6 Books We’ll be Reading This October

Spooky season is here! And if you don’t want to keep watching scary movies, then we have plenty of book options for you.

We’ll be able to curl up under a blanket with a cup of tea…or a pumpkin spiced latte if you’re feeling boujie…and binge-read!

Here are six books to read this October.

Heap Earth Upon It – Chloe Michelle Howarth

January 1965. The orphaned O’Leary siblings – Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy – arrive in the village of Ballycrea, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start.

After being met with suspicion from most of the locals, the family are thrilled when they’re taken under the wing of their well-respected neighbours, Bill and Betty Nevan, who offer them work, companionship and an opportunity to fit in.

But for one of the O’Learys, this new friendship sparks an intense attachment that makes the dynamic dangerous for all. It’s difficult to bury secrets, but almost impossible to bury feelings…

Out October 30th

The Murder at World’s End – Ross Montgomery

On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley’s Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom – every window, chimney and keyhole closed off before night falls.

By morning, he will be dead in his sealed study, murdered by his own ancestral crossbow.

All eyes turn to Stephen Pike, Tithe Hall’s newest under-butler. Fresh out of Borstal for a crime he didn’t commit, he is the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. His unlikely ally? Miss Decima Stockingham, the foul-mouthed, sharp as a tack, 80-year-old family matriarch. Fearless and unconventional, she relishes chaos and puzzles alike, and a murder is just the thrill she’s been waiting for.

Together, this mismatched duo must navigate secret passages, buried grudges and rising terror to unmask the killer before it’s too late…

Out October 30th

Finding My Way – Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai was thrust onto the global stage at age 15 after the Taliban’s brutal attack on her life.

Though millions knew her name, she struggled to find her place in the world. Her new memoir is a story of searching for identity, an exploration of coming of age in the spotlight and an intimate portrait of her life today.

This rare look at her private life traces Yousafzai’s path from high school loner to reckless college student to a young woman at peace with her remarkable past.

Out October 21st

Once a Year – Felicity Hayes McCoy

Sheila has finally (and secretly) divorced her unreliable husband and is ready to celebrate. But as she prepares to join the annual festive get-together at the hotel her family has owned for generations, she’s not quite sure how to break the news to everyone.

And she’s not the only one keeping something to herself. Nora, Sheila’s formidable mother, is distracted by her doubts about the hotel’s new manager: her granddaughter Máire. Can she hide her feelings ,though, putting family before the business for once? It was always the plan for Máire to take over the hotel, but she never realised how much she would have to give up.

Is she now facing a choice between her career and her marriage? And Maire’s sisters Henrietta and Barbara have their own reasons for coming to the Castlehill Hotel – one needs time away to think and the other is eager to take a risk… As the Sullivan women gather for the first time in months, at a place filled with memories, bittersweet and painful truths come to the surface. When their time together ends, will they be brought closer, or find themselves further apart than ever before?

Out October 16th

Nobody’s Girl – Virginia Roberts Giuffre

In 2011, Virginia Roberts Giuffre hit the headlines as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison. But first and foremost, she became known as a voice of courage and resilience for women everywhere.

In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published.

This is the powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront adversity and trauma of the darkest form, yet found the strength to move forwards, reclaim her voice and shine a light on evil – advocating for others and fighting for a safer, fairer world.

Out October 21st

Girl Dinner – Olivie Blake

After a freshman year she would rather forget, sophomore Nina Kaur knows being one of the chosen few accepted into The House is the first step in her path to the brightest possible future. Once she’s taken into their fold, the House will surely ease her fears of failure and protect her from those who see a young woman on her own as easy prey.

Meanwhile, adjunct professor Dr Sloane Hartley is struggling to return to work after accepting a demotion to support her partner’s new position at the cutthroat University. After 18 months at home with her newborn daughter, Sloane’s clothes don’t fit right, her girl-dad husband isn’t as present as he thinks he is, and even the few hours a day she’s apart from her child fill her psyche with paralysing ennui.

When invited to be The House’s academic liaison, Sloane enviously drinks in the way the alumnae seem to have it all, achieving a level of collective perfection that Sloane so desperately craves. As Nina and Sloane each get drawn deeper into the arcane rituals of the sisterhood, they learn that living well comes with bloody costs.

Out October 21st