October means foliage, Halloween candy, and great books! Click through to request eGalleys of our favorite October titles, and if you love the read, please consider nominating one (or more) for LibraryReads! Remember voting for the October 2015 List ends on August 20th.
CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg
A big-hearted, boundary-vaulting novel that heralds a remarkable new talent: set in 1970s New York, a story outsized in its generosity, warmth, and ambition, its deep feeling for its characters, its exuberant imagination.
THE WITCH OF LIME STREET by David Jaher
History comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal.
SLADE HOUSE by David Mitchell
From the bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas comes an intricately woven new novel spanning five decades, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion. This is a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story—as only David Mitchell could imagine it.
GOLDEN AGE by Jane Smiley
From the Pulitzer Prize-winner: the much-anticipated final volume, following LibraryReads picks Some Luck and Early Warning, of her bestselling American trilogy, which brings the beloved Langdon family into our present times and beyond.
THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO by Anthony Marra
From the bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena—dazzling, poignant, and lyrical interwoven stories about family, sacrifice, the legacy of war, and the redemptive power of art.