October brings with it the perfect mix of crisp nights, falling leaves, and stories that keep you turning pages long past midnight. From chilling thrillers and spellbinding fantasies to sweeping romances and supernatural mysteries, this month’s most anticipated releases promise intrigue, passion, and unforgettable twists. Whether you crave heart-stopping suspense, magical worlds, or tales of love that defy time itself, these books are bound to make your autumn reading list unforgettable.

The Best New Books To Read In October 2025

1. The Intruder by Freida McFadden

A remote cabin, a storm, and a bloodied stranger at the window set the stage for a heart-pounding thriller of survival and secrets.

2. Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber

When a college student is told she’ll die within 24 hours, she must navigate a dangerous magical underworld of Los Angeles to find the Alchemical Heart—and the truth about those she trusts.

3. Remain by Nicholas Sparks & M. Night Shyamalan

A haunting, genre-bending tale where grief, love, and the supernatural collide on Cape Cod, challenging one man’s beliefs about life, death, and destiny.

4. Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben & Reese Witherspoon

A brilliant but disgraced combat surgeon is thrust into a high-stakes conspiracy where her patient vanishes and her own life is suddenly on the line.

5. The Widow by John Grisham

A small-town lawyer becomes the prime suspect in a widow’s mysterious death and must uncover the truth to clear his own name.

6. Good Spirits by B.K. Borison

A cozy, magical holiday romance where the Ghost of Christmas Past finds an unexpected future with the woman he’s meant to haunt.

7. Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake

A chilling dark academia thriller where a college sophomore and a professor are drawn into the sinister rituals of an elite sorority that feeds on more than ambition.

8. The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

A sweeping, time-bending adventure of love, fate, and legends as a knight and a historian fight to rewrite the story that binds them across centuries.

9. Mate by Ali Hazelwood

A powerful werewolf alpha and the first human-were hybrid must confront political betrayal, ancient rivalries, and undeniable attraction in this paranormal romance.

10. The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Gods, monsters, and mortals collide in an epic fantasy where love, war, and ancient powers threaten to unravel reality itself.

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