October’s New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Releases Are Here to Haunt Your Bookshelf

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October is present and the magnitude of caller books dropping this period is, appropriately, terrifying. Over 80 caller titles await your eyeballs below, with caller entries from established authors (Alan Moore, Jeff VanderMeer) and emerging talents alike—as good arsenic topics arsenic varied arsenic frisky witches, deep-space adventures, monstrous quests, haunted houses, fantastical missions, and mode acold beyond.

October 1

Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi

“A room witch with a penchant for baking and a (literally) cursed emotion beingness meets idiosyncratic who’s worthy breaking a hex for successful this enchanting romance debut written with a heap of spice and an adjacent measurement of heart.” (October 1)

Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time: True Stories From a Career successful Hollywood by Barry Sonnenfeld

A caller behind-the-scenes look backmost astatine the seasoned director’s four-decade career, including The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Men successful Black, Wild Wild West, and galore more. (October 1)

The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer

This sequel to The Darkness Outside Us is described arsenic “another ambitious, genre-bending caller and epic emotion communicative that spans thousands of years and the acold reaches of the galaxy.” (October 1)

Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne

The Ink & Sigil bid concludes arsenic “an ink-slinging wizard pursues the reply to a precise idiosyncratic mystery: Who formed a brace of curses connected his head?” (October 1)

Catan by Klaus Teuber

This communicative written by the creator of the fashionable committee crippled is acceptable successful Viking-era Norway, and follows a trio of half-brothers who question to Catan, Land of the Sun to commencement a caller beingness aft moving afoul of a section chieftain. (October 1)

The City successful Glass by Nghi Vo

A demon loves her metropolis until it’s destroyed by angels—then indispensable squad up with an angel to assistance rebuild successful this communicative described arsenic “both a brilliantly constructed past and an epic emotion communicative of decease and resurrection, representation and transformation, redemption and desire.” (October 1)

Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

“A caput bending and visceral experimental fearfulness astir a young antheral trapped successful an infinite Montreal subway station.” (October 1)

The Crescent Moon Tearoom by Stacy Sivinski

A trio of sisters usage their clairvoyant powers to dazzle customers astatine their beverage shop. It’s a copacetic beingness until antithetic forces—supernatural, pragmatic, and romantic—begin to propulsion them apart, and an aged household curse begins to instrumentality hold. (October 1)

Deja Brew by Celestine Martin

In this cozy romance, an ex-celebrity cook whose magic powers are connected the fritz has a unspeakable October—then wakes up aft making a privation to relive the period and realizes she’s gotten a 2nd chance. (October 1)

Good Dogs by Brian Asman

This werewolf communicative is “a heartfelt and harrowing communicative of survival, belonging, recovered family, and the lengths we’ll spell to support it.” (October 1)

The Great When: A Long London Novel by Alan Moore

The latest from the acclaimed writer is “the archetypal publication successful an enthralling caller phantasy bid astir murder, magic, and madness successful post-WWII London.” (October 1)

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara

A grim reaper toiling for SCYTHE (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences) is good with the mundane prime of her gig—until she’s drawn into an urgent enigma involving a missing soul. (October 1)

House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning

A caller romantasy bid kicks disconnected arsenic “a young pistillate moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a ample luck and a Gothic mansion afloat of mysteries and ominous secrets.” (October 1)

The Hushed by K.R. Blair

A assemblage pupil who’s secretly a “Hushed”—a carnal spawned from a dying human’s secret—investigates the enigma that gave her beingness portion falling for the 1 idiosyncratic who mightiness spell her doom. (October 1)

The Last Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison

“An anthology much than fractional a period successful the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the 3rd and last installment of the legendary subject fabrication anthology series.” A posthumous merchandise for its arguable editor, contributors see Max Brooks, James S. A. Corey, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cory Doctorow, and more. (October 1)

The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August

“Scout is an Archivist who scours the dormant worlds of the cosmos for their past gifts: absorbing technology, taste rituals—anything near down that mightiness beryllium utile to Home and their survival.” Could a long-lost alien connection beryllium the cardinal to everything? (October 1)

Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun, translated by Shanna Tan

“In this enchanting tale—a blockbuster bestseller successful Korea—the enigmatic proprietor of a magical laundromat that erases people’s achy memories indispensable larn to find her ain bid earlier she tin genuinely assistance others.” (October 1)

The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky

In this queer vacation tale, a Christmas Eve mishap means newlyweds indispensable instrumentality connected the roles of Santa Claus and “Merriest Mister” to prevention the festive season—and possibly their marriage.(October 1)

A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

The Tomes & Tea queer phantasy bid continues arsenic Kianthe and Reyna intermission their hunt for dragon eggs to seizure a stream pirate—not realizing they’ll beryllium forced into re-matchmaking exes with a precise tangled history. (October 1)

A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Laing

“An epic caller steeped successful story astir womanhood, war, sacrifice, and emotion against each likelihood arsenic the destiny of 2 kingdoms hangs successful a delicate balance.” (October 1)

The Undetectables Series – The Undead Complex by Courtney Smyth

In this “witty, witchy phantasy execution enigma packed with past magic and fiendish puzzles,” magical forensics investigators Mallory, Diana, Cornelia, and Theodore are “hired to lick a execution connected a TV sprout by the unfortunate herself.” (October 1)

October 8

The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen

“A spine-tingling, queer gothic fearfulness debut wherever 2 men are drawn into an otherworldly spiral, and a travel that volition lone extremity erstwhile they scope the darkest portion of the quality soul.” (October 8)

Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim, translated by Anton Hur

“In an Empire tally connected necromancy, dormant sorcerers are the lifeblood. Their corpses are wrapped successful chains and drained of magic to provender the unquenchable hunger for imperial conquest. Born with magic, Arienne has go resigned to her acheronian destiny … but determination whitethorn beryllium different aboriginal for her, if she’s consenting to combat for it.” (October 8)

The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke

“A parent indispensable combat for her daughter’s beingness successful this fierce and haunting communicative of witchcraft and revenge.” (October 8)

Dark Space by Rob Hart and Alex Segura

“A sweeping sci-fi spy thriller that blends the epic scope and character-driven spark of Star Trek with the intrigue of John le Carré’s Smiley novels.” (October 8)

How to Summon a Fairy Godmother by Laura J. Mayo

This riff connected Cinderella imagines that a not-so-wicked stepsister summons a fairy godmother to assistance prevention her from a dreaded arranged marriage—but it’s an inquire that comes with a pesky price. (October 8)

The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan

This communicative inspired by Chinese mythology follows a young antheral with a magical acquisition for matchmaking who’s drawn into an dragon-fueled escapade aft discovering a occurrence cure for his mother’s illness. (October 8)

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

“Red, White & Royal Blue meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in a sexy, quirky rom-com wherever the golden-hearted Prince of Christmas falls for the wholly off-limits Prince of Halloween.” (October 8)

The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni

“Two sisters. A mislaid imperial treasure. The world’s top puzzle maestro has twenty-four hours to lick the astir unsafe enigma of his life… oregon dice trying.” (October 8)

A Reign of Rose by Kate Golden

The Sacred Stones phantasy trilogy concludes arsenic Kane and Arwen enactment unneurotic to prevention the world—and each different successful the process. (October 8)

Sargassa by Sophie Burnham

“An improbable radical of rebels are acceptable to pain down the empire successful the archetypal publication successful a caller speculative trilogy that explores gender, sexuality, and oppression wrong an empire teetering connected the brink of rebellion.” (October 8)

Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

“The archetypal successful a dilatory burn, epic romantasy bid pursuing 1 pistillate who indispensable hazard everything to prevention her family—and each of mortalkind.” (October 8)

The Stars Are Dying by Chloe C. Pañaranda

“The Serpent and the Wings of Night meets Shadow and Bone successful a seductive, star-crossed, acheronian romanticist phantasy loosely inspired by the Greek myths of Astraea.” (October 8)

The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche

Amid the Black Plague successful 14th period Italy, a pistillate with healing powers who was erstwhile expelled arsenic a witch returns to help—only to find metropolis leaders are anxious to usage her for a ngo that has thing to bash with curing the sick. (October 8)

Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

This “enemies-to-lovers” queer phantasy romance promises that “yes, the swords bash cross.” (October 8)

This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

“In this Southern gothic fearfulness debut, a young Black pistillate abandons her beingness successful 1960s Chicago for a presumption with a mysterious household successful New Orleans, lone to observe the acheronian truth: They’re nether a curse, and they deliberation she tin interruption it.” (October 8)

The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo

“A lawyer and her aged great-aunt usage their supernatural gifts to find a mislaid kid successful this richly imagined and empowering communicative of motherhood, magic, and legacy.” (October 8)

October 15

Alliance Unbound by C.J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher

The Hinder Stars bid continues to further research “the technological and sociopolitical challenges of humanity’s travel to the stars.” (October 15)

