•October 2026 brings a wide range of book releases, from highly anticipated sequels to fresh stories across horror, fantasy, romance and non-fiction.
The Quantum Dawn by Derek Künsken
Data premiery: October 22
Künsken’s bağlantı”>The Quantum Evolution series returns with its fourth entry. The story resumes at the end of the Quantum War, with Belisarius having been pulled into a collapsing wormhole.
Cassandra, Rosalie, Saint Matthew and their comrade Stills must journey through time to find him. They travel to the network’s ancient beginnings and “the very dawn of the universe” in hopes of bringing him back.
The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth
Data premiery: October 6 (US) and October 8 (UK)
Roth returns to the Divergent universe with a story that asks what would have happened if Beatrice “Tris” had made a different choice at her Choosing Ceremony.
In the original series, Tris leaves her home in Abnegation to join Dauntless. Here, tragedy strikes as she makes that decision, altering the course of her future.
Look What The Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak
Data premiery: October 13
The novel follows Penny, whose beloved pet cat Popcorn goes missing. Popcorn serves as inspiration for Penny’s cartoon strips and comic books.
When she begins pet-sitting another cat named Godfrey, it helps reignite her creativity “just in a way that she would never have anticipated.”
The Thrice-Bound Fool by Christopher Buehlman
Data premiery: October 13
This is the second book in Buehlman’s Blacktongue series, reuniting readers with thief Kinch Na Shannack.
Kinch must decipher an ancient tome that tries to kill him both when open and closed. The all-seeing Taker’s Guild wants to keep its secrets hidden, while Galva, a veteran of the Goblin Wars, agrees to protect him for her own reasons.
Off The Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones
Data premiery: October 13
Jones returns to the world of bağlantı”>The Only Good Indians, set five years after the massacres on the Blackfeet reservation.
Survivor Nate Yellow Tail, left on the brink of death by a terrible accident, joins three older Blackfeet men aboard a rundown camper van. Their goal is to find and repatriate the bones of a fellow tribe member who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
Victorious by V.E. Schwab
Data premiery: October 6
This concludes bağlantı”>V.E. Schwab’s Villains trilogy. The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City have been avoiding EON’s attention, but new leadership with a “horrifying new agenda” forces them out of the shadows.
Victor, Sydney, Mitch and others travel to EON headquarters, where they encounter unforeseen allies and unexpected abilities before an ultimate confrontation.
Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun
Data premiery: October 27
The writer and director of bağlantı”>Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and bağlantı”>I Saw the TV Glow brings a new story built around a mysterious broadcast.
In 2009, two teens watching television’s transition from analogue to digital witness Public Access Afterworld before one vanishes. Fourteen years later, trans content moderator Bethany notices a young streamer repeatedly calling out the show’s name.
Funny Business by Matt Singer
Data premiery: October 6
Singer explores what made improvisational-comedy stars such as Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen and Vince Vaughn so successful. The book asks whether that type of comedy can return in the age of digital streaming.
Bound and Unbound by Ali Hazelwood
Data premiery: October 6
The two novels, originally released as audiobooks, appear here together in print for the first time. Bound follows grad student Vero, who turns to forgery to make ends meet and draws the attention of Dr. Viktor Ashworth.
Unbound centers on Lilit, a five-thousand-year-old revenant, and overworked ER doctor Roman, whom she must protect as someone hunts her down.
The Chain House: A Novel by J.H. Markert
Data premiery: October 6
Days before his execution, mass-murdering cult leader Sal Batise agrees to an interview in exchange for releasing a final unpublished manuscript that could lead to his victims’ bodies.
A ransom note demanding the governor’s kidnapped wife be spared complicates matters. A young filmmaker conducting the interview enlists a childhood cult survivor to locate the missing manuscript.
A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas
Data premiery: October 27
This is the sixth book in Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses series, centering on Koschei the Deathless and his imminent return.
Rifts and recent betrayals have weakened the Night Court. Reuniting what has broken will be necessary to survive and defeat him. Book seven releases in January.
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