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October 2022 New Fiction Releases |
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A Ballet of Lepers
by Leonard Cohen
Featuring never-before-published short fiction, plays and a novel written between 1956 and 1961 from the Canadian musician, songwriter and poet behind the iconic hits Hallelujah and Suzanne, this collection offers insights into the artist's imagination and creative process.
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Billie Starr's Book of Sorries
by Deborah E. Kennedy
Shines a light on the town of Benson, Indiana, where lakes, grudges and family rifts run deep, but so does a mother's love.
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Daughters of the New Year
by E. M. Tran
In New Orleans, three daughters of a former beauty queen and Vietnamese refugee obsessed with zodiac signs, are trying to go about their modern lives but begin to encounter strange glimpses of long-buried secrets from their ancestors.
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Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
The son of an Appalachian teenager uses his good looks, wit and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves and crushing losses in the new novel from the best-selling author of Unsheltered.
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Dinosaurs
by Lydia Millet
After walking from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed relationship, Gil discovers new neighbors in the glass-walled house next-door and finds his life meshing with theirs in the new novel from the author of A Children's Bible.
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Eyes Turned Skyward
by Alena Dillon
An empty nester and primary caretaker for her elderly, ailing mother inadvertently discovers that her mom was a Women Air Force Service Pilot who is now filled with regrets as she confronts the end of her life.
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Ghost Town
by Kevin Chen
Fleeing the oppression of his village in Berlin to find acceptance as a gay man, Chen Tien-Hong, the only son of a traditional Taiwanese family, returns home after 10 years and a prison sentence to find his family gone.
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The Hero of This Book
by Elizabeth McCracken
After her mother's death, the narrator, a writer, recalls all that made her complicated mother extraordinary and even though she wants to respect her mother's nearly pathological sense of privacy, must decide whether chronicling this remarkable life is an act of love or betrayal.
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Hester
by Laurie Lico Albanese
Arriving in Salem from Scotland in the early 1800s, Isobel, left penniless and alone by her husband in a strange country, is instantly drawn to Nathaniel Hawthorne, and as they grow closer and closer, they are a muse and a dark storyteller, the enchanter and the enchanted.
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The Last Chairlift
by John Irving
Growing up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past, Adam goes to Aspen, where he was conceived, to learn the truth about his mother, a former slalom skier and ski instructor, and meets some ghosts, which aren't the first or the last ones he sees.
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Liberation Day: Stories
by George Saunders
This brilliant collection of stories, written with the author's trademark prose—wickedly funny, unsentimental and perfectly tuned— encompasses joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality.
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Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult
Her life upended when her husband revealed a darker side, Olivia MacAfee and her teenage son Asher move back to her New Hampshire hometown for a new beginning until Asher is implicated in the death of his girlfriend and she realizes he's hidden more than he's shared with her.
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Marmee
by Sarah Miller
In 1861, Margaret March, with her husband serving as an army chaplain, finds the comfort and security of her four daughters resting on her shoulders alone as she faces financial hardships, secrets and tragedy, in this revealing retelling of Little Women from the perspective of the beloved matriarch known as Marmee.
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The Night Ship
by Jess Kidd
This epic historical novel, based on a real-life event, follows the lives of two characters a newly orphaned girl in 1629 who was shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia, and a lonely boy in 1989 who, 300 years later, arrives on the same island, discovering the story of an infamous shipwreck.
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Nights of Plague
by Orhan Pamuk
In 1900, when a plague arrives on Mingheria, brought either by Muslim pilgrims returning from the Mecca or by merchant vessels coming from Alexandria, the Sultan, bowing to international pressure, allows foreign and Ottoman warships to blockade the island, forcing its people to defeat the plague on their own.
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One Woman's War
by Christine Wells
World War II British Naval Intelligence officer Victoire Bennett's mission to deceive the Germans about Allied Invasion plans is jeopardized by a beautiful Austrian double agent, determined to survive in wartime England, who must choose whether to remain loyal to the British or betray thousands of men to their deaths.
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Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng
In a society consumed by fear, 12-year-old Bird Gardner, after receiving a mysterious letter, sets out on a quest to find his mother a Chinese American poet who left when he was nine years old, leading him to NYC where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
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The Passenger
by Cormac McCarthy
In 1980 Pass Christian, Mississippi, salvage diver Bobby Western, after a plane crash, discovers that the pilots flight bag, the planes black box and the 10th passenger are missing, submerging him in a conspiracy beyond his understanding as he is shadowed in body and spirit by the past and present.
