor, bk. 3). S&S. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781501101878. 384p. $29. THRILLER

Hadfield, Chris. Final Orbit. (Apollo Murders, bk. 3). Mulholland. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780316581684. 368p. $30. THRILLER

Historical Fiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banville, John. Venetian Vespers. Knopf. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593801161. 320p. $30. HISTORICAL FICTION

Booker Prize winner Banville (The Drowned) melds crime and historical fiction to tell a tale set at the turn of the 20th century. A pair of British and American newlyweds escape to Venice after learning of their disinheritance but find themselves in sinister circumstances.

Gregory, Philippa. Boleyn Traitor. Morrow. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063439689. 640p. $32. HISTORICAL FICTION

Bestselling Gregory (Dawnlands) returns to the Tudor court with this story of Jane Boleyn, sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Johnson, Adam. The Wayfinder. MCD. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780374619572. 736p. $30. HISTORICAL FICTION

Johnson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for The Orphan Master’s Son, sets his latest during the height of the Tu’i Tonga Empire in the Polynesian islands of the South Pacific, as a young girl goes on a quest to save her people. With a 250K-copy first printing.

Lavery, Daniel M. Christmas at the Women’s Hotel: A Biedermeier Story. HarperVia. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063455016. 128p. $22. HISTORICAL FICTION

Bestselling Lavery returns to the world of the Women’s Hotel for a Christmas story set at the Biedermeier Hotel in 1960s New York City. With a 75K-copy first printing.

Lynn, Hannah. The Women of Artemis. Sourcebooks Landmark. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781728284323. pbk. 400p. $17.99. HISTORICAL FICTION

Lynn (Daughters of Olympus) reimagines the rise of the Amazons as Otrera fights back against abusive men and builds an army of women warriors.

Solomons, Natasha. I Am Cleopatra. Harper Perennial. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063449756. pbk. 336p. $18.99. HISTORICAL FICTION

Bestselling Solomons (Fair Rosaline) retells the story of Egyptian royalty Cleopatra, from her childhood to her fight to keep the throne. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Horror

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Armstrong, Kelley. The Haunting of Paynes Hollow. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250360564. 288p. $29. HORROR

When her grandfather dies, Samantha Payne learns that she will inherit the lakefront family cottage if she stays there for a month, but secrets from the past and something lurking in the lake threaten her there. From bestselling Armstrong (I’ll Be Waiting).

Barry, Quan. The Unveiling. Grove. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780802165350. 320p. $28. HORROR

Poet and novelist Barry (We Ride Upon Sticks, winner of the ALA Alex Award) writes a literary survival horror story. Striker, a Black film scout, is on a luxury cruise to the Antarctic to photograph potential locations for a new movie she’s working on, along with mostly white and wealthy tourists. When the travelers are stranded together on a dangerously remote island, their secrets and prejudices emerge.

Blake, Olivie. Girl Dinner. Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250883452. 368p. $29.99. HORROR

Bestselling Blake, known for her dark academia fantasy “Atlas” series, turns to horror. A college student and an adjunct professor hope to find success through an exclusive sorority called the House, but their success does not come without sacrifice. With a 400K-copy first printing.

Byron, Grace. Herculine. Saga. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781668087862. 272p. $28. HORROR

In Byron’s debut, a woman escaping the malevolent force stalking her in New York City flees to a commune for trans women in rural Indiana, where she finds a sense of community—but her demons have followed her there.

Cooke, C. J. The Last Witch. Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798217187799. 384p. $30. HORROR

Cooke (The Book of Witching) writes a historical horror based on a true story and set in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1485, where Helena Scheuberin finds herself risking her life to stand up to the priest who has accused her of murder and witchcraft.

Faust, Carson. If the Dead Belong Here. Viking. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593830895. 400p. $30. HORROR

Faust, a two-spirit enrolled member of the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina, debuts with this Indigenous Southern gothic story. As Nadine helps search for her missing six-year-old sister, she begins having nightmares and seeks to lay her family’s ghosts to rest.

Hill, Joe. King Sorrow. Morrow. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780062200600. 896p. $38. HORROR

Bestselling Hill (The Fireman) returns with a dark-academia horror. When student Arthur Oakes is forced to steal rare books from the college library, he turns to his friends for help, and they summon a dragon. The dragon saves him, but it also demands an annual human sacrifice. With a 200K-copy first printing.

