Fall is a busy time for books and bookish announcements, so I’ve pulled together a nice little sampler of updates to keep your eye on. We’ve got new releases for October and the rest of fall, some comic and graphic novel resources, book adaptation updates, and some older books and authors that have been in the news recently. Let’s dive in.

October & Fall 2025 Picks

• October picks from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, Kirkus, LA Times, New York Times, Town & Country, and Washington Post.
• Book Riot’s best October mysteries/thrillers, romance, horror, SFF, historical fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.
• Fall picks from Bustle, LitHub, New York Times, NPR, Salon (biographies), USA Today, Vulture.
• Horrifying new historical fiction for fall.
• 8 thrilling new middle grade mystery novels.
• 6 new books in translation coming out this fall.
• The most-anticipated queer fantasy books for Fall 2025.
• Spooky new genre-bending books.

All Things Comics

• DC Comics wants you to know they are Very Concerned about violence.
• The best comics & graphic novels published in October.
• Outrageously funny graphic novels for young readers.
• 6 of the best YA space comics.
• Superheroes in the library.
• The best SF graphic novels of all time.
• 7 fantastical and immersive comics about monsters.

Book Adaptations in the News

• Everything we know about the adaptation of Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid.
• Netflix is adapting Mitch Albom’s novel, Twice.
• Scholastic just launched a new free streaming service for kids and families, with series like Goosebumps, The Magic School Bus, The Baby-Sitters Club, and more. Honestly, I’m intrigued, and I don’t even have kids to share this with. It just sounds like an amazing nostalgia machine for 90’s kids, and I don’t even mind putting up with a few ads.
• Speaking of The Baby-Sitters Club, it’s getting a musical adaptation!
• We Were Liars is getting a second season.
• What to do now that the TV adaptation of The Summer I Turned Pretty is over (or while you wait for the movie).
• Here’s a first look at Emerald Fennell’s controversial adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
• Carley Fortune’s Every Year After is being adapted for TV by Prime Video.

Books & Authors in the News

• Michael Crichton’s estate says that The Pitt is an ER spinoff, and they’re taking legal action.
• Thriller author Thomas Perry has died at 78.
• After 50 years, Jeffrey Archer announces his retirement from writing.
• Joanne Harris returns to the world of Chocolat, 25 years later.
• Celebrating 30 years of Practical Magic.