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A Place to Land
by Lauren K. Denton
Two sisters living in Sugar Bend for over 40 years have their lives turned upside down when a young woman, fresh out of the foster care system, shows up at their art shop and brings old secrets to light.
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Signal Fires
by Dani Shapiro
When the Shenkmans arrive on Division Street, their brilliant, lonely son Waldo, who has a native ability to find connections in everything, befriends Dr. Wilf, who is harboring a dark secret, setting in motion a chain of events that cause the past to come back with a vengeance.
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The Singularities
by John Banville
Released from prison, a man with a borrowed name arrives at the estate of his youth where he must vie with the idiosyncratic Godley family descendants of a world-famous scientist while dealing with a wealthy and beautiful woman from his past who comes bearing an unusual request.
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The Whalebone Theatre
by Joanna Quinn
In 1928, twelve-year-old orphan Cristabel Seagrave and the rest of the household build a theatre from a whales skeletal rib cage, where imagination comes to life and where her acting comes into play years later as she becomes a British secret agent on a dangerous mission in Nazi-occupied France.
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When We Had Wings
by Ariel Lawhon
Based on the true experiences of nurses dubbed the Angels of Bataan, this sweeping story follows three nurses in the Philippines in 1941 as they endure captivity as the first female prisoners of WWII, striving to keep their hope and their fellow inmates alive, even if it costs them everything.
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When We Were Sisters
by Fatimah Asghar
After the death of their parents, three Muslim American sisters are left to raise one another, and as the youngest, Kausar, grows up, she must choose whether to remain in the life of love, sorrow and codependency she's known or carve out a new path for herself.
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Which Side Are You On
by Ryan Lee Wong
Twenty-one-year-old activist Reed, determined to devote himself to the Black Lives Matter movement, is challenged by his mother, once the leader of a Korean-Black coalition, to rethink his outrage, and along with it, what it means to be an organizer, a student, an ally, an American and a son.
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1989
by Val McDermid
Ten years later Allie Burns is running the northern news operation of The Sunday Globe where she covers the memorial service of Pan Am Flight 103 and stumbles upon a shocking story about HIV/AIDS in the sequel to 1979.
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Anywhere You Run
by Wanda M. Morris
A young black woman flees Jim Crow justice in Mississippi after killing the man who brutally attacked her in the new novel from the acclaimed author of All Her Little Secrets.
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The Bequest
by Joanna Margaret
Struggling to acclimate to her new home in Scotland, PhD student Isabel Henley, when her friend Rose is kidnapped, is forced to complete Roses research by following a paper trail from Genoa to Florence, and finally to Paris, where solving a 400-year-old mystery could save both their lives.
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Blackmail and Bibingka
by Mia P. Manansala
When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo.
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Bones of Holly
by Carolyn Haines
When a feud erupts between two authors at a Mississippi library's tree decorating contest, Sarah Booth and Tinkie investigate after one of them goes missing in the latest novel of the series following Lady of Bones.
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Dashing Through the Snowbirds
by Donna Andrews
After forcing employees to work through the holidays in Wales, an inconsiderate boss turns up murdered with too many possible suspects in the latest addition to the long-running series following Round Up the Usual Peacocks.
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The Favor
by Nicci French
When she agrees to pick up an ex-boyfriend at the train station, Jude is shocked when the police show up instead of him and, realizing she knows nothing about the man he's become, becomes entangled in his life as she tries to uncover the truth.
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The Ghost and the Stolen Tears
by Cleo Coyle
When her part-time employee, Norma—a modern-day nomad whos become an uplifting presence in Quindicott, Rhode Island—is accused of stealing priceless jewels, bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure calls upon her paranormal P.I. to find the real culprit.
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A Heart Full of Headstones
by Ian Rankin
Fresh off of helping his daughter Samantha find her missing husband, Inspector John Rebus investigates another surprising crime in the latest addition to the long-running thriller series following A Song for the Dark Times.
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Jackal
by Erin E. Adams
A Black woman returning to her Rust Belt hometown for a wedding uncovers a sinister pattern of Black girls going missing from the area when her friends' daughter disappears from the reception, leaving behind only a bloody piece of fabric.
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Lavender House
by Lev AC Rosen
While investigating the mysterious death of matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of a famous soap empire, Andy Mills is seduced by the safety and freedom found in Lavender House, where a queer family lives honestly and openly, until he becomes a pawn in their deadly game.
