Most Popular Books Published in October 2023

Wisdom that transcends time. The long dead Roman emperor’s thoughts and fancies are still so relevant to your everyday ups and downs. Delivered in digestible bits, read one a day to set your mind right, or binge them all and let simmer over time.A...

"That rare person who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf," Clarice Lispector is one of the most popular but least understood of Latin American writers. Now, after years of research on three continents, drawing on previously...

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023. Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbour, Asleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city...

WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE.New York Times Editors' Choice.Longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. “Fosse’s fusing of the commonplace and the existential, together with his dramatic forays into the past, make...

A multilayered meditation on beauty, memory, and regret, this intimate seven-novel sequence from the Norwegian Nobelist is an transcendent exploration of two versions of the same life – that of two ageing painters, one consumed by alcohol,...

When Christina Crawford's harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted subject. It also shed light on the guarded world of Hollywood and stripped away the façade of...

A New York Times bestseller. "Exquisite. A must-read.” —Kristin Hannah From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship,...

'Joyous, funny and full of warm, relatable characters, this is the queer Christmas rom-com I've been waiting for' LAURA KAYIt's the golden rule of pretending to be someone's girlfriend: don't fall for their sister.After a year from hell, Haf is...

Holly has the place to herself this Christmas. It’s not her place, though – she is house-sitting for friends who live on Nightingale Square – just there to keep the place warm and cosy and only for long enough for her to sort her life...

Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win it all.From the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years and One Italian Summer comes the romance...

For fans of Ana Huang and Mia Sheridan, a scorching enemies to lovers romance about a young woman who agrees to fake date a man she despises for a chance to build her dream bakery.Fake dating my enemy so I can design my dream bakery should be easy ....

Sparks fly in this delightful novel about two burned out professionals who meet at a ramshackle resort on the British seaside—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher.“I devoured The...

Short-listed for the National Book Award for FictionA Most Anticipated Read: The New York Times, The Guardian, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, The Bay Area Reporter, Datebook, Electric Literature, The...

Once upon a time, there was a lonely woman who was beautiful on the outside but sad on the inside...Meet Ava, a blonde bombshell and newly divorced banker who leads a glamorous life in Mayfair and is looking for love again. She is passionate and strong,...

The New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, and Anxious People captivates readers with this “warm and satisfying” (People) story “about...

The secret to productivity isn’t discipline. It’s joy.We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But what if there’s another way?Dr Ali Abdaal – the...

The phenomenal Sunday Times bestseller'Massively motivating' Fearne Cotton'A wealth of wisdom' Vex King'Read this book' Ant MiddletonHigh performance isn't born. It's made.This book uncovers the eight essential habits of the world's leading sportspeople,...

The original and bestselling leadership book! Sun Tzu's ideas on survival and success have been read across the world for centuries. Today they can still be applied to business, politics and life. The Art of War demonstrates how to win without...

“One of my favorite books of the year. It completely reshaped how I think about information and how and why I take notes.” —Daniel Pink, bestselling author of DriveA revolutionary approach to enhancing productivity, creating flow,...

The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller The third number one bestselling instalment in James’ no-nonsense guides to gaining the tools to empower your decision-making and change your life. Now, more than ever, we are so often lost within a cycle of...