Jacobs, John Hornor. The Night That Finds Us All. Putnam. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593853436. 336p. $30. HORROR

Jacobs (Infernal Machines) blends cosmic horror with a locked-ship mystery. Sailboat captain Samantha Vines is hard up and agrees to help deliver a 100-year-old sailboat from Seattle to England, but the simple job soon turns sinister.

Kiefer, Jenny. Crafting for Sinners. Quirk. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781683694700. pbk. 320p. $18.99. HORROR

In Kiefer’s sophomore novel (after This Wretched Valley, an LJ Best Book), Ruth is fired from a church-owned craft store after her boss finds out she’s living with her girlfriend. Ruth’s attempt at revenge by shoplifting leads the employees to lock her in the store and attack, but she fights back with craft supplies and uncovers their dangerous religious cult.

Loesch, Kristen. The Hong Kong Widow. Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593548011. 368p. $30. HORROR

Bought in a preempt, Loesch’s (The Last Russian Doll, an Edgar Award finalist) latest is a historical horror set in 1950s Hong Kong. Mei aims to seek revenge when she’s invited to participate in a competition that pits spirit mediums against each other in a series of séances at a haunted house.

Onoh, Nuzo. Futility. Titan. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781835414286. pbk. 336p. $18.99. HORROR

Onoh, winner of the Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, pens a supernatural horror tale set in Nigeria. When Chia and Claire are betrayed by the men in their lives, they decide to enact revenge with help from a trickster spirit.

Pell, Tanya. Her Wicked Roots. Gallery. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781668087299. 352p. $29. HORROR

Pell (Cicada) offers a queer, gothic retelling of the Nathaniel Hawthorne story “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” As she searches for her missing brother, Cordelia Beecher flees school and ends up working for botanist Lady Evangeline at the Edenfield estate, where all is not as it seems.

Starling, Caitlin. The Graceview Patient. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250340757. 304p. $29. HORROR

In the latest from bestselling Starling (The Starving Saints), Margaret, who has a rare autoimmune disorder, joins an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial. As the treatment begins, Margaret starts to believe that something sinister is living in the hospital. Is it real or a hallucination?

Templeman, McCormick. Atlas of Unknowable Things. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250393494. 320p. $29. HORROR

Templeman (The Glass Casket) writes a gothic story that takes place at eerie Hildegard College, known for its scientific innovations and botanical gardens. Historian Robin Quain has a residency there, although she’s really hunting for an artifact—and someone may be hunting her as well.

Ward, Catriona. Nowhere Burning. Tor Nightfire. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250860057. 304p. $28.99. HORROR

Riley and her brother Oliver flee home and arrive at the abandoned Rocky Mountain ranch of an infamous movie star, now a refuge to teenage runaways, but their sanctuary comes at a price. The latest from award-winning Ward (Looking Glass Sound) receives a 125K-copy first printing.

Romance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bellefleur, Alexandria. The Devil She Knows. Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593952504. pbk. 336p. $19. LGBTQIA+ ROMANCE

Borison, B. K. Good Spirits. Avon. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063430402. pbk. 384p. $18.99. PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Hazelwood, Ali. Mate. Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593952580. pbk. 464p. $20.PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Huang, Ana. The Defender. (Gods of the Game, bk. 2). Bloom. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781464223334. pbk. 0p. $19.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Katz, Rachel Runya. Isn’t It Obvious? St. Martin’s Griffin. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250369970. pbk. 320p. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Laurens, Sasha. When I Picture You. Avon. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063429116. pbk. 368p. $18.99. LGBTQIA+ ROMANCE

Lee, Susan. Julia Song Is Undateable. Canary Street. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781335402523. pbk. 336p. $17.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Lehane, Lucy. Thirsty. St. Martin’s Griffin. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250329660. pbk. 336p. $19. LGBTQIA+ ROMANCE

Macomber, Debbie. A Ferry Merry Christmas. Ballantine. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593974674. 272p. $25. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

