Memoirs from Ina Garten, Al Pacino, and Stanley Tucci, a novel from literary powerhouse Louise Erdrich, and some listens to get you into the holiday spirit are some of the audiobooks we’re looking forward to this month. Plus, the new Louise Penny, along with a new voice for Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.
BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS: A Memoir
by Ina Garten, read by the author
Random House Audio
Release date: October 1
The always delightful Ina Garten kicks off a season of big-name memoirs.
THE MIGHTY RED
by Louise Erdrich, read by Marin Ireland
Harper Audio
Release date: October 1
A new Erdrich novel is always a major literary event. Start your fall fiction listening here.
THE MESSAGE
by Ta-Nehisi Coates, read by the author
Random House Audio
Release date: October 1
The author of BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME travels to Senegal, South Carolina, and Palestine.
THE SEQUEL
by Jean Hanff Korelitz, read by Julia Whelan
Macmillan Audio
Release date: October 1
This sequel (hmm!) to THE PLOT, which we called “a can’t-stop-listening puzzler,” is narrated by Golden Voice Julia Whelan.
THE MISTLETOE MYSTERY: Molly the Maid, Book 3
by Nita Prose, read by Lauren Ambrose
Random House Audio
Release date: October 1
Molly the maid is back for a holiday-themed novella.
MAKE THE SEASON BRIGHT
By Ashley Herring Blake, read by Kristen DiMercurio
Penguin Audio
Release date: October 1
Exes Charlotte and Brighton both end up at a friend’s house in Colorado for Christmas.
SONNY BOY: A Memoir
by Al Pacino, read by the author
Penguin Audio
Release date: October 8
Listeners won’t want to miss this memoir from the iconic actor.
OUR EVENINGS
by Alan Hollinghurst, Prasanna Puwanarajah
Random House Audio
Release date: October 8
A view on England through the life of a Burmese British man.
TWENTY-FOUR SECONDS FROM NOW . . .
by Jason Reynolds, read by Guy Lockard
Simon & Schuster Audio, Ages 14+
Release date: October 8
A super sweet teen love story from the one and only Jason Reynolds.
SWORDCROSSED
by Freya Marske, read by Omari Douglas
Macmillan Audio
Release date: October 8
A con artist and a businessman cross swords in this romantic fantasy.
WHAT I ATE IN ONE YEAR: (and related thoughts)
by Stanley Tucci, read by the author
Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: October 15
Just going to guess that this is one memoir not to listen to hungry.
SORCERY AND SMALL MAGICS
by Maigy Doocy, read by Ciaran Saward
Hachette Audio
Release date: October 15
More romantasy fun—here two rivals are bound together by magic and have to face a dangerous forest together.
EVERYONE THIS CHRISTMAS HAS A SECRET
by Benjamin Stevenson, read by Barton Welch
Harper Audio
Release date: October 22
A murder at the magic show is the latest puzzle for Golden Age mystery fan Ernest Cunningham to solve.
THE GREY WOLF: Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 19
by Louise Penny, read by Jean Brassard
Macmillan Audio
Release date: October 29
Fans will be eager for a new Gamache adventure—and for audio fans, another narrator change, this time to Canadian actor Jean Brassard.
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