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Curious about what books will be released in the months ahead so you can pre-order or reserve them? Then click on the months below.

Please note we have not included every book that is coming out, but rather some that caught our eye --- and that we thought should catch yours as well.

October 2025

Hardcover

Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum by Michael J. Fox and Nelle Fortenberry - Memoir, Nonfiction

Flatiron Books | 9781250866783 | Published October 14, 2025

In early 1985, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars on television. His world was about to get even bigger. Fox’s days were already dedicated to rehearsing and taping the hit sitcom "Family Ties," but soon, he committed his nights to a new time-travel adventure film being directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg --- Back to the Future. Sitcom during the day, movie at night --- day after day, for months. Fox’s nightly commute from a soundstage at Paramount to the back lot at Universal Studios, from one dream job to another, would become his own space-time continuum. In FUTURE BOY, Fox tells the remarkable story of playing two landmark roles at the same time.

Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Grand Central Publishing | 9781538774700 | Published October 14, 2025

Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Army combat surgeon Maggie McCabe has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion. Halfway across the globe, one of the world’s most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself --- or she will be the next one who is GONE BEFORE GOODBYE.

Intemperance by Sonora Jha - Fiction

HarperVia | 9780063440845 | Published October 14, 2025

A woman who has left two husbands announces she will celebrate her 55th birthday by holding a swayamvar. Drawn from an ancient custom in her Indian culture, this is an event in which suitors line up to compete in a feat of wills and strength to win a beautiful princess’s hand in marriage. To her surprise, a cast of characters shows up to support her call. The Men's Rights Movement protests her project, angry at her objectification of men. She must also reckon with a brutal love story in her ancestry that was endangered by the caste system. As her whole plan spirals into a spectacle, the woman embarks on a journey to decide what feat her suitor must perform to be worthy of her wrinkling hand. What feat will define a newer, better masculinity? What feat will it take for her to trust in the tenderness of love? 

Menu of Happiness (A Kamogawa Food Detectives Novel) by Hisashi Kashiwai - Animals , Family, Family Life, Fiction, Mystery

G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9798217045358 | Published October 14, 2025

Welcome to the Kamogawa Diner, where every meal is a mystery ready to be solved. This unique establishment is run by a father-daughter duo who act as “food detectives,” delving into the past to produce nostalgia-infused dishes for their hungry clientele. Among the patrons is a once-renowned pianist whose promising career was marred by a self-inflicted injury. She longs to taste the yakisoba shared with the only man she ever truly loved. The diner also welcomes a man haunted by shadows of regret. His mind is haunted by the memory of gyoza served by the parents of a lover he once jilted, as he seeks understanding and, perhaps, forgiveness. The Kamogawa Diner doesn’t just serve food --- it recreates forgotten recipes, helping its patrons to revisit memories lost to time. 

Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor - Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, Literary

Riverhead Books | 9780593332368 | Published October 14, 2025

New York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work. After attending a dubious show put on by a collective of careerist artists, he retreats to a bar in the West Village where he meets Keating, a former seminarian. Over the long summer, as the two get to know each another, they talk and argue about God, sex, and art. Meanwhile, at his job working for an art restorer, Wyeth begins to investigate the life and career of a forgotten, minor black artist. His search yields potential answers to questions that Wyeth is only now beginning to ask about what it means to be a Black artist making Black art amid the mess and beauty of life itself.

Next of Kin: A Memoir by Gabrielle Hamilton - Memoir, Nonfiction

Random House | 9780399590092 | Published October 14, 2025

The youngest of five children, Gabrielle Hamilton took pride in her unsentimental, idiosyncratic family. She idolized her parents’ non-conformity. She worshipped her siblings’ mischievousness. Hers was a family with no fondness for the humdrum. But her family ties frayed in ways both seismic and mundane until eventually she was estranged from them all. In the wake of one brother’s sudden death and another’s suicide, while raising young children of her own, Hamilton was compelled to examine the sprawling, complicated root system underlying her losses. By the time she was called to care for her declining mother --- the mother she’d seen only twice in 30 years --- Hamilton had realized a certain freedom, one made possible only through a careful psychological autopsy of her family. In NEXT OF KIN, she offers a keen and compassionate portrait of the people she grew up with.

