Wondering what to read now? Here are all the hot new October 2024 book releases for you. I’ll let you know what I’ve read, what I can’t wait to read, and what’s getting all the attention this month.
In case you’re new to Booklist Queen, every month I cover all the hottest new book releases. I try to read as many new book releases as I can to give you an honest perspective on what to read and what to skip.
However, I realize that my to-read list might not exactly match yours. That’s why I’ve also included some of the most popular October 2024 book releases from your favorite authors.
Enough from me. Let’s get on to the October 2024 book releases so you can fill up your to-read list.
Top October 2024 Book Releases
Revenge of the Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
Twenty-five years ago, Malcolm Gladwell topped the bestseller list with The Tipping Point, analyzing the science of viral trends. Now, Gladwell revisits his bestseller to reframe the lessons for the modern day. Gladwell expands his focus to look at the dark side of contagious phenomena using his trademark mix of fascinating anecdotes and social science.
Publication Date: 1 October 2024
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The Last One at the Wedding
Jason Rekulak
From the author of Hidden Pictures comes another suspenseful fall thriller. For the first time in three years, Frank Szatowski receives a call from his estranged daughter Maggie inviting him to her wedding. Maggie fails to mention she is marrying Aidan Gardner, the son of a tech billionaire, at a swanky private estate. As Frank tries to reconnect with Maggie he becomes alarmed at the local hostility toward Aidan’s family. Can Frank discover the truth without driving Maggie away forever?
Publication Date: 8 October 2024
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The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins
Off the Scottish coast, Eris is an island only accessible for twelve hours each day. Eris was famously the home of Vanessa Chapman, a renowned artist whose cheating husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now caring for Vanessa until her death, Grace now lives alone on Eris. When a shocking discovery about one of Vanessa’s works is made, an art curator comes to visit Grace, threatening Grace’s content lifestyle.
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
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The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny
In the 19th novel of the series, a phone call shatters the pieces of Inspector Armand Gamache. A random series of events leads Gamache and his team to realize that more is going on than just one murder. Soon, friends seem like enemies and enemies act like friends in a case that will take the inspector throughout Québec.
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
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Framed
John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
Best known for his legal thrillers, John Grisham tackles nonfiction with the help of Jim McCloskey who works on exonerating innocent individuals who have been wrongly convicted. Together, they portray ten true stories of wrongful convictions. Looking at what leads to wrongful convictions and the hard process to get an innocent person exonerated, Grisham and McCloskey show the harrowing journey of people who have had everything taken from them.
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
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The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Bestselling authors Ruta Septys and Steve Sheinkin collaborate on a middle-grade historical fiction adventure novel. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis finds himself amidst the eccentric band of codebreakers at Bletchley Park trying to decipher Germany’s Enigma cipher. Meanwhile, his quirky younger sister Lizzie is desperate to solve the mystery of their mother’s death. When they start receiving messages and codes, Jakob and Lizzie must work together to solve the puzzle all while fearing the possibility of a trap.
Publication Date: 8 October 2024
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The Debutantes
Olivia Worley
For the elite of New Orleans, the Les Masque Ball is the event of the season. Although last year’s debutante queen, Margot, was found dead the morning after, no one is worried about this year’s ball. Margot was a wild child and the complete opposite of Lily, this year’s queen. After a masked jester crashes the Ball, Lily asks her court to meet the next morning but never shows. None three debutantes must discover the darker secrets the Mardi Gras mask in time to save Lily.
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
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Book of the Month – October 2024
Receiving my blue box from Book of the Month Club is a highlight of every month.
Here’s how it works – each month, they pick 5 books and you get to choose one book or skip until the next month. If you want to add any extra books, then you get them at a discounted price.
Each month is usually a mix of new releases and advance copies of unreleased books. If you are interested in joining, right now you can use my Book of the Month Club affiliate link to get your first book for $5!
The October Book of the Month selections are:
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GMA Book Club’s October 2024 Pick
A Song to Drown Rivers
Ann Liang
Possessing a rare beauty, Xishi knows her only lot in life is to marry well so she jumps at the opportunity when the young military advisor Fanli offers her a mission. Fanli trains Xishi to be the perfect weapon and tasks her with seducing the neighboring king to bring his empire down from within. But if she is unmasked as a traitor, Xishi could bring both kingdoms down in this novel based on a Chinese legend.
