The Buzziest Books of October

26 Oct 2016

Does anything go better with a good book than a mug of steaming coffee in front of a fireplace on a fall day? These books out this October have already made an impression on the reading world and we’re sure you’ll love them too. Catch up on the bestsellers so you have something to chat about over the table on Thanksgiving with this list of the buzziest books of October.

The Buzziest Books of October

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The Trespasser

Tana French

Release Date: October 4, 2016

Being on the Murder squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be.  Her working life is a stream of thankless cases, vicious pranks, and harassment. Antoinette is savagely tough, but she’s getting close to the breaking point. Her new case looks like yet another lovers’ quarrel gone bad. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty, groomed to a shine, and dead in her living room, next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There’s nothing unusual about her—except that Antoinette’s seen her somewhere before. And everything they find out about Aislinn leads them to believe that she was not what she seemed. Antoinette knows the harassment has turned her paranoid, but she can’t tell just how far gone she is. Is this case another step in the campaign to force her off the squad, or are there darker currents flowing beneath the surface?

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Small Great Things

Jodi Piccoult

Release Date: October 11, 2016

When labor and delivery nurse Ruth Jefferson is reassigned to another patient, she doesn’t think much of it. When she’s told it’s because the parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, an African-American, touching their child, she thinks a lot of it. The hospital and Ruth comply with the request but when the baby goes into cardiac distress and Ruth is the only one in the nursery, does she obey orders to stay away from the child, or does she honor her oath to save lives? That hesitation leads to her being charged with a serious crime.

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The Wangs vs. the World

Jade Chang

Release Date: October 4, 2016

Named one of Entertainment Weekly’s Most Anticipated Titles of 2016, this debut novel from Jade Chang tells the hilarious yet sobering tale of a fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all only to lose every cent. Uprooted from their cushy Bel-Air lifestyle, The Wangs travel cross country to move in with their eldest daughter. Along the way they learn they must choose between old and new, a clean slate and solidarity.

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Two By Two

Nicholas Sparks

Release Date: October 4, 2016

Here come the tears. Nicholas Sparks’ newest book is taking a different approach from his other well-known stories about a man and a woman desperate to love each other. This time his story tackles a different kind of love — the love between a father and daughter. When Russell Green’s perfect life turns upside down, he finds himself without a job or wife caring for his young daughter while struggling to accept his new reality. The journey Sparks takes readers on is different than anything he’s ever done before.

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Order to Kill

Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills

Release Date: October 11, 2016

The timely story of CIA operatives Mitch Rapp and Scott Coleman are traveling from country to country in attempt to stop Pakistani nukes from ending up in the hands of terrorists. Their mission is made all the more difficult by the Russians who are also searching for these nukes for very different reasons. It becomes clear that the Russians are bent on causing more chaos for the Middle East and Rapp must go undercover in Russian territory as an American ISIS recruit. Soon he uncovers a plan more dangerous than he ever expected.

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The Mothers

Brit Bennett

Release Date: October 11, 2016

In a black community in Southern California seventeen-year-old Nadia Turner is starting her last semester of high school mourning her mother who recently committed suicide. As an act of rebelion, she soon takes up with the pastor’s son Luke, a twenty-one-year-old former football star turned waiter after a devastating injury ended his career. Thier sweet teen romance isn’t serious but the pregnancy that results is anything but casual. Nadia hides her secret including from her God-fearing best friend Aubrey. Years later, the three of them are still haunted by the choices they made that summer on the brink of adulthood.

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Today Will Be Different

Maria Semple

Release Date: October 4, 2016

From the author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette, comes a heart-filled story about reinvention and living life to the fullest. Eleanor knows she’s a mess but she’s going to try and tackle her monotonous day anyway. But before she can put her modest plan for the day into action, she discovers her life isn’t as mundane as she once thought. With family secrets threatening to come to the surface, Eleanor is forced to confront some hard decisions.

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The Magnolia Story

Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines, and Mark Dagostino

Release Date: October 18, 2016

Stars of HGTV’s Fixer Upper Chip and Joanna Gaines have built an empire out of their love of finding dilapidation and making it shine, now in their first book they tell the story about how they got to be the couple they are. From the story of how they first met to the project that almost cost them everything, this memoir takes fans on the Magnolia journey. Discover how they balance raising their four children with their chaotic businesses and whether or not Chip really is that funny in real life.

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Twisted Palace: The Royals

Erin Watt

Release Date: October 16, 2016

The final installment of the Royals trilogy has Ella Haper and Reed Royal facing new obstacles in their relationship. With the reappearance of her long-lost father, Ella is more confused than ever about how to move on with her life. With her boyfriend Reed facing murder charges it’s even more complicated. Reed’s temper has finally caught up to him but if he wants to save his life and more importantly, the girl he loves, he must rise above his tortured past and reputation to be the prince she knows he can be.

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The Sexy One

Lauren Blakely

Release Date: October 15, 2016

His reputation among other nannies is “The Sexy One” but Abby isn’t going to risk her job for a guy. But does she really have a choice? Simon Hayden is drop-dead gorgeous and his way of doting on his little girl will melt any one’s heart. Abby will soon learn that she can try and resist but if just his gaze sends her scrambling, then she won’t be resisting long.

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