The Best New Books Publishing in October 2025

The Last Supper: How to Overcome the Future Food Crisis
by Sam Kass Crown, 10/07/2025 As a chef in high-end restaurants, and later, in the home of then Senator Barack and Michelle Obama, Sam Kass read a lot about how eating organic and ...more

Happy People Don't Live Here: A Novel
by Amber Sparks Liveright/W.W. Norton, 10/14/2025 Just past the edge of summer, Alice and Fern arrive at the Pine Lake Apartments―a former sanitorium occupied by an ensemble of peculiar ...more

Crawl: Stories
by Max Delsohn Graywolf Press, 10/21/2025 What to do when starting testosterone unlocks a newfound desire for men? How to respond when your boss's boss asks if you've had "the surgery" and ...more

The Sister's Curse
by Nicola Solvinic Berkley Books, 10/21/2025 Lieutenant Anna Koray thought she'd finally found solid ground and escaped her past as the daughter of a notorious serial killer. A loving boyfriend, ...more

The Ten Year Affair: A Novel
by Erin Somers Simon & Schuster, 10/21/2025 When Cora meets Sam at a baby group in their small town, the chemistry between them is undeniable. Both are happily married young parents with two ...more

The Bone Thief
by Vanessa Lillie Berkley Books, 10/28/2025 In the hours before dawn at a local summer camp, Bureau of Indian Affairs archaeologist Syd Walker receives an alarming call: newly discovered ...more