American Rapture by CJ Leede

“American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping communicative astir the extremity of the satellite arsenic we cognize it.” (October 15)

The Ancients by John Larison

In a post-apocalyptic satellite ravaged by clime change, young siblings spell connected a quest to find their mother, who’s been taken captive and is plotting a rebellion against an elite that’s starting to gaffe from power. (October 15)

And the Sky Bled by S. Hati

“Amid the chaos of a dying metropolis ruled by colonizers, 3 rivals—a thief, a slumlord, and an heiress—race to find a hidden cache of magic that volition determine the city’s fate.” (October 15)

Batman: Resurrection by John Jackson Miller

“After the Joker’s death, Batman and Gotham City look a mysterious caller menace successful this nonstop sequel to Tim Burton’s iconic Batman.” (October 15)

Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon

“In a satellite of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a pistillate determined to prevention her household joins forces with an improbable partner—a minotaur—in this steamy romantasy.” (October 15)

Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton

“For fans of ‘The Lottery’ and The Hunger Games, this caller acceptable successful a tiny municipality with a sinister contented is chilling successful the champion imaginable way.” (October 15)

House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

“A lukewarm and hopeful communicative of a lonely witch consumed by grief who discovers a whimsical formed of characters successful a magical arboretum—and the healing powerfulness of recovered family.” (October 15)

If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens

“An enemies to lovers romance with a spooky twist wherever 2 feuding writers extremity up connected a writers retreat unneurotic astatine a haunted castle successful Scotland.” (October 15)

An Instruction successful Shadow by Benedict Jacka

“The ultra-rich power magic—the aforesaid mode they power everything else—but Stephen Oakwood whitethorn conscionable bushed them astatine their ain crippled successful this exhilarating modern fantasy.” (October 15)

Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal by Olivie Blake

This abbreviated fabrication postulation gathers 14 “magical ruminations connected life, death, and the love―or tendency for revenge―that outlasts both.” (October 15)

Killing Time by Jodi Taylor

The Time Police bid continues arsenic “a shade train, mislaid successful Time, hurtles done the nighttime with 2 members of Team 236 trapped connected committee portion the 3rd struggles to way their advancement done the Time Map and effect a rescue … What is the aboriginal for Team 236? And bash they adjacent person one?” (October 15)

Lightning successful Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

“Gifted—or cursed—with the powerfulness to power the weather, 1 pistillate indispensable clasp her chaotic bosom successful the adjacent electrical romance from the writer of Witch of Wild Things.” (October 15)

The Nightward by R.S.A. Garcia

This communicative described arsenic “Caribbean mythology meets The Witcher” explores “a satellite wherever women warrior-magicians rule, and a kid princess and her bodyguard indispensable fly an attempted coup and evade the question of acheronian sent to termination her.” (October 15)

On Vicious Worlds by Bethany Jacobs

This merchandise is “the electrifying sequel to These Burning Stars, the Philip K. Dick Award-winning abstraction opera caller astir revenge, power, and the terms of legacy.” (October 15)

Polostan by Neal Stephenson

This merchandise is “the archetypal installment successful a monumental caller series—an expansive humanities epic of intrigue and planetary espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.” (October 15)

Pride and Prejudice successful Space by Alexis Lampley

A sci-fi riff connected the romanticist Jane Austen classic. (October 15)

Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton

An elite assassin with a uncommon endowment for blood-borne magic is sent to a peculiar schoolhouse to hone his gifts. There, helium meets a Sea Elf with an intriguing secret. (October 15)

Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy

“The charming communicative of an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly rival arsenic they task heavy into a magical wood successful hunt of a counterspell that tin interruption the curse betwixt them—only to observe that magic mightiness not beryllium the lone happening pulling them together.” (October 15)

Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris

“In this fresh-yet-familiar gothic tale—part humanities fantasy, portion puzzle-box mystery—the worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes collide successful a thrilling exploration of feminine power.” (October 15)

The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 5 edited by Paula Guran

“Nineteen tales of the haunted, weirdly surreal, evil incarnate, frightening futures, and overmuch more.” (October 15)

October 22

Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel by Jeff VanderMeer

“The astonishment 4th measurement successful Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series―and the last connection connected 1 of the astir provocative and fashionable speculative fabrication bid of our time.” (October 22)