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Livid
by Patricia Cornwell
When the sister of the judge presiding over a sensational murder case is found dead, chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, the reluctant start witness in the trial, investigates and recognizes telltale signs of the unthinkable, pitting her against a powerful force that returns her to the past.
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Malice House
by Megan Shepherd
Deciding to illustrate a disturbing, secret handwritten manuscript from her late Pulitzer Prize-winning father, aspiring artist Haven Marbury is plunged into a nightmarish world when a monstrous creature appears, forcing her to uncover dark, otherworldly family secrets to rewrite everything she thought she knew about herself.
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The Maze
by Nelson DeMille
Called out of retirement by his former lover to investigate a serial killer targeting prostitutes, former NYPD Homicide Detective John Corey, as he digs deeper into these killings, which have garnered national attention, discovers that there are sinister forces at work that dont want this case solved.
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No Plan B
by Lee Child
Witnessing a woman pushed to her death in front of a bus, Jack Reacher, following the killer on foot, is unaware that this is part of a secret conspiracy with many moving parts with no room for error and any threats will be permanently removed, including Reacher.
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No Strangers Here
by Carlene O'Connor
Set in Ireland's striking, rugged countryside, a USA Today best-selling author's dark, atmospheric new crime fiction series follows an Irish veterinarian grappling with life, death, family dynamics and the secrets at the heart of her small community.
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The Plot and the Pendulum
by Jenn McKinlay
When library director Lindsey Norris arrives at the Dorchester family's estate to collect books left to the library, she instead finds a skeleton linked to a missing person case from 1989, and sets out to solve this mystery and throw the book at a killer who thought they got away with murder.
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The Plot Thickets
by Julia Henry
While cleaning up the historic Goosebush Cemetery, Lilly Jayne stumbles upon the body of Whitney Dunne-Bradford, the conniving custodian of the graveyard, and must dig up the dirt on the real killer when the homicide inquiry suddenly targets an old friend.
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Righteous Prey
by John Sandford
When a mysterious vigilante group known only as The Five starts targeting the very worst of society, using their unlimited resources to offset the damage done by those they've killed, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are called in to investigate and destroy this virtually untraceable group.
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Robert Ludlum's the Blackbriar Genesis
by Simon Gervais
When an undercover Treadstone agent is murdered in Prague, but none of his superiors know what he was doing there, Blackbriar operatives Helen Jouvert and Donovan Wade are sent to investigate, drawing them into a world of conspiracy and fake news.
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Santa's Little Yelpers
by David Rosenfelt
Relieved when his co-worker Chris Meyers, the newest employee at the Tara Foundation, agrees to foster eight puppies, lawyer Andy Carpenter tries to overturn Chris wrongful conviction that he did time for.
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Secrets of the Nile
by Tasha Alexander
When, while on a lavish cruise up the Nile, their host, a renowned amateur British collector of antiquities, is poisoned to death, Lady Emily and her husband follow the clues to several 3,000-year-old sculptures in an attempt to unmask a killer whose motive is both shocking and brilliant.
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Shadow Sister
by Lindsay Marcott
Returning to her haunted childhood home to finally find the truth surrounding her mother's death, Ava, while dealing with her vindictive father, her secretive new sister-in-law and romance with her first crush, makes a terrifying discovery on the property and must decide just how far into the past she's willing to go.
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Sign Here
by Claudia Lux
To get one last member of the Harrison family to sell their soul so he can finally get a big promotion, Peyote Trip, who literally works in Hell, sets a plan in motion, but soon discovers that things aren't always as they seem and everyone must face the consequences of their choices.
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Soul of a Killer
by Abby Collette
When Mama Zola, her foster mom, and one of her employees find themselves suspects in a murder, bookstore and soul-food café owner, Koby, along with her twin sister, Keaton, must serve a side of justice to the real killer.
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Titans of War
by Wilbur Smith
Trained to become a great spy under the guidance of Taita, the leader of the resistance, Piay, determined to prove his worth, embarks on a dangerous mission to find allies to help defend Egypt from the Hyksos, a bloodthirsty barbarian people from the distant east.
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A Trace of Poison
by Colleen Cambridge
Phyllida Bright, housekeeper to the grand dame of murder mysteries, Agatha Christie, must uncover the killer among a throng of crime writers.
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Voice of Fear
by Heather Graham
When a botched undercover mission is semi-salvaged by criminal psychologist Patrick Law, FBI agent Jordan Wallace, who was close to cracking a human trafficking case, must partner with this man whose innate ability to get inside a criminals head may be the only thing keeping them alive.
