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New book releases · October 2024

Every new book out in October 2024

111 books published for the first time this month. Here they all are, day by day, with our verdict on the ones we’ve read.

111new releases
111reviewed by us
36out on Tue 1, the busiest day
Fantasytop genre
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Framed coverThe Elias Network coverOne Big Happy Family cover
Our verdicts

Reviewed by The Bookish Elf

111 of this month’s new books, already read, rated and reviewed. Our two highest-rated first.

Framed cover
Out Tuesday 15 October

Framed

by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey

Mystery · Doubleday

Read our review →
The Elias Network cover
Out Tuesday 1 October

The Elias Network

by Simon Gervais

Mystery · Thomas & Mercer

Read our review →
One Big Happy FamilySusan MalleryOut 1 Oct
The MessageTa-Nehisi CoatesOut 1 Oct
Be Ready When the Luck HappensIna GartenOut 1 Oct
Henry VDan JonesOut 1 Oct
The Glass GirlKathleen GlasgowOut 1 Oct
HeirSabaa TahirOut 1 Oct
LivesuitJames S.A. CoreyOut 1 Oct
A Song to Drown RiversAnn LiangOut 1 Oct
The BoyfriendFreida McFaddenOut 1 Oct
Revenge of the Tipping PointMalcolm GladwellOut 1 Oct
From Here to the Great UnknownLisa Marie Presley and Riley KeoughOut 8 Oct
Into the Uncut GrassTrevor NoahOut 8 Oct
A Reign of RoseKate GoldenOut 8 Oct
The Bletchley RiddleRuta Sepetys and Steve SheinkinOut 8 Oct
The WaitingMichael ConnellyOut 15 Oct
Most WonderfulGeorgia ClarkOut 15 Oct
American RaptureC.J. LeedeOut 15 Oct
What I Ate in One YearStanley TucciOut 15 Oct
SpectacularStephanie GarberOut 22 Oct
Beyond Reasonable DoubtRobert DugoniOut 22 Oct
Everyone This Christmas Has a SecretBenjamin StevensonOut 22 Oct
Time of the ChildNiall WilliamsOut 24 Oct
Karla’s ChoiceNick HarkawayOut 24 Oct
The Fate of MagicSara Raasch and Beth RevisOut 29 Oct
American ScaryJeremy DauberOut 1 Oct
The Usual SilenceJenny MilchmanOut 1 Oct
Remember Me TomorrowFarah HeronOut 1 Oct
The Anti-HeroesJen LancasterOut 1 Oct
Best Hex EverNadia El-FassiOut 1 Oct
The House at Watch HillKaren Marie MoningOut 1 Oct
Make the Season BrightAshley Herring BlakeOut 1 Oct
Fang FictionKate Stayman-LondonOut 1 Oct
Shred SistersBetsy LernerOut 1 Oct
The Bog WifeKay ChronisterOut 1 Oct
The Wild HuntressEmily Lloyd-JonesOut 1 Oct
The City in GlassNghi VoOut 1 Oct
The Crescent Moon TearoomStacy SivinskiOut 1 Oct
Killer House PartyLily AndersonOut 1 Oct
No One Will KnowRose CarlyleOut 1 Oct
Make My Wish Come TrueRachael Lippincott and Alyson DerrickOut 1 Oct
Model HomeRivers SolomonOut 1 Oct
The Great WhenAlan MooreOut 1 Oct
Society of LiesLauren Ling BrownOut 1 Oct
The SequelJean Hanff KorelitzOut 1 Oct
The Mighty RedLouise ErdrichOut 1 Oct
The Mistletoe MysteryNita ProseOut 1 Oct
Nothing Like the MoviesLynn PainterOut 1 Oct
Identity UnknownPatricia CornwellOut 8 Oct
SwordcrossedFreya MarskeOut 8 Oct
A Dark and Secret MagicWallis KinneyOut 8 Oct
The Nightmare Before KissmasSara RaaschOut 8 Oct
Twenty-Four Seconds from NowJason ReynoldsOut 8 Oct
The Elements of Marie CurieDava SobelOut 8 Oct
The Love Elixir of Augusta SternLynda Cohen LoigmanOut 8 Oct
This Cursed HouseDel SandeenOut 8 Oct
The Fake Wedding ProjectPippa GrantOut 8 Oct
The Puzzle BoxDanielle TrussoniOut 8 Oct
The Stone Witch of FlorenceAnna RascheOut 8 Oct
The Book of WitchingC.J. CookeOut 8 Oct
The Last One at the WeddingJason RekulakOut 8 Oct
What Does It Feel Like?Sophie KinsellaOut 8 Oct
The Christmas Tree FarmLaurie GilmoreOut 10 Oct
None Left to TellNoelle W. IhliOut 11 Oct
House of FrankKay SynclaireOut 15 Oct
Mine for a MomentCatharina MauraOut 15 Oct
Sorcery and Small MagicsMaiga DoocyOut 15 Oct
SunlightDevney PerryOut 15 Oct
Strange BeastsSusan J. MorrisOut 15 Oct
Rest StopNat CassidyOut 15 Oct
Bull Moon RisingRuby DixonOut 15 Oct
Catch and KeepErin HahnOut 15 Oct
Curdle CreekYvonne Battle-FeltonOut 15 Oct
Legend of the White SnakeSher LeeOut 15 Oct
The Wedding WitchErin SterlingOut 15 Oct
PolostanNeal StephensonOut 15 Oct
Training the HeartPaisley HopeOut 17 Oct
The Wood at MidwinterSusanna ClarkeOut 20 Oct
LifeformJenny SlateOut 22 Oct
MemorialsRichard ChizmarOut 22 Oct
The Fury of the GodsJohn GwynneOut 22 Oct
In Too DeepLee Child and Andrew ChildOut 22 Oct
Murder in HighburyVanessa KellyOut 22 Oct
BloodguardCecy RobsonOut 22 Oct
The StrikerAna HuangOut 22 Oct
AbsolutionJeff VanderMeerOut 22 Oct
The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of SpellsRachel GreenlawOut 22 Oct
Holding The ReinsPaisley HopeOut 22 Oct
The DebutantesOlivia WorleyOut 24 Oct
The Treasure Hunters ClubTom RyanOut 24 Oct
Like Mother, Like MotherSusan RiegerOut 29 Oct
Perfect FitClare GilmoreOut 29 Oct
The Grey WolfLouise PennyOut 29 Oct
Eat the WorldMarina DiamandisOut 29 Oct
A New Lease on DeathOlivia BlackeOut 29 Oct
For She Is WrathEmily VargaOut 29 Oct
This Will Be FunE.B. AsherOut 29 Oct
Don’t Let the Forest InC.G. DrewsOut 29 Oct
Throne of SecretsKerri ManiscalcoOut 29 Oct
The Blue HourPaula HawkinsOut 29 Oct
GliffAli SmithOut 31 Oct
When We Were FriendsJane GreenOut 1 Oct
The Witches of El PasoLuis JaramilloOut 8 Oct
PlaymakerDeanna FaisonOut 22 Oct
The QueenNick CutterOut 29 Oct
The Close-upPip DrysdaleOut 30 Oct
UnleashedBoris JohnsonOut 10 Oct
If I Stopped Haunting YouColby WilkensOut 15 Oct
Promise Me NotMeagan BrandyOut 1 Oct
This Motherless LandNikki MayOut 29 Oct
Big names this month