McFarlane, Mhairi. Cover Story. Avon. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063292574. pbk. 384p. $18.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Meltzer, Jean. The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah. MIRA. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780778334422. pbk. 352p. $18.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Stein, Charlotte. Dealing with a Desperate Demon. St. Martin’s Griffin. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250352354. pbk. 304p. $18. PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Waters, Martha. And Then There Was the One. Atria. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781668069578. pbk. 352p. $19. HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Forthcoming Series Titles

Khabra, Bal. Revolve. (Off the Ice, bk. 3). Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593818305. pbk. 416p. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Levine, Jenna. Road Trip with a Vampire. (My Vampires, bk. 3). Berkley. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593819913. pbk. 416p. $19. PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Romantasy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Davenport, N. E. Our Vicious Oaths. Harper Voyager. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063397781. pbk. 528p. $19.99. ROMANTASY

Graham, Heather. The Sword of Light. MIRA. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780778387633. 304p. $30. ROMANTASY

Greenlaw, Rachel. The Ordeals. Delacorte. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593984833. 384p. $30. ROMANTASY

Jordan, Sophie. A Scar in the Bone (Standard Edition). (A Fire in the Sky, bk. 2). Avon. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063450783. 320p. $30. ROMANTASY

Marske, Freya. Cinder House. Tor.com. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250341716. 144p. $24.99. ROMANTASY

Mas, Jasmine. Bonds of Hercules (Standard Edition). (Villains of Lore, bk. 2). Canary Street. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781335629456. 512p. $32. ROMANTASY

O’Sullivan, Molly. The Book of Autumn. Kensington. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781496754097. 384p. $28. ROMANTASY

Suri, Tasha. The Isle in the Silver Sea. Orbit. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780316595087. 512p. $30. ROMANTASY

Williams, Shanora. Mayhem and the Mortal. Entangled: Red Tower. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781649379122. 512p. $32.99. ROMANTASY

Forthcoming Series Titles

Woods, Harper L. The Damned. (Coven of Bones, bk. 3). Bramble. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250365231. 336p. $32.99. ROMANTASY

Science Fiction & Fantasy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Briggs, Patricia. Blind Date with a Werewolf. Ace. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593952603. 272p. $30. FANTASY

Garber, Stephanie. Alchemy of Secrets. Flatiron. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250789150. 336p. $29.99. FANTASY

Harrow, Alix E. The Everlasting. Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250799081. 320p. $29.99. FANTASY

Kim, Sung-il. Blood for the Undying Throne. tr. from Korean by Anton Hur. Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250895363. 384p. $28.99. FANTASY

Lee, Wen-yi. When They Burned the Butterfly. Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250369451. 480p. $27.99. FANTASY

Liu, Ken. All That We See or Seem. (Julia Z, bk. 1). Saga. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781668083178. 416p. $30. SCIENCE FICTION

Lu, Marie. Red City. (The New Alchemists, bk. 1). Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250885678. 432p. $29.99. FANTASY

McKinlay, Jenn. Witches of Dubious Origin. Ace. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593819753. pbk. 384p. $19. FANTASY

Miller, Kirsten. The Women of Wild Hill. Morrow. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063282858. 368p. $30. FANTASY

Royce, Eden. Psychopomp & Circumstance. Tor.com. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250330963. 176p. $24.99. FANTASY

Sullivan, Ariel. Conform. (Thousand Voices, bk. 1). Ballantine. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798217090990. 416p. $30. SCIENCE FICTION

Swift, Serra. Kill the Beast. Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250373786. 320p. $27.99. FANTASY

Wells, Martha. Queen Demon. (The Rising World, bk. 2). Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250826916. 400p. $28.99. FANTASY

Forthcoming Series Titles

Gladstone, Max. Dead Hand Rule. (The Craft Wars, bk. 3). Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250290366. pbk. 432p. $17.99. FANTASY

Modesitt Jr., L. E. Legalist. (The Grand Illusion, bk. 4). Tor. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250385758. 576p. $32.99. FANTASY

Vo, Nghi. A Mouthful of Dust. (The Singing Hills Cycle, bk. 6). Tor.com. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250386403. 96p. $24.99. FANTASY

Nonfiction

Biography & Memoir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baier, Bret. To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower. (The Presidential Series). Mariner. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063360754. 416p. $32.99. BIOGRAPHY

The chief political anchor for Fox News writes a biography of Theodore Roosevelt, tracing his adventurous life and considering how it shaped his approach to the presidency.

