October 2019 New Releases: Leigh Bardugo, Larissa Ione, Faith Hunter, Nicky Drayden, Jennifer Estep, and more

In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for October 2019. All dates are U.S. and tentative. Also: Click the title of any book to visit the Amazon page for pre-order or purchase goodness.

I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy, SF is science fiction, SFR is science fiction romance, H is horror, YA is young adult and NA is new adult.

OCTOBER 1

• Angel Mage by Garth Nix YA F
• Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik (Consortium Rebellion #2) SFR
• Crier’s War by Nina Varela (Crier’s War #1) YA
• Glow of the Fireflies by Lindsay Duga YA
• The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (Hell’s Library #1) F
• Rebel by Marie Lu (Legend #4) YA
• The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future by Veronica Roth SF YA
• Shadow Frost by Coco Ma (Shadow Frost #1) F
• The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith (Vine Witch #1) F
• War of Hearts by S. Young PNR

OCTOBER 8

• The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh (The Beautiful #1) YA
• The Burning Shadow by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Origin #2) YA
• Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo (Into the Crooked Place #1) YA
• A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs H
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Ninth House #1) F
• Reveal Me by Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me #5.5) F YA
• Sharpest Sting by Jennifer Estep (Elemental Assassin #18) UF

OCTOBER 15

• Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden SF
• Fireborn by Rosaria Munda (The Aurelian Cycle #1) YA
• The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupero (Never Tilting World #1) YA
• Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma F
• Reaper by Larissa Ione (Demonica #20) PNR
• Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson (Wormwood Trilogy #3) SF
• Salvaged by Madeleine Roux SF
• Slay All Day by Cynthia Eden PNR
• Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor YA
• The Throne of the Five Winds by S.C. Emmett (Hostage of Empire #1) F
• War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (War Girls #1) YA

OCTOBER 22

• The Blue Eye by Asuma Zehanat Khan (Khorasan Archives #3) F
• The Burning White by Brent Weeks (Lightbringer #5) F
• Ghoster by Jason Arnopp H
• Heartsong by T.J. Klune (Green Creek #3) PNR
• Supernova Era by Cixin Liu (translated by Joel Martinsen) SF

OCTOBER 29

• Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland YA F
• Forgotten by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (House of Night Other World #3) YA
• Gravemaidens by Kelly Coon (Gravemaidens #1) YA
• The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah (The Light at the Botton of the World #1) YA
• Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock #13) UF
• Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather SF

OCTOBER 30

• Edge of Darkness by Lara Adrian (Hunter Legacy #3) PNR