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The Witch in the Well
by Camilla Bruce
A group of estranged childhood friends reunites in an eerie Norwegian coastal village where their flawed ambitions and grudges swirl into an all-too-real echo of a terrible town legend.
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All I Want for Christmas
by Maggie Knox
Two incompatible competitors on a reality singing show finally receive their big Nashville break, but if only they can pretend for the TV network and the world that they are a couple on-stage and off.
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Bad Girl Reputation
by Elle Kennedy
When former bad girl Genevieve returns home for her mother's funeral, she's prepared to keep her distance from her ex-boyfriend, Evan. But it's impossible not to run into Evan in the small coastal town where they once ran wild. And the moment she sees him, it's clear to Gen that Evan is still as unruly and irresistible as ever.
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Before I Do
by Sophie Cousens
A heartwarming and playful novel about the ones we love and the ones we lose by the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year. What would you do if 'the one that got away' turned up the night before your wedding?
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The Belle of Belgrave Square
by Mimi Matthews
Cursed with a crippling social anxiety, heiress Julia Wychwood, to escape the ton, proposes to notorious Captain Jasper Blunt, offering her dowry in exchange for the freedom to do as she pleases, which gets her into trouble when her curiosity about this mysterious man gets the better of her.
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The Christmas Spirit
by Debbie Macomber
When Pete, a local pastor, and his best friend, Hank, a bartender, decide to switch jobs until Christmas Eve, they begin to see each other's lives in a new light as they each discover a new love to cherish, forever changing their lives.
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Endless Summer
by Elin Hilderbrand
Nine stories set in the universe of the best-selling author's previous romance novels includes a visit with friends of Mallory Blessing three years after her death and Margot Carmichael encouraging her husband to reunite with his ex.
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Home Sweet Christmas
by Susan Mallery
Excited to regain her independence after sending her sisters off to college, Camryn Neff is not thrilled when a client tries to set her up with her son in the second novel of the series following The Christmas Wedding Guest.
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Just Like Magic
by Sarah Hogle
Boasting about her extravagant lifestyle on social media, but actually broke and squatting in Colorado, Bettie Hughes contemplates Christmas with her family and accidentally conjures up Hall, the Holiday Spirit, who can make all her wishes come true.
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Mistakes Were Made
by Meryl Wilsner
From the critically acclaimed author of Something to Talk About comes Meryl Wilsner's Mistakes Were Made, a sharp and steamy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend's mom.
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Once Upon a December
by Amy E. Reichert
When Astra Noel Snow and Jack Clausen meet at a one-of-kind Christmas market, they fall in love, but they must decide if this newfound relationship can weather all seasons, or if what they're experiencing is just yuletide magic.
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One Last Gift
by Emily Stone
When a young woman finds herself lost and at a crossroads, one last gift from her brother just might give her another chance at life and at love in this epic holiday romance from the author of Always, in December.
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Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble
by Alexis J. Hall
Paris Daillencourt is a recipe for disaster: his severe self-doubt has trapped him in a cycle of indecision until his roommate enters him in Bake Expectations in hopes of pushing him out of his comfort zone. Paris initially finds success, winning the first week's bake and falling into flirtation with Tariq Hassan. But with each week of the competition, Paris is crumbling. Despite the attraction, the differences between him and Tariq keep moving them further and further apart.
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Partners in Crime
by Alisha Rai
While settling her aunt's affairs with the help of Naveen, a lawyer and the man she rejected, Mira and Naveen find themselves in a mad dash through Las Vegas, following clues to untangle the mess her family left behind, which puts both their future and lives in danger.
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Runaway Groomsman
by Meghan Quinn
After running out of his very famous best friend's wedding, Hollywood screenwriter Sawyer Walsh, to avoid the media fallout, arrives in Canoodle, California, where he falls for Fallon Long, the owner of his new short-term residence, but finds the pressures of her family obligations and his notoriety standing in their way.
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Season of Love
by Helena Greer
When she inherits half of her great-aunt's Jewish-run Christmas tree farm, Miriam Blum, while sitting shiva and avoiding her parents, must save the business from going under with the help of the farms grumpy manager, Noelle Northwood, who wants her gone until love enters the picture.
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So This Is Christmas
by Jenny Holiday
In Eldovia to help clean up the king's financial affairs, American Cara Delaney finds herself at odds with Matteo Benz, the straitlaced royal advisor, until they work together to return the country to its former glory, succumbing to Christmas magic and the love in their hearts.