Brandy. Untitled Memoir. Hanover Square. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781335013279. 320p. $29.99. MEMOIR

The Grammy Award–winning singer Brandy offers an insider look at her life in the arts, from the church choirs of Mississippi through record deals and Hollywood.

Crowe, Cameron. The Uncool: A Memoir. Avid Reader. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781668059432. 352p. $35. MEMOIR

Crowe, journalist, writer, and Academy Award–winning filmmaker of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Almost Famous, writes about his own life—a world of music and family, with a focus on the 1970s.

Curry, Tim. Vagabond: A Memoir. Grand Central. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780306835841. 256p. $32. MEMOIR

Tony Award–nominated actor Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) takes readers onto the stage and behind it as well, in a book that explores his formative years and his work across the entertainment industry.

Fox, Michael J. & Nelle Fortenberry. Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum. Flatiron. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250866783. 256p. $29.99. MEMOIR

In 1985, Fox was playing Alex on the hit sitcom Family Ties when he also took on the role of Marty McFly in the movie Back to the Future. Fox, with Fortenberry, shares his experiences portraying these iconic roles; new interviews with the cast and crew add to the story. With a 350K-copy first printing.

Hamilton, Gabrielle. Next of Kin: A Memoir. Random. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780399590092. 288p. $30. MEMOIR

The bestselling author of the memoir Blood, Bones & Butter and the cookbook Prune returns to memoir with the story of her estranged family, which she watched disintegrate.

Harjo, Joy. Girl Warrior: A Coming of Age Handbook. Norton. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781324094173. 144p. $21.99. MEMOIR

The former U.S. poet laureate, who wrote about her own life and artistic vision in Poet Warrior, writes a book addressed to young Indigenous women, about coming of age, adolescence, navigating pivotal points, and finding the world of art.

Macy, Beth. Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America. Penguin Pr. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593656730. 368p. $32. MEMOIR

Bestselling Macy (Dopesick) writes about her childhood in western Ohio in the 1970s and ’80s and how her hometown changed over time to a place that fractured into isolation, conspiracy theories, and polarization.

Morton, Andrew. Winston and the Windsors: How Churchill Shaped a Royal Dynasty. Hanover Square. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781335250995. 448p. $32. BIOGRAPHY

Known for buzzy biographies such as Diana: Her True Story and Monica’s Story, Morton now writes about the relationship between British royalty and Winston Churchill, who shaped and partnered with the Windsors.

Orlean, Susan. Joyride. Avid Reader. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781982135164. 336p. $32. MEMOIR

Bestselling Orlean (The Library Book), staff writer at the New Yorker, considers her creative life in this memoir that explores writing, coming up with ideas, and getting work done.

Vaill, Amanda. Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution. Farrar. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780374254377. 720p. $35. BIOGRAPHY

Bestselling Vaill (Everybody Was So Young) examines the founding of the United States through the lens of a pair of wealthy sisters who rebelled against their destinies, based on new research and illuminated by social and political details of the era.

Wade, Francesca. Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife. Scribner. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781982186012. 480p. $31. BIOGRAPHY

Wade (Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars) offers a new biography of Gertrude Stein, the literary figure who so shaped early 20th-century culture.

Wood Jr., Roy. The Man of Many Fathers: A Memoir. Crown. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593800072. 272p. $32. MEMOIR

Comedian, actor, and podcaster Wood, who worked on The Daily Show and hosted CNN’s Have I Got News for You, writes about the lessons he has learned from the men (teachers, an ex-convict, Trevor Noah) who influenced his life after he lost his father.

History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bacon, John U. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Liveright. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781324094647. 432p. $35. HISTORY

Publishing in time for the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, bestselling Bacon (Endzone) offers an account of the sinking of this famous ship on Lake Superior in 1975.

Boessenecker, John. Bring Me the Head of Joaquin Murrieta: The Bandit Chief Who Terrorized California and Launched the Legend of Zorro. Hanover Square. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781335007032. 384p. $32. HISTORY

Bestselling author and award-winning historian Boessenecker (The Gentleman Bandit) separates fact from fiction as he tells the story of Joaquin Murietta, the real-life inspiration for Zorro.

