Spooky Season Is In Full Effect With The 10 Best Books Of October

Not only is Casey stuck in a cabin, in the middle of nowhere, during a raging storm, but now there is a strange child lurking outside her window, covered in blood. The girl has a knife in her hand and isn’t ready to talk. What Casey learns next threatens her survival during an already treacherous night.

Serena is a packless half Human/half Were. She’s a target to other Weres, Humans and Vampyres alike. Koen is an Alpha Were who will do anything to protect Selena, even if she doesn’t love him back. With Koen as her only hope, she turns to him for help in this companion novel to last year’s hit, “Bride.”

Invigorated by a legends and myths class, Holland is compelled to track down a local magical being called Watch Man, who can predict your death. He tells Holland she will die at midnight tomorrow unless she can find an ancient object called the Alchemical Heart. Holland gets pulled into the underbelly of Los Angeles magic, searching for clues, but as she’s quickly learning, she can trust no one and everyone is lying to her.

A sequel to Newman’s book "Sandwich," this joyful novel follows Rocky, the matriarch of a family in Western Massachusetts with a not-so-empty nest. Her son is working in New York, but her college-aged daughter and her widowed father have moved in. To cope, Rocky becomes obsessed with a local accident and a medical condition. The book is as messy as it sounds but filled with laughs.

What do you do when the Ghost of Christmas Past falls in love with you? Harriet is sweet and not a Scrooge at all, but Nolan is there to haunt her. He also starts to fall in love with her. As Harriet and Nolan start to look at her past, they realize that they are connected. As Christmas Eve approaches, will there be a future for them together?

Two cinematic heavyweights — Sparks authored the book that was adapted into “The Notebook,” and Shyamalan is the king of movies with a twist — have teamed up together for a supernatural romance novel, soon to be a film. Tate is ready to make a fresh start on Cape Cod after a stint in a psychiatric facility. His sister died, but not before confessing that she can see dead people (sound familiar?). Tate feels uneasy about the revelation but soon turns his attention to a beautiful woman named Wren. Though their connection is instant, there’s a lot in Wren’s past that stands in their way.

Journalist Orlean has written many books about specific subjects, like “The Orchid Thief,” where she investigated a poaching business involving rare orchids in Florida. Here, she turns the tables on herself, writing a memoir about her life and career. She gets personal about her relationships, motherhood and working with Hollywood to adapt her books as films, all while providing a practical guide for young writers who want to follow in her footsteps.

Another team-up of two unlikely celebrities pairs bestselling author Corben with Hollywood’s sweetheart and self-professed book nerd, Witherspoon. Together they crafted this thriller about Maggie, an Army combat surgeon on the ropes after a tragedy leads to her medical license being revoked. A former colleague saves her when he recruits her to work as a secret plastic surgeon to the rich and famous. When one of her famous clients goes missing, she must run before she’s next.

Grisham brings all of his classic themes to his latest legal thriller: a lawyer in a rural town, a questionable client, a deep-reaching conspiracy. Eleanor needs a new will after her husband left her a secret stash of wealth. Simon is excited to help Eleanor, until her story gets shaky and she gets injured in a suspicious accident. Now Simon is on trial for murder, and he’s not quite sure how he got here.

When two exotic dancers go missing in Atlanta, Lyric vows to find them, especially since one is her ex. Now Lyric is caught in a web, forcing her to question if these two dancers are really worth the trouble.