Popular authors with a new book

The best-known authors publishing in October, from readers’ most-anticipated list and the authors we review most.

Nghi Vo
Nghi Vo3 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfThe City in Glass · out 1 Oct★ We reviewed it
James S.A. Corey
James S.A. Corey3 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfLivesuit · out 1 Oct★ We reviewed it
Ann Liang
Ann Liang4 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfA Song to Drown Rivers · out 1 Oct★ We reviewed it
Freida McFadden
Freida McFadden18 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfThe Boyfriend · out 1 Oct★ We reviewed it
Nita Prose
Nita Prose5 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfThe Mistletoe Mystery · out 1 Oct★ We reviewed it
Lynn Painter
Lynn Painter8 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfNothing Like the Movies · out 1 Oct★ We reviewed it
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell3 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfRevenge of the Tipping Point · out 1 Oct★ We reviewed it
Kate Golden
Kate Golden5 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfA Reign of Rose · out 8 Oct★ We reviewed it
Freya Marske
Freya Marske3 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfSwordcrossed · out 8 Oct★ We reviewed it
Sara Raasch
Sara Raasch5 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfThe Nightmare Before Kissmas · out 8 Oct★ We reviewed it
Laurie Gilmore
Laurie Gilmore7 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfThe Christmas Tree Farm · out 10 Oct★ We reviewed it
Noelle W. Ihli
Noelle W. Ihli3 books reviewed on The Bookish ElfNone Left to Tell · out 11 Oct★ We reviewed it
Release calendar

October at a glance

Tap a day to jump to its books. Tuesdays (highlighted) are the main US release day; a star marks a day with a book we have reviewed.

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Day by day

All 111 new releases

Showing all 111 books.

1
Tuesday1 October 2024
36 releasesBig release day
8
Tuesday8 October 2024
19 releases
10
Thursday10 October 2024
2 releases
11
Friday11 October 2024
1 release
15
Tuesday15 October 2024
18 releases
17
Thursday17 October 2024
1 release
20
Sunday20 October 2024
1 release
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Tuesday22 October 2024
14 releases
24
Thursday24 October 2024
4 releases
29
Tuesday29 October 2024
13 releases
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Wednesday30 October 2024
1 release
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Thursday31 October 2024
1 release
Questions

October 2024 releases, answered

What books come out in October 2024?

111 new books are listed for October 2024, led by Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey, The Elias Network by Simon Gervais and One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery. The full list on this page runs day by day and can be filtered by genre.

What is the biggest release day in October 2024?

Tuesday 1 October, with 36 new books. Most US books are published on a Tuesday.

Which October 2024 books has The Bookish Elf reviewed?

Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey, The Elias Network by Simon Gervais, One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery, The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten, Henry V by Dan Jones, The Glass Girl by Kathleen Glasgow, Heir by Sabaa Tahir, Livesuit by James S.A. Corey, A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang, The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden and Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and 99 more. Reviewed books carry our star rating.

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