Most Popular Books Published in October 2023

Painstakingly restored from J.R.R. Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Lúthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the...

From the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Big Panda and Tiny Dragon comes a beautifully illustrated exploration into the journeys we take for self-discovery and the connections we make along the way.   In a distant...

Is magic a gift … or a curse? This contemporary fantasy set in a London rich with hidden magic is full of twists, treachery, and familial secrets. Raised to believe magic is a sin, we enter a lush underground world of secret libraries and covens...

“Amy Lea’s Woke Up Like This reminded me that the exciting and complicated feelings of our teenage years never truly fade away. The book perfectly captures high school nostalgia . . . It’s a feel-good story for the young and...

Snowed in for the holidays…It’s three days before Christmas and just starting to snow… Against her better judgement, Libby Pugh has been persuaded by her best friend to stop in on their university reunion on her way back from a...

Raise a glass to Cece Barton, a widowed single mom and recent L.A.-to-California-wine-country transplant who suddenly finds herself at the center of a murder investigation in this sparkling new mystery series from Agatha Award-winning author Maddie Day...

It’s hard to beat a modern mystery that gives a nod to the Golden Age of Mystery. Just like Richard Osman, Dann McDorman delivers on the classic whodunit that will leave you guessing your way through heaps of suspense en route to an ending you...

The Sun Is Also a Star meets You’ve Got Mail in this YA Christmas love story set in a London Black-owned bookshop.Charming, handsome Trey Anderson balances the pressures of school popularity with a job at his family’s beloved...

At a crossroads both personally and professionally, a newly single, thirty-something marketing exec takes a chance on a too-good-to-true winter job at an exclusive artists' retreat in the wilds of Canada – only to find out she's way in over her...

From the award-winning author of Death at Greenway and The Lucky One comes a chilling suspense novel in which the discovery of a submerged car in a murky pond reveals betrayals and family secrets that will tear a small...

If you enjoy guesswork and being glued to the edge of your seat, this is the book (and series) for you. With an intricately woven plot and seemingly unlimited thrills, you won’t be able to stop turning pages. Nor will you want to.The...

Love Interest is Clare Gilmore's sparkling debut, a co-worker enemies-to-lovers rom-com that proves falling in love is the risk and the reward.Casey Maitland has always preferred the reliability of numbers. Now a twenty-four-year-old...

Two women struggle toward a dark truth as a killer avenges the sins of the past in a twisting novel of suspense by the USA Today bestselling author of Do No Harm, Behind Every Lie, and The Night Olivia Fell.   After a...

Who doesn’t love Jane Austen retellings? This is another delightful read for the bunch, and it has witches, redemption and fresh takes on classic characters.A "witty, magical, romantic and altogether brilliant" (Lev Grossman) reimagining...

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.For a thousand years, ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years,...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson's epic Mistborn Trilogy continues with The Well of Ascension. They did the impossible, deposing the godlike being whose brutal rule had lasted a thousand years. Now Vin, the street...

The Hero of Ages is the thrilling conclusion to the epic fantasy Mistborn Trilogy for ages 13 and up by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Brandon Sanderson. This epic fantasy adventure begins with Mistborn. To end the Final...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law continues the Mistborn series, a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.Waxillium Ladrian was a lawman in Scadrial's ungoverned frontier region, known as the...

THE MISTBORN WORLD OF #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR BRANDON SANDERSONEXPANDS ITS HORIZONS WITH A MAGICAL QUEST AND MYSTERIOUS VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH.The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metalminds once owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant...