{"id":10701,"date":"2026-10-07T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/the-best-new-historical-fiction-books-out-in-october-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:11:00","slug":"the-best-new-historical-fiction-books-out-in-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/the-best-new-historical-fiction-books-out-in-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best New Historical Fiction Books Out in October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dev95-1347136962\" class=\"dev95-- dev95-entity-placement\"><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl27862732.profitableratecpmnetwork.com\/2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dev95-1720865553\" class=\"dev95-before-content dev95-entity-placement\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stop wasting time on dead links! \ud83d\uded1 This smart platform automatically detects your device and country to give you the exact best offer instantly. Check it out now 100% free! \ud83d\udc47<\/strong><br data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-pl=\"|||[]\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profitableratecpmnetwork.com\/pvhx5mbcc?key=ff7d362db3c20bc86fad685cc94f1fc4\">\ud83d\udd17 <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">[Click here]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have one word for October\u2019s historical fiction releases: rich. Decadent, even (okay, so two words). There\u2019s a Victorian-era version of Hamlet, a grotesque ball, artists\u2014in love in the 18th-century, and in the underground scene in 1920s Berlin\u2014and a series of punk murders in New York in the \u201980s. There\u2019s even new Susanna Clarke, of <em><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"1635577802\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1635577802\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=1635577802\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Piranesi\" data-publisher=\"Bloomsbury Publishing\" data-releasedate=\"2021-09-28\" data-author=\"Clarke, Susanna\" data-ean=\"9781635577808\" data-asin=\"1635577802\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Piranesi<\/a><\/em> and <em><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"3833303344\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/3833303344\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=3833303344\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr. Norrell\" data-publisher=\"Berliner Taschenbuch Verl\" data-releasedate=\"\" data-author=\"\" data-ean=\"9783833303340\" data-asin=\"3833303344\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell<\/a><\/em> fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month\u2019s historical fiction really has something for everyone.<\/p><div id=\"dev95-1875850508\" class=\"dev95- dev95-entity-placement\"><center>\r\n<script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '4ba6b6513c00e0ba76511f798ae56401',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 50,\r\n    'width' : 320,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/4ba6b6513c00e0ba76511f798ae56401\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n\t<\/center><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Get 15% off annual <a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/join\/\">All Access memberships<\/a><\/strong> for a limited time in celebration of Book Riot\u2019s 15th anniversary! Savings amount to more than 3 months of free unlimited access to our entire content archive, plus features like Collections and the New Release Index. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/join\/\">Claim your savings<\/a> <\/strong>and start leveling up your reading life.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__content\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__cover-and-save\" style=\"float: left;\"><a class=\"bookblurb__coverlink\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-bishop-of-durham-attempts-to-surrender-the-city_susanna-clarke%2F57693630%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" data-ean=\"9781639739813\" data-asin=\"1639739815\" data-title=\"The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City\" data-author=\"Clarke, Susanna\" title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\"><!--[if mso]>\n\n<table align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;\">\n\n<tr>\n\n<td><![endif]--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bookblurb__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Bishop-of-Durham-Attempts-to-Surrender-the-City-Susanna-Clarke-cover-300x0.jpg.optimal.jpg?w=200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cover Image of The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City by Susanna Clarke\"  ><!--[if mso]><\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n\n<![endif]--><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-wrapper save-to-collection-book-blurb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\">\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-mount\" data-book-id=\"31764\" data-book-title=\"The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"bookblurb__booktitle\"><em><a title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" product-id=\"1639739815\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-bishop-of-durham-attempts-to-surrender-the-city_susanna-clarke%2F57693630%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City\" data-publisher=\"Bloomsbury Publishing\" data-releasedate=\"2026-10-20\" data-author=\"Clarke, Susanna\" data-ean=\"9781639739813\" data-asin=\"1639739815\" class=\"rnmg-book\">The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City<\/a><\/em> by Susanna Clarke <\/h3>\n<div class=\"bookblurb__description\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The author of perhaps the only speculative bestseller with that many footnotes has a short story set in the world of <em><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"3833303344\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/3833303344\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=3833303344\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr. Norrell\" data-publisher=\"Berliner Taschenbuch Verl\" data-releasedate=\"\" data-author=\"\" data-ean=\"9783833303340\" data-asin=\"3833303344\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell<\/a><\/em>. And it\u2019s illustrated! The story following the Bishop of Durham, who sets off on a somewhat self-serving mission to unite human and fairy kind as a legion of trees trap his city, is set 700 years before Clarke\u2019s debut novel. She previously published another short story, <em><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"1526675218\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1526675218\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=1526675218\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"The Wood at Midwinter\" data-publisher=\"BLOOMSBURY\" data-releasedate=\"2024-10-17\" data-author=\"Clarke  Susanna\" data-ean=\"9781526675217\" data-asin=\"1526675218\" class=\"rnmg-book\">The Wood at Midwinter<\/a><\/em>, and a short story collection, <em><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"163973547X\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/163973547X\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=163973547X\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories\" data-publisher=\"Bloomsbury Publishing\" data-releasedate=\"2024-10-22\" data-author=\"Clarke, Susanna\" data-ean=\"9781639735471\" data-asin=\"163973547X\" class=\"rnmg-book\">The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories<\/a><\/em>, set in the same world. \u2014S. Zainab Williams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__content\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__cover-and-save\" style=\"float: left;\"><a class=\"bookblurb__coverlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1638934657\/?tag=boorio-20\" data-ean=\"9781638934653\" data-asin=\"1638934657\" data-title=\"Rottenheart\" data-author=\"Dunn, Kat\"><!--[if mso]>\n\n<table align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;\">\n\n<tr>\n\n<td><![endif]--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bookblurb__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Rottenheart-by-Kat-Dunn-300x0.jpeg.optimal.jpeg?w=200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"rottenheart book cover\"  ><!--[if mso]><\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n\n<![endif]--><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-wrapper save-to-collection-book-blurb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\">\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-mount\" data-book-id=\"31625\" data-book-title=\"Rottenheart\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"bookblurb__booktitle\"><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"1638934657\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1638934657\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=1638934657\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Rottenheart\" data-publisher=\"Zando\" data-releasedate=\"2026-10-13\" data-author=\"Dunn, Kat\" data-ean=\"9781638934653\" data-asin=\"1638934657\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Rottenheart<\/a> by Kat Dunn <\/h3>\n<div class=\"bookblurb__description\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kat Dunn\u2019s <em><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"1638934029\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1638934029\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=1638934029\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Hungerstone\" data-publisher=\"Zando\" data-releasedate=\"2026-02-24\" data-author=\"Dunn, Kat\" data-ean=\"9781638934028\" data-asin=\"1638934029\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Hungerstone<\/a><\/em> reimagined the classic vampire novel <em><a title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" product-id=\"B08NVVWCM6\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fcarmilla-restored-and-illustrated-pocketbook-edition%2F55928972%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Carmilla\" data-publisher=\"Independently published\" data-releasedate=\"2020-11-19\" data-author=\"LeFanu, J. Sheridan\" data-ean=\"9798567847039\" data-asin=\"B08NVVWCM6\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Carmilla<\/a><\/em>. Now her latest is a sapphic Victorian-era retelling of <a title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" product-id=\"1451669410\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fhamlet_william-shakespeare%2F53600881%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Hamlet\" data-publisher=\"Simon &amp; Schuster\" data-releasedate=\"2012-04-24\" data-author=\"Shakespeare, William\" data-ean=\"9781451669411\" data-asin=\"1451669410\" class=\"rnmg-book\"><em>Hamlet<\/em><\/a>. When Odette\u2019s artist mother, Lydia, suddenly and mysteriously dies, Odette\u2019s aunt Claudine steps in and takes complete control over the household. That\u2019s when Lydia\u2019s ghost starts stalking around the house, claiming she\u2019s been murdered and asking her daughter to take revenge. \u2014Emily Martin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__content\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__cover-and-save\" style=\"float: left;\"><a class=\"bookblurb__coverlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0374613052\/?tag=boorio-20\" data-ean=\"9780374613051\" data-asin=\"0374613052\" data-title=\"Music Against the Night: A Novel (The Nocturne Trilogy)\" data-author=\"Li, Yiyun\"><!--[if mso]>\n\n<table align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;\">\n\n<tr>\n\n<td><![endif]--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bookblurb__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Music-Against-the-Night-The-Nocturne-Trilogy-Yiyun-Li-cover-300x0.jpg.optimal.jpg?w=200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cover Image of Music Against the Night (The Nocturne Trilogy) by Yiyun Li\"  ><!--[if mso]><\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n\n<![endif]--><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-wrapper save-to-collection-book-blurb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\">\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-mount\" data-book-id=\"31664\" data-book-title=\"Music Against the Night (The Nocturne Trilogy)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"bookblurb__booktitle\"><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"0374613052\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0374613052\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=0374613052\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Music Against the Night: A Novel (The Nocturne Trilogy)\" data-publisher=\"Farrar, Straus and Giroux\" data-releasedate=\"2026-10-13\" data-author=\"Li, Yiyun\" data-ean=\"9780374613051\" data-asin=\"0374613052\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Music Against the Night<\/a> by Yiyun Li <\/h3>\n<div class=\"bookblurb__description\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award-winning Li\u2019s latest is historical fiction that sweeps across late 18th-century Dublin, England, Russia, and India as it explores the story of the talented pianist Adelaide Percheron and her future husband, John Field (who invented the term \u201cnocturne\u201d), and their lives as ambitious artists. \u2014Erica Ezeifedi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__content\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__cover-and-save\" style=\"float: left;\"><a class=\"bookblurb__coverlink\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fvenus-vanishing-a-novel_rebecca-birrell%2F57638964%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" data-ean=\"9781250457233\" data-asin=\"1250457238\" data-title=\"Venus, Vanishing: A Novel\" data-author=\"Birrell, Rebecca\" title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\"><!--[if mso]>\n\n<table align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;\">\n\n<tr>\n\n<td><![endif]--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bookblurb__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Venus-Vanishing-Rebecca-Birrell-cover-300x0.jpg.optimal.jpg?w=200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cover Image of Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell\"  ><!--[if mso]><\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n\n<![endif]--><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-wrapper save-to-collection-book-blurb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\">\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-mount\" data-book-id=\"31901\" data-book-title=\"Venus, Vanishing\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"bookblurb__booktitle\"><a title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" product-id=\"1250457238\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fvenus-vanishing-a-novel_rebecca-birrell%2F57638964%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Venus, Vanishing: A Novel\" data-publisher=\"Henry Holt and Co.\" data-releasedate=\"2026-10-27\" data-author=\"Birrell, Rebecca\" data-ean=\"9781250457233\" data-asin=\"1250457238\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Venus, Vanishing<\/a> by Rebecca Birrell <\/h3>\n<div class=\"bookblurb__description\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1920s Berlin, Hannah revels in the opportunity to escape traditional women\u2019s roles by joining the underground art scene. She has to work as a tailor to make ends meet, but then she gets the opportunity of a lifetime: she\u2019s commissioned to paint a series of nude portraits. When they\u2019re done, though, she finds that they\u2019ve been altered and credited to a male artist. Now, she\u2019s out for revenge. This is a story of art forgery, queer desire, and Jewish resistance that promises to be <em>Portrait of a Lady on Fire <\/em>meets <em><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"1668034352\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1668034352\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=1668034352\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"The Safekeep\" data-publisher=\"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon &amp; Schuster\" data-releasedate=\"2025-05-27\" data-author=\"van der Wouden, Yael\" data-ean=\"9781668034354\" data-asin=\"1668034352\" class=\"rnmg-book\">The Safekeep<\/a><\/em>. \u2014Danika Ellis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__content\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__cover-and-save\" style=\"float: left;\"><a class=\"bookblurb__coverlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/146424586X\/?tag=boorio-20\" data-ean=\"9781464245862\" data-asin=\"146424586X\" data-title=\"Hear the Dead: A Thriller\" data-author=\"D\u00e1vila Cardinal, Ann\"><!--[if mso]>\n\n<table align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;\">\n\n<tr>\n\n<td><![endif]--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bookblurb__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Hear-the-Dead-by-Ann-Davila-Cardinal-300x0.jpg.optimal.jpg?w=200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover image for Hear the Dead by Ann D\u00e1vila Cardinal\"  ><!--[if mso]><\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n\n<![endif]--><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-wrapper save-to-collection-book-blurb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\">\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-mount\" data-book-id=\"30617\" data-book-title=\"Hear the Dead: A Thriller\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"bookblurb__booktitle\"><em><a title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"146424586X\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/146424586X\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=146424586X\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Hear the Dead: A Thriller\" data-publisher=\"Sourcebooks Landmark\" data-releasedate=\"2026-10-06\" data-author=\"D\u00e1vila Cardinal, Ann\" data-ean=\"9781464245862\" data-asin=\"146424586X\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Hear the Dead<\/a><\/em> by Ann D\u00e1vila Cardinal<\/h3>\n<div class=\"bookblurb__description\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A retired photographer begins to hear something strange and unsettling beneath her regular tinnitus: the murders of women she knew in her punk youth in 1980s New York. She sets out to solve the mystery of an unspeakable crime done to these women, forcing her to reckon with her own painful past. This isn\u2019t the first book with a <a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/we-need-no-wings-ann-davila-cardinal\/\">middle-aged woman protagonist<\/a> Cardinal has given us, and I say, keep \u2019em comin\u2019! \u2014Vanessa Diaz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__content\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__cover-and-save\" style=\"float: left;\"><a class=\"bookblurb__coverlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0063330547\/?tag=boorio-20\" data-ean=\"9780063330542\" data-asin=\"0063330547\" data-title=\"The Occidental Book of the Dead: A Novel \u2013 A Split Narrative of Race, Police Corruption, and Moral Compromise in Atlanta\" data-author=\"Johnson, T. 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After 10 years as a cop, one night changes everything: during patrol, a confrontation with a white teen turns violent, and Jonson\u2019s life gets split open and some uncomfrtable truths get revealed.  \u2014Erica Ezeifedi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__content\">\n<div class=\"bookblurb__cover-and-save\" style=\"float: left;\"><a class=\"bookblurb__coverlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/125090496X\/?tag=boorio-20\" data-ean=\"9781250904966\" data-asin=\"125090496X\" data-title=\"The Scarlet Ball\" data-author=\"Vo, Nghi\"><!--[if mso]>\n\n<table align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;\">\n\n<tr>\n\n<td><![endif]--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bookblurb__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Scarlet-Ball-Nghi-Vo-cover-300x0.jpg.optimal.jpg?w=200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cover Image of The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo\"  ><!--[if mso]><\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n\n<![endif]--><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-wrapper save-to-collection-book-blurb\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\">\n<div class=\"save-to-collection-mount\" data-book-id=\"31536\" data-book-title=\"The Scarlet Ball\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"bookblurb__booktitle\"><a product-id=\"125090496X\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/125090496X\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=125090496X\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buy from Amazon\" data-title=\"The Scarlet Ball\" data-publisher=\"Tor Books\" data-releasedate=\"2026-10-06\" data-ean=\"9781250904966\" data-asin=\"125090496X\" data-author=\"Vo, Nghi\" class=\"rnmg-book\">The Scarlet Ball<\/a> by Nghi Vo<\/h3>\n<div class=\"bookblurb__description\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This wild novel kicks off when failed thief Judith Ban is hired by an extremely wealthy family to pretend to be their missing granddaughter at the Scarlet Ball. Wearing the girl\u2019s face stitched over her own, Judith must participate in deadly games in order to win the hand of a wealthy husband. And the winner doesn\u2019t just get a mate, but also unimaginable power in a very small, elite club. 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