Red City by Marie Lu - Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Urban Fantasy

Tor Books | 9781250885678 | Published October 14, 2025

Alchemy is an exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates that market it to the world’s elites in the form of sand, a drug that enhances those who take it into a more perfect version of themselves. Within Angel City, alchemy is controlled by two rival syndicates: Grand Central and Lumines. But when two childhood friends step into that delicate equation, the city --- and their lives --- will be irrevocably transformed. The daughter of a poor single mother, Sam would do anything to claw her way into the ranks of Grand Central in search of a better life. Plucked away from his family as a boy to become a Lumines apprentice, Ari is one of the syndicates' brightest rising stars. As the two alchemists face off across opposite sides of an ever-escalating conflict, no transformation may be perfect enough for them both to survive the coming war.

Remain: A Supernatural Love Story by Nicholas Sparks with M. Night Shyamalan - Fiction, Romance, Supernatural Fiction

Random House | 9798217154043 | Published October 14, 2025

When New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod, he is still wrestling with the pain of losing his beloved sister. Sylvia’s deathbed revelation --- that she can see spirits who are still tethered to the living world, a gift that runs in their family --- sits uneasily with Tate. But when he takes up residence at a historic bed-and-breakfast on the Cape, he encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he has about his logical and controlled world. But Tate gradually discovers that below the surface of Wren’s idyllic small-town life, hatred, jealousy and greed are festering, threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom. Tate realizes that in order to free Wren from an increasingly desperate fate, he will need to unearth the truth about her past before time runs out.

Sugar and Spite: An Agatha Raisin Mystery by M. C. Beaton with R.W. Green - Fiction, Mystery

Minotaur Books | 9781250378569 | Published October 14, 2025

When a series of deaths within the small Cotswolds birdwatching community begins to unravel her village, Agatha and her team at Raisin Investigators are certain there has been foul play involved. Now, they must dig up decades' worth of tempestuous relationships and simmering secrets among the birdwatching enthusiasts of the village in order to prevent any further deaths. But with Agatha's own relationship with John Glass on the rocks after he is called away on his job as a cruise ship dance instructor, and Sir Charles Fraith now attempting to step into John’s shoes as her lover, Agatha has her work cut out for her. 

The Dogs of Venice by Steven Rowley - Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, Holiday, Literary

G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9798217047604 | Published October 14, 2025

After months of planning a romantic holiday getaway in Venice, Paul is blindsided when his five-year marriage suddenly unravels. Fueled by heartbreak, Paul endeavors to take the trip alone. Soon after arriving in Italy, he notices a small, scruffy, self-assured dog trotting alongside a canal with the confidence he so desperately wants for himself. When their paths cross again, Paul feels compelled to learn how his new four-legged friend thrives on his own. Amid the food, sights, and welcoming people of Venice, Paul’s journey culminates in a magical encounter that leads him to feel real connection --- to a dog, to a foreign city and, most importantly, to himself.

The Gallery Assistant by Kate Belli - Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller, Women's Fiction

Atria/Emily Bestler Books | 9781668093658 | Published October 14, 2025

November 2001: Chloe Harlow wakes up late, with hazy memories of the party the night before but no recollection of how she got back to her Brooklyn apartment. When she finally arrives at the exclusive Upper East Side art gallery where she works, she is immediately called into her boss’s office. A pair of NYPD detectives greet her, also very curious to know how her evening ended…because the host of the party, a rising painter and the gallery’s newest artist, is dead. Navigating both the sophisticated high-stakes art world and her personal life in burgeoning Williamsburg, Chloe struggles to piece together a complete picture of that lost night. As she digs deeper, inconsistencies emerge between what she remembers and what people tell her actually happened, and more questions are raised.

The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling - Fiction, Gothic, Horror, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

St. Martin's Press | 9781250340757 | Published October 14, 2025

Margaret lives with a rare autoimmune condition that has destroyed her life, leaving her isolated, until she’s offered a fully paid-for spot in an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial. The conditions are simple: she will live at the hospital as a full-time patient, subjecting herself to the near-total destruction of her immune system and its subsequent regeneration. The trial will essentially kill most of, but not all of her. But as the treatment progresses and her body begins to fail, she stumbles upon something sinister living and spreading within the hospital. Unsure of what's real and what is just medication-induced delusion, Margaret struggles to find a way out as her body and mind succumb further to the darkness lurking throughout Graceview's halls.

