Top Titles Not To Miss | October Starred Reviews

Wonderful reads across audio, fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and reference.

AUDIO

Everhart, Elle. Hot Summer. Books on Tape. 

James, Tania. Loot. Books on Tape. 

Sathue, E.K. youthjuice. Recorded Books. 

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

Armstrong, Jess. The Secret of the Three Fates. Minotaur: St. Martin’s.

Benedict, Marie. The Queens of Crime. St. Martin’s.

Clark, Tracy. Echo. Thomas & Mercer: Amazon.

Griffiths, Elly. The Man in Black: Stories. Mariner.

Konen, Leah. The Last Room on the Left. Putnam.

Mosley, Walter. Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right. Mulholland.

Nelson, P.J. Booked for Murder. Minotaur: St. Martin’s.

Spotswood, Stephen. Dead in the Frame. Doubleday.

Stars, Holly. Murder in the Dressing Room. Berkley.

SF/FANTASY

Ashton, Edward. The Fourth Consort. St. Martin’s.

Bear, Lauren J.A. Mother of Rome. Ace: Berkley.

Klune, TJ. The Bones Beneath My Skin. Tor. 

Lakshminarayan, Lavanya. Interstellar MegaChef. Solaris. 

Leong, Julie. The Teller of Small Fortunes. Ace: Berkley.

Sotto Yambao, Samantha. Water Moon. Del Rey: Ballantine.

Vaughn, Carrie. The Naturalist Society. 47North: Amazon.

HORROR

Cutter, Nick. The Queen. Gallery.

LaRocca, Eric. At Dark, I Become Loathsome. Big Bald Head: Blackstone. 

Shaw, M. All Your Friends Are Here. Tenebrous.

ROMANCE

Borison, B.K. First-Time Caller. Berkley.

Cousens, Sophie. Is She Really Going Out with Him? Putnam. 

James, Amy. A Five-Letter Word for Love. Avon.

Segura, Jo. Temple of Swoon. Berkley.

Shane, Lizzie. Like Cats & Dogs. Forever: Grand Central.

FICTION

De La Pava, Sergio. Every Arc Bends Its Radian. S. & S.

Murakami, Haruki. The City and Its Uncertain Walls. Knopf.

Williams, Niall. Time of the Child. Bloomsbury.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Mattioli, Massimo. Joe Galaxy. Fantagraphics. 

Walker, David F. (text) & Marcus Kwame Anderson (illus.). Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined. Ten Speed Graphic. 

ARTS & HUMANITIES

Arendt, Hannah. What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt. Liveright: Norton. 

Atwood, Margaret. Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961–2023. Knopf. 

Lucca, Violet (text) & Little White Lies (illus.). David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials. Abrams. 

Rodríguez, Fernando López. A Queer History of Flamenco: Diversions, Transitions, and Returns in Flamenco Dance (1808–2018). Univ. of Michigan.

Suisman, David. Instrument of War: Music and the Making of America’s Soldiers. Univ. of Chicago. 

Tucci, Stanley. What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts). Gallery. 

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Parr, Patrick. Malcolm Before X. Univ. of Massachusetts. 

REFERENCE

Tuccillo, Diane P. The Library Friends, Foundations, and Trusts Handbook. Rowman & Littlefield. 

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