What Will You Read for October 2025?

By Rachel Tran | July 21 2025 | NewsStaff Picks

Request eGalleys of some of our favorite October titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the October list ends on 9/1.

View our featured picks below, or browse an extended collection here.

Hole in the Sky
Hole in the Sky
A Novel
Daniel H. Wilson
A gripping thriller—and Native American first contact story—from the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson, who is a Cherokee Nation citizen and has worked as a threat forecaster for the United States Air Force. "Hole in the Sky is mind-bending… indigenous knowledge collides with science fiction in a thrilling page-turner."—Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker and writer, Reservation Dogs
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Remain
Remain
A Supernatural Love Story
Nicholas Sparks, M. Night Shyamalan
A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection—an unprecedented collaboration between the globally acclaimed author of bestselling love stories like The Notebook and the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers like The Sixth Sense
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The White Octopus Hotel
The White Octopus Hotel
Alexandra Bell
Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover if, behind the many doors, a second chance awaits.
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Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
A Novel
Claire-Louise Bennett
A woman confronts the afterlife of intimacy, in a deeply tender novel by one of our most acclaimed and inventive fiction writers
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My Beloved
My Beloved
A Mitford Novel
Jan Karon
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon gives her beloved fans what they want for Christmas: a new Mitford novel.
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A Guardian and a Thief
A Guardian and a Thief
A Novel
Megha Majumdar
Megha Majumdar’s electrifying new novel, following her acclaimed New York Times bestseller A Burning—longlisted for the National Book Award—is set in a near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, in which two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other. A piercing and propulsive tour de force.
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