The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong - Fiction, Horror, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

St. Martin's Press | 9781250360564 | Published October 14, 2025

When Samantha Payne’s grandfather dies, she figures she won’t even get a mention in the will. After all, she hasn’t seen him in 14 years, not since her father took his own life after being accused of murdering a child at their lakefront cottage. Her grandfather always insisted her father was innocent, despite Sam having caught him burying the child’s body. But when she does attend the reading of the will, she discovers that her grandfather left her the lakefront property where the family cottage sits. There’s one catch: Sam needs to stay in the cottage for a month. When her aunt goes missing a couple of days into their stay, Sam begins to question everything again. Plagued by nightmares and paranoia, she begins hearing sounds in the forest and seeing shapes crawling from the water as the rippling waves of the lake promise something unspeakably dark lurking just below their surface.

The Last Witch by C. J. Cooke - Fiction, Horror, Supernatural, Supernatural Fiction, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller, Women's Fiction

Berkley | 9798217187799 | Published October 14, 2025

Innsbruck, 1485. Helena Scheuberin should be doing what every other young wife is doing: keeping house, supporting her husband, and bearing his children, but as an outspoken, strong woman, she sometimes has difficulty fitting in. Then she draws the unwanted attention of a malign priest who is just starting his campaign to root out “witches” from among the women of her town, and when her husband’s footman dies, she finds herself accused not only of murder but of witchcraft. Helena must find the courage to risk her life and the lives of others by standing up to a man determined to paint her as the most wicked of all....

The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts - Fiction, Humor, Women's Fiction

Mira | 9780778360285 | Published October 14, 2025

Zona never thought her life was headed this way, but here she is, newly divorced and moving back in with her mom, Louise. This wasn't Louise's plan, either, laid up at home with a broken leg. But if she's going to spend all her time at home, at least she's got her daughter there with her. And there's some hot new eye candy next door. He appears to be single and just around Zona's age. Could his arrival be the universe making amends for everything it's put her through? There’s something lurking under that mans surface charm. And who's the woman they can hear him in all-out shouting matches with on the other side of the fence? When the woman seems to disappear without a trace, imaginations run wild. Or at least, Zona hopes it's just her mother's imagination.

The Sword of Light by Heather Graham - Fantasy, Fiction, Romance

Mira | 9780778387633 | Published October 14, 2025

The mystical Tuatha Dé Danann walked the hills of ancient Ireland long before the first Rí, or king, ever ruled the land. Before they stepped back to make way for mankind, they left behind objects of incredible power that would reveal themselves when most needed. When invaders from the North arrive, it feels like the moment that has long been foretold has finally come. Deidre, the daughter of a Rí, and Kylin, the son of a Northman who found peace and a home in Éire, have little in common, until they begin seeing visions of these fantastical gifts. The revelation that a traitor exists among the many Irish kings forces them to work together using their newfound powers in defense of their homeland. As all they hold dear comes under threat, it may be more than just dreams that the two begin to share.

The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson - Fiction, Historical Fiction

MCD | 9780374619572 | Published October 14, 2025

Young Kōrero finds herself thrust into a fantastical world when a mysterious visitor lands on her island, a place so remote its inhabitants have forgotten the word for stranger. Her people are desperate and on the brink of starvation, and the wayward stranger offers them an impossible choice: they can remain in the only home they’ve ever known and await the uncertainty to come, or Kōrero can join him and venture into unfamiliar waters. What Kōrero and her people don’t know is that the promised refuge is no utopia --- Tonga is an empire at war and on the verge of collapse. Together, the stranger and Kōrero embark upon an epic voyage --- one that will deliver them either to salvation or to the depths of the Pacific.

A Ferry Merry Christmas by Debbie Macomber - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Ballantine Books | 9780593974674 | Published October 21, 2025

Facing their first Christmas without their beloved Grams, the woman who lovingly raised them, Reed and Avery decide to spend the holiday together at Reed’s home. However, their plans take an unexpected turn when the ferry Avery’s traveling on stalls in the middle of Puget Sound, stranding its passengers and leaving Reed waiting a now undetermined length of time for her arrival. What is at first an inconvenience threatens to ruin the plans of a number of commuters, but Avery and Reed soon discover that this unforeseen delay might end up being be a perfectly timed blessing in disguise. In this tale of holiday magic, the Bond siblings find themselves taking a chance on love, proving that sometimes the best moments in life come when we least expect them.

Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen - Fiction

Knopf | 9780593803738 | Published October 21, 2025

Gish’s mother is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. She is constantly reprimanded: “Bad bad girl! You don’t know how to talk!” Agnes finds solace in books and, in 1947, announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. Lonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-Pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life. By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrain --- “Bad bad girl! You don’t know how to talk!” --- as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood.

Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett - Fiction, Literary, Women's Fiction

Riverhead Books | 9798217046645 | Published October 21, 2025

Uprooted by circumstance from city to deep countryside, a woman lives in temporary limbo, visited by memories of all she’s left behind. The most insistent are those of Xavier, who has always been certain he knows her better than anyone, better than she knows herself. An unexpected letter from an old acquaintance brings back a torrent of others she’s loved or wanted. Each has been a match and a mismatch, a liberation and a threat to her very sense of self. What does it mean to connect with another person? What impels us to touch someone, to be touched by them, to stay in touch? How do we let them go? 

King Sorrow by Joe Hill - Fiction, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

William Morrow | 9780062200600 | Published October 21, 2025

Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters, exceptional library and beautiful buildings. But his burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot  is shattered when a local drug dealer corner him into one of the worst crimes he can imagine: stealing rare books from the college library. Arthur turns to his closest friends for comfort and help. Together they dream up a wild, fantastical scheme to free Arthur from the cruel trap in which he finds himself. But there’s nothing simple about dealing with dragons, and their pact to save Arthur becomes a terrifying bargain in which the six must choose a new sacrifice for King Sorrow every year --- or become his next meal.

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri - Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Romance

Orbit | 9780316595087 | Published October 21, 2025

In an England fuelled by stories, the knight and the witch are fated to fall in love and doom each other over and over, the same tale retold over hundreds of lifetimes. Simran is a witch of the woods. Vina is a knight of the Queen’s court. When the two women begin to fall for each other, how can they surrender to their desires, when to give in is to destroy each other?  As they seek a way to break the cycle, a mysterious assassin begins targeting tales like theirs. To survive, the two will need to write a story stronger than the one that fate has given to them. But what tale is stronger than The Knight and the Witch?

The Widow by John Grisham - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Doubleday | 9780385548984 | Published October 21, 2025

Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it. Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder. Simon knows he’s innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer.

This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz - Fiction

Algonquin Books | 9781616209148 | Published October 21, 2025

When Maricarmen meets Rey el Cantante, beloved small-time Robin Hood and local musician on the rise, she begins to envision a life beyond the tight-knit community of el Caserío, Puerto Rico --- beyond cleaning houses, beyond waiting tables, beyond the constant tug of war between the street hustlers and los camarones. But breaking free proves more difficult than she imagined, and she soon finds herself struggling to make a home for herself, for Rey, his young brother Tito and eventually, their daughter Nena. Until one fateful day changes everything. Fifteen years later, Maricarmen and Nena find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation as the community that once rallied to support Rey turns against them. Now Nena, a teenager haunted by loss and betrayal and exploring her sexual identity, must learn to fight for herself and her family in a world not always welcoming.

Wild Animal written by Joël Dicker, translated by Robert Bononno - Domestic Thriller, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

HarperVia | 9780063426023 | Published October 21, 2025

On July 2, 2022, two criminals set out to rob a jewelry shop in Geneva. But even with a foolproof plan, their “perfect” heist will prove far from uneventful. Twenty days earlier, on a luxurious estate along the shores of Lake Geneva, Sophie Braun prepares to celebrate her 40th birthday. Her life seems perfect: she has a fairytale marriage, two perfect children, and lives in a stylish modern mansion surrounded by lush forest. But her idyllic world is about to crumble. Her husband is becoming embroiled in petty schemes. Her neighbor, a policeman with a spotless reputation, is obsessed with her and spies on the most intimate moments of her life. Then, on her birthday, she receives a gift from a mysterious prowler that endangers her life.