20 must-read books coming in October

524
0

October Book Gallery

From crime novels to celebrity memoirs, EW highlights 20 must-read books for October.

Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld
The creator of Seinfeld publishes his first book in 25 years — through the sharing of his many, many notebooks chock full of notes for jokes and standup bits, he lets the world in on his process, hoping to give a leg up to aspiring stars. (Oct. 6)

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
A middle-class white family splurges on a remote, Hamptons-adjacent Airbnb; the home’s wealthy Black owners show up at the door in the middle of the night hoping for a place to crash. There’s enough there to write an entire novel, but the intrigue increases by the hour as the initial reason the owners sought them out (a city-wide blackout back in New York) turns into a potentially world-ending event. (Oct. 6)

Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
The author delivers yet another saga in the Practical Magic universe — this time she goes back all the way to the 1600s to trace the origins of the Owens family and the curse that has haunted them for generations. (Oct. 6)

Read more…