Reese’s Book Club October 2024 Pick
Society of Lies
Lauren Ling Brown
Maya is excited to return to Princeton University for her 10th college reunion and visit with her sister Naomi, who is currently enrolled there. When Naomi is killed in what police deem an accident, Maya suspects foul play. Maya learns Naomi had joined the Sterling Club and was probably initiated into its secret society. As Maya digs into Naomi’s life, she is haunted by her own experiences at Princeton and the secrets she’s been keeping for a decade.
Read with Jenna’s October 2024 Book Club Pick
The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich
A teenage love triangle in a North Dakota farming town touches on love, yearning, and our connection with nature. High school senior Kismet is starting to apply to college when Gary, the local football star, falls in love with her and they quickly wed. Normally, Kismet’s mother Crystal would have put up more of a fight but she is distracted by her husband’s disappearance after being accused of stealing from the church. Meanwhile, Gus is also in love with Kismet and is willing to wreck a home to win her over.
Publication Date: 1 October 2024
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The Most Anticipated October 2024 Book Releases
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
In three essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how the stories we tell (and the ones we omit) influence our realities. The author of Between the World and Me starts with a story about how a trip to Dakar, Senegal, sparked a fantasy world in his writer’s mind. Then he takes you to South Carolina after the banning of one of his books. Finally, Coates looks at nationalist agendas in Palestine, weaving all three essays together in a look at destructive myths we tell ourselves.
Publication Date: 1 October 2024
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The Waiting
Michael Connelly
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard hits the jackpot when the DNA of a newly arrest man is linked to an unsolved serial rapist. When they go to arrest his father, they find a web of secrets, lies, and legal challenges. At the same time, Ballard asks Harry Bosch to help investigate the theft of her gun, badge, and ID without letting her enemies in the department find out. Meanwhile, Bosch’s daughter Maddie begins to help Ballard out with cold cases but with motives of her own.
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
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The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden
Sydney Shaw has hit the New York dating jackpot: a charming handsome doctor who is perfect in every way. But a serial killer is on the loose killing women he dates. Sydney knows there is almost no way her perfect boyfriend could be the serial killer but she just can’t shake the feeling she’s being watched in the latest thriller from the author of The Housemaid.
Publication Date: 1 October 2024
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The Wedding Witch
Erin Sterling
In the third book in the cheerfully spooky Ex Hex romance series, Bowen Penhallow reluctantly agrees to attend a witchy wedding in the Welsh countryside. At the wedding he runs into Tasmyn Bligh, his not always above board magical supplier. Tasmyn just needs one more priceless artificat and she can retire. But when Bowen and Tasmyn are transported back 50 years, they must work together to find out what caused the building’s haunting, all while trying not to fall in love.
Publication Date: 8 October 2024
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The PLAN
Kendra Adachi
If you are looking for a productivity system that will work for a realistically imperfect person, Kendra Adachi claims to have the perfect plan for you. Adachi will help you manage your time without overwhelming you with an unrealistic aim for perfection, allowing you to live your life wholeheartedly today. I quite enjoyed Adachi’s fresh take on productivity in The Lazy Genius Way so I’m excited to see her among the October 2024 book releases.
Publication Date: 8 October 2024
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The Mistletoe Mystery
Nita Prose
In a lighthearted Christmas novella, Molly the Maid has had a hard time with Christmas ever since her grandmother’s death. This year, her boyfriend Juan steps up to try to make Christmas magical for Molly once again. When a Secret Santa exchange at work goes wrong, Molly begins to question who she can trust and whether Juan is really the dream guy she thought.
Publication Date: 1 October 2024
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UPCOMING OCTOBER 2024 BOOK RELEASES BY DATE
October 1st Book Releases
Sara Raasch and Beth Revis
October 8th Book Releases
Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
October 15th Book Releases
John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
October 22nd Book Releases
Lee Child and Andrew Child
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
October 29th Book Releases
What October 2024 Book Releases are You Most Excited to Read?
What books can you not wait to get your hands on this month? Did I miss any October 2024 book releases that you are anticipating? As always, let me know in the comments!
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