94 new books coming out October 8 - 21, 2024
A rapid-fire run through a few of the best books coming out this week and next
Atlas Six author Olivie Blake capped that trilogy in January of this year with The Atlas Complex. And while she catches her breath after writing three rather long books in rapid succession while ascending to the heights of authorly fame we can spend time with Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal, a collection of 14 stories, some published previously along with a few brand-new ones.
In Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions, legal thriller juggernaut John Grisham teams up with Jim McCloskey, founder of Centurion Ministries, a non-profit dedicated to exonerating the wrongly convicted using DNA evidence. Canadians will recognize David Milgaard as one of those freed from incarceration based on a re-examination of evidence through the efforts of Centurion. This is Grisham’s second nonfiction work since 2010’s The Innocent Man.
Speaking of shorter works old and new, Margaret Atwood’s Paper Boat is a collection of the iconic author’s poems selected from throughout the entirety of her career, from her 1961 debut work Double Persephone (a collection of poems published as a pamphlet) to her 2020 collection Dearly.
Another poetry collection to pick up as we mark the 1-year anniversary of the horrific events that sparked the war between Israel and Hamas is Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha’s Forest of Noise, featuring astonishing, often whimsical poems he somehow managed to write while fleeing for safety with his family.
When Lisa Marie Presley, daughter or Priscilla and Elvis Presley, died in 2023 at the age of 54, she was already at work on her memoir and had enlisted the help of her daughter, actor Riley Keough. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir exists through audio recordings Lisa Marie made in which she talked about the trauma of finding her father’s body, her incredible upbringing on the “Graceland” estate, her marriage to Michael Jackson, and what it meant to her to become a mother.
More books coming out now
✍ Poetry
Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha
Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023 by Margaret Atwood
🧰 Help and How-to
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman
The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius by Kendra J. Adachi
Sweet Tooth: 100 Desserts to Save Room For by Sarah Fennel
The Great Mental Models, Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish
Well Plated Every Day: Recipes for Easier, Healthier, More Exciting Daily Meals by Erin Clarke
Even After Everything: The Spiritual Practice of Knowing the Risks and Loving Anyway by Stephanie Duncan Smith
A Feminist's Guide to ADHD: How women can thrive and find focus in a world built for men by Janina Maschke
I Love You: Recipes from the Heart by Pamela Anderson
The Evolution of Consciousness: Navigating the Levels of Awareness and Unlocking Spiritual Potential by David R. Hawkins M.D., Ph.D
💡 Big Ideas
I Do (I Think): Conversations About Modern Marriage by Allison Raskin
How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism by Ece Temelkuran
Consider This: Reflections for Finding Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World by Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson
The Most Interesting Book in the World by Edward Brooke-Hitching
The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Classand How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann
🗣 True Stories
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier
A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream by Marc Garneau
Heart on My Sleeve: Stories from a Life Well Worn by Jeanne Beker
Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino
I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You by Miranda Hart
War by Bob Woodward
Dreamer: My Life On the Edge by Nazem Kadri
A Family Chronicle by Sergei Aksakov
Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey by R. Renee Hess
💘 Romance
I Did Something Bad by Pyae Moe Thet War
The Most Wonderful Time by Jayne Allen
Rescued by Kathleen Brooks
PLAYBOY by Jaime Lewis
A Reign of Rose by Kate Golden
Chance by Lynn Raye Harris
As the Earl Likes by Darcy Burke
Mr. Heartbreaker by Piper Rayne
Xavier by Dale Mayer
Sally's Lament by Mari Mancusi
Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal by Olivie Blake
🗡️ Crime, Mystery, and Action
The Waiting by Michael Connelly
Identity Unknown by Patricia Cornwell
Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin
Cold Spite by Toni Anderson
One Last Prayer by Carla Kovach
Simon Says... Die by Dale Mayer
Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews
A Pie For A Pie by London Lovett
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel by Alexander McCall Smith
Dead Beside The Thames by Stephanie Laurens
Precipice by Robert Harris
🖊️ Literary & Contemporary Fiction
The Rest of You by Maame Blue
What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst
Hate Follow by Erin Quinn-Kong
Annihilation by Michel Houellebecq
Run with the Wind by Shion Miura
Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán
Dogs and Monsters by Mark Haddon
Don't Be a Stranger by Susan Minot
🩸 Horror
Stay in the Light by A.M. Shine
The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen
This Cursed House by Del Sandeen
Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris
Bleed III by Emerald O'Brien
The Narrows by Ronald Malfi
Of the Flesh: 18 Stories of Modern Horror by Susan Barker
Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton
✨ Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Speculative Fiction
The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke
An Instruction in Shadow by Benedict Jacka
Alliance Unbound by C. J. Cherryh
Pets in Space 9 by R.J. Blain
The Royal Ranger: The Ambush at Sorato by John Flanagan
On Vicious Worlds by Bethany Jacobs
Polostan by Neal Stephenson
Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss by Steven Barnes
American Rapture by CJ Leede
The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche
Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim
Parallels by Kfir Luzzatto
Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon
Critical Role: Bells Hells—What Doesn't Break by Cassandra Khaw
The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan
House of Frank by Kay Synclaire
The Nightward by R.S.A. Garcia
🗯 Manga & Graphic Novels
Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 31 by Tomohito Oda
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 22 (light novel) by Hiro Ainana
The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 12 (Light Novel) by Natsu Hyuuga
My Dearest Patrolman, Vol. 2 (Yaoi Manga) by Niyama
Dandadan, Vol. 9 by Yukinobu Tatsu
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san, Vol. 8 by Yuichi Hiiragi
Honey Trap Shared House, Vol. 4 by Masamune Kuji
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Vol. 26 by Kagiji Kumanomata
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie 18 by Keigo Maki
Halfway There by Christine Mari
Into the Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah
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