Bane of Asgard by Cinda Williams Chima

The Runestone Saga continues arsenic “Eiric, Reginn, and Liv find allies and enemies successful unexpected places and gully connected caller strengths arsenic they question to forestall the demolition of the past of the Nine Worlds.” (October 22)

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey

Standout sci-fi stories by P. Djèlí Clark, James S.A. Corey, Andrew Sean Greer, Grady Hendrix, Rebecca Roanhorse, and more. (October 22)

Bloodguard by Cecy Robson

A gladiator hoping to triumph capable to golden to assistance his ailing sister becomes embittered with the warring life—until helium meets an elven royal who offers to assistance him, for a price. (October 22)

The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman

“Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, person to squad up with different contestants not conscionable to survive, but to lick a deadly puzzle successful this third, mind-twisting caller successful the addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus worldly exclusive to this people edition.” (October 22)

The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynner

“The earth-shattering last publication successful John Gwynne’s bestselling Norse-inspired epic phantasy series, packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance.” (October 22)

The Hollow and the Haunted by Camilla Raines

“In this darkly magical phantasy debut acceptable successful Washington State, a closeted teenage psychic foresees the decease of his sworn enemy, and is forced to enactment with him to prevention his life. Sparks fly, but immoderate ghosts don’t privation to enactment buried.” (October 22)

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson

“A young pistillate hopes to reinvent herself astatine an isolated artists’ colony… lone to beryllium drawn into its dark, twisted past.” (October 22)

Memorials by Richard Chizmar

“A radical of students brushwood a supernatural panic portion connected a roadworthy travel done Appalachia.” (October 22)

Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova

“The breakneck decision to the Slavic folklore-inspired Witch’s Compendium of Monsters duology.” (October 22)

Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins

“Told wholly done obituaries and ricocheting done time, Remember You Will Die is an innovative, genre-bending epic astir the messy tapestry of quality past and the threads that link us.” (October 22)

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry

“A mythic, magical communicative afloat of concealed scholarship, faerie curses, and the deadliest spells of all—the ones that friends formed connected each other.” (October 22)

Stay successful the Light by A.M. Shine

The sequel to precocious adapted communicative Watchers follows Mina aft her nail-biting escape—and the caller perils that soon statesman lurking successful her life. (October 22)

October 29

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

“The archetypal pistillate ever admitted to a prestigious bid of mages unravels a concealed conspiracy that could alteration the signifier of magic everlastingly successful this standalone acheronian fantasy.” (October 29)

The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond

This 2nd introduction successful the Fireborne Blade bid finds Sir Maddileh and Saralene acceptable retired connected a perilous travel to the underworld. (October 29)

Dungeons & Dragons: Worlds & Realms: Adventures from Greyhawk to Faerǔn and Beyond by Adam Lee

“Celebrate 50 years of the spellbinding settings and planes of Dungeons & Dragons with this beautifully illustrated exploration of the multiverse.” (October 29)

Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

“This unusual and sexy caller of queer emotion successful a tiny municipality is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern beingness [are] a monster acceptable to person america all.” (October 29)

Masquerade by Mike Fu

When a house-sitter successful New York discovers eerie similarities betwixt his beingness and a caller acceptable successful 1930s Shanghai, it sparks a bid of peculiar events involving ghosts, riddles, a disappearing friend, and blurred boundaries. (October 29)

Nether Station by Kevin J. Anderson

This merchandise is described arsenic “a thrilling premix of epic subject fabrication and Lovecraftian horror.” (October 29)

The Nightmarchers by J. Lincoln Fenn

A struggling writer travels to a distant land successful hunt of a uncommon flower—while besides tracing the troubled way of a comparative who perished determination nether mysterious circumstances decades earlier. (October 29)

The Queen by Nick Cutter

In this fearfulness novel, a young pistillate receives a mysterious substance from her missing (and presumed dead) champion friend—and goes connected a harrowing quest to uncover the information astir what truly happened to her. (October 29)

This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher

“Former friends and erstwhile flames reunite connected a mayhem-spike quest successful this cozy romantasy.” (October 29)

Throne of Secrets by Kerri Maniscalco

The Prince of Sin romantasy bid continues arsenic “two rivals torn isolated by a acheronian representation reunite connected a deadly hunt—and successful an irresistibly twisted fairy tale.” (October 29)

Usurpation by Sue Burke

The writer returns to her Semiosis bid arsenic the Stevland infiltration of Earth continues. They successfully took implicit their erstwhile planet, truthful Earth shouldn’t enactment up overmuch of a fight… right? (October 29)

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