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The Stand-Up Groomsman
by Jackie Lau
A bridesmaid and groomsman put their differences aside to get their best friends down the aisle in this steamy opposites-attract romantic comedy.
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Thief of Fate
by Jude Deveraux
After changing the course of history when he stole Cora McLeod from her destined soulmate, Finley Walsh, in 1844, Liam O'Conner, desperately trying to make amends, has three months to restore the balance by reuniting Cora and Finn or pay the ultimate price.
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Under the Starry Skies
by Tracie Peterson
Thirty-two-year-old Cassie Barton, while compiling a book of stories about the men working on the Sante Fe Railroad, finds her friendship with railroad worker Brandon DuBarko turning into something more, and when danger strikes, they must rely on their faith to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.
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Across the Sand
by Hugh Howey
Long after civilization is destroyed, a group of siblings follow in the shadow of their father, combing the barren sands for treasure, searching for a better life, in the long-awaited second novel in the series following Sand.
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The Atlas Paradox
by Olivie Blake
In this electrifying sequel to the viral sensation, The Atlas Six, the members of a secret society, headed by a man whose plans to change life as we know it are already under way, must each pick a side preserve the world or destroy it.
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Conan: Blood of the Serpent
by S. M. Stirling
The iconic pop culture fantasy hero returns in a new, illustrated novel that pits Conan against a mercenary, a soldier, a thief, a pirate, conquering armies, malicious sorcerers and monstrous creatures with only his sword to aid him.
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Daughter of Darkness
by Terry Brooks
After accepting her fae heritage and escaping the sinister goblin prison, Auris tries to live happily with her lover, Harlow, until the goblin attacks begin again and she must uncover her still-shrouded past for answers and solutions.
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Dead Man's Hand
by James J. Butcher
In a Boston divided between the ordinary Usuals and the paranormal Unorthodox, Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby flunks out of magically elite Auditor training and becomes the prime suspect when his former mentor, the most dangerous witch alive, is murdered.
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If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
by Jason Pargin
If the broken neon signs, shuttered storefronts, and sub-standard housing didn't tip you off, you've just wandered into the city of "Undisclosed". Dave, John and Amy face supernatural threats here so the rest of us don't have to. But between the bloody ritual sacrifices and soul-crushing nightmares, our trio realizes this apocalypse is way above their pay grade.
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Illuminations: Stories
by Alan Moore
From the imagination of the author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta, eight stories full of wonder and strangeness, which take us to the fantastical underside of reality.
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The Janus File
by David Weber
To unravel a case steeped in murder and conspiracy, Detective Isaac Cho and his new, untested partner, whose notion of proper law enforcement involves blowing up criminals first and skipping questions entirely, must put aside their differences and use their unique combination of skills to get the edge they need.
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Little Eve
by Catriona Ward
When Chief Inspector Black arrives on the wind-battered isle of Altnaharra, off the coast of Scotland, to investigate a brutal murder, interrupting their sacred ceremony, young Eve and her clan, preparing to bring about the end of the world, are faced with a reckoning beyond their imagination.
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The Mountain in the Sea
by Ray Nayler
Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future.
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The Oracle of Maracoor
by Gregory Maguire
The Oracle of Maracoor, the second in the trilogy, Another Day, continues the story of Elphaba’s green-skinned granddaughter, Rain. That strange land, Maracoor—across the ocean from Oz—is beset by an invading army. In the mayhem, Rain and Cossy, a child felon, break out of prison. Helped by a few flying monkeys, they struggle to escape the city before it falls under siege.
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Poster Girl
by Veronica Roth
After the collapse of the Delegation, an oppressive dystopian regime, Sonya, a poster girl imprisoned for her involvement, is offered a chance at freedom if she finds a missing girl stolen from her parents by the old regime, forcing her to confront a past rife with lies and dark secrets.
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A Restless Truth
by Freya Marske
Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plenty of it when she volunteered to serve as an old lady's companion on an ocean liner; what she didn't expect was for the old lady in question to turn up dead on the first day of the voyage. Now she has to deal with a dead body, a disrespectful parrot, and the lovely, dangerously outrageous Violet Debenham, who's also returning home to England.
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The River of Silver
by S. A. Chakraborty
Told from the perspective of characters both beloved and hated, this new compilation of stories, set in Daevabad, enrich a world already teeming with magic and wonder, inviting readers to explore this kingdom, hidden from human eyes.
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