Clavin, Tom. Running Deep: Bravery, Survival, and the True Story of the Deadliest Submarine in World War II. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250374479. 320p. $30. HISTORY

Bestselling Clavin (Bandit Heaven) relates the story of Captain Richard Hetherington O’Kane and the attack submarine, the USS Tang, that he commanded during World War II. With a 200K-copy first printing.

Delaney, Anthony. Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers. Atlantic Monthly. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780802165961. 352p. $30. HISTORY

Delaney, historian and host of the podcast After Dark, debuts with this examination of the tragedies and the joys of queer life during the 18th century.

Ellis, Joseph J. The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding. Knopf. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593801413. 240p. $30. HISTORY

Bestselling Ellis, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Founding Brothers, delves into the history of the United States, considering the founders’ views on the treatment of Indigenous people and on the issue of enslavement, along with explaining why the Constitution was written the way it was.

Freedland, Jonathan. The Traitors Circle. Harper. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063373204. 400p. $29.99. HISTORY

Journalist Freedland, author of the bestselling The Escape Artist, tells the story of a secret group of Germans who worked to rescue Jews and plotted against the Nazi regime—until one of their own betrayed them to the Gestapo. With a 75K-copy first printing.

Givens, Jarvis R. American Grammar: Race, Education, and the Building of a Nation. Harper. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063259157. 352p. $32. HISTORY

Givens (education and African and African American studies, Harvard Univ.; School Clothes) takes a critical look at the history of the U.S. public education system through the 19th century, considering Black, Indigenous, and white experiences.

Hyman, Elizabeth R. The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising. Harper Perennial. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780063355019. pbk. 352p. $19.99. HISTORY

In her first book, Hyman, a Holocaust historian and archivist, tells the story of five young Polish Jewish women who were part of the resistance against the Nazis and participated in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II.

Jackson, Joe. Splendid Liberators: Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and the Birth of American Empire. Farrar. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780374191900. 816p. $35. HISTORY

Award-winning Jackson (Black Elk) writes an epic narrative of the Spanish-American War, chronicling the historical figures involved and considering the consequences of the war. With a 75K-copy first printing.

Kara, Siddharth. The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250348227. 304p. $30. HISTORY

Kara, author of the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist Cobalt Red, relays the historic incident that helped abolish enslavement in the UK and inspired the abolitionist movement in the U.S. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Nasaw, David. The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II. Penguin Pr. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593298695. 496p. $35. HISTORY

Publishing during the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, bestselling Nasaw (The Last Million) examines the pain and hardships U.S. veterans endured upon their return home from the trauma of the war.

Rosen, Jeffrey. The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America. S&S. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781668053744. 432p. $31. HISTORY

Rosen (The Pursuit of Happiness), bestselling author and president of the National Constitution Center, explores the opposing constitutional visions of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton and how they continue to shape the United States today.

Nonfiction to Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bryant, Vanessa. Mamba & Mambacita Forever. MCD. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780374610517. 224p. $40. SPORTS

In the wake of the 2020 deaths of pro basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash, commemoration murals went up in Los Angeles and around the world. Vanessa Bryant shares images and stories of those murals as well as the legacies of her late husband and daughter. With a 500K-copy first printing.

Kidd, Sue Monk. Writing Creativity and Soul. Knopf. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780593804643. 240p. $29. WRITING

Bestselling Kidd (The Book of Longings) shares stories from her own life and other writers’ as she offers this guide to drawing inspiration from the soul and cultivating a spiritual practice through writing.

Kondo, Marie. Letter from Japan. Crown. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798217088089. 224p. $29. SOCIAL SCIENCE

In the latest from Kondo, famous for her organizational skills and bestselling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, she conveys the Japanese customs that have inspired her philosophy. Written with Marie Iida.

Stanton, Brandon. Dear New York. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781250277589. 480p. $42. PHOTOGRAPHY

Stanton, the photographer and storyteller behind Humans of New York, offers more portraits and stories from the streets of NYC, many of which have never been published before. With a 1.5 million–copy first printing.