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Book a Day: October Reading List & Author Chats

Our Book a Day program welcomes fall with these October reads for your enjoyment and morale!

We’re posting a new or classic book recommendation each day to boost your book intake, with absorbing reads to occupy and entertain. Some of our Book a Day selections also feature Facebook Live events with authors. See our October picks below!

Even though your book groups might not be meeting right now, we are lucky to still have ways to communicate. Share the news and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a dose…

October Selections

One of our recommended books for 2019 is Normal People by Sally RooneyOut of Line by Barbara LynchOne of our recommended books for 2019 is This Is Happiness by Niall WilliamsOne of our recommended books is Unfollow by Megan Phelps-RoperOne of our recommended children's books is Julian at the Wedding by Jessica LoveOne of our recommended books is Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig

 

 

 

 

 

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Out of Line by Barbara Lynch

This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper

Julian at the Wedding by Jessica Love

Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig

 

One of our recommended books is The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting   One of our recommended children's books is Evelyn Del Ray Is Moving Away by Meg Medina   One of our recommended books is The DIstance by Ivan Vladislavić   Gradual Disappearance Galley Cover Final.indd   One of our recommended books is The Animal Gazer by Edgardo Franzosini

Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting

Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina

The Distance by Ivan Vladislavić

The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland by Nicolai Houm

The Animal Gazer by Edgardo Franzosini

 

 

One of our recommended books for 2019 is Miracle Creek by Angie Kim   One of our recommended books is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab   Fing's War   One of our recommended books is Stories I Forgot to Tell You by Dorothy Gallagher   Dark Blue Winter Overcoat

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

Fing’s War by Benny Lindelauf

Stories I Forgot to Tell You by Dorothy Gallagher

Dark Blue Winter Overcoat by Sjon & Ted Hodgkinson

 

 

One of our recommended books for 2020 is Why We Can't Sleep by Ada Calhoun      One of our recommended books is Diamond Doris by Doris Payne   One of our recommended books for 2019 is Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton   One of our recommended books is You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here by Frances Macken

Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun

The Wangs Versus the World by Jade Chang

Diamond Doris by Doris Payne

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here by Frances Macken


We’ve got all of our Book a Day picks month-by-month on the blog!