<\/p>\n Welcome back to my monthly pop culture roundup, where I share the best books, films and TV shows to look out for this month, as well as any hot pop culture news you may have missed.<\/strong><\/p>\n There are lots of new books to look forward to this October for both fans of literary and contemporary fiction as well as fans of fantasy and dystopian novels. I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to interview author Bonnie Garmus in September and I was provided with an early copy of Peck & Peck<\/em>, which is simply wonderful. A very different story to Lessons in Chemistry<\/em>, but a similar writing style and cosy \/ witty \/ biting vibe. I would really recommend it!<\/p>\n Follow-up to The Time Traveller\u2019s Wife. Henry and Clare\u2019s time-travelling daughter, Alba, careens from time to time with a secret \u2013 she\u2019s in love with two different people.<\/p>\n A college graduate with a passion for poetry gets his dream job at an elite, secretive and dysfunctional poetry journal. Things don\u2019t quite go how he expected\u2026<\/p>\n A reimagining of Gustave Flaubert\u2019s life through the perspectives of the real and fictional women who shaped him. Who gets to speak, and what would the silenced have said?<\/p>\n Victor, Sydney, Mitch, and the rest are led into the enemy\u2019s lair at EON HQ, where they encounter unexpected allies, shocking new abilities, and the ultimate confrontation.<\/p>\n A reimagining of Divergent. Tris has a plan to leave Abnegation to join Dauntless, but tragedy strikes at her Choosing Ceremony, and everything changes.<\/p>\n Koschei the Deathless is stirring, but Prythian is still piecing itself together in the wake of the Hybern War, so uniting against this enemy is proving difficult. But they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony.<\/p>\n Sarah J Maas lovers who want to relive some of the best quotes from the series before the new book drops may enjoy these posts:<\/p>\n October will see the release of lots of the most talked-about films of 2026: Digger, The Social Reckoning, Primetime and Wicker, to name but a few. A lot of the films being released this month are a little \u2018quirkier\u2019 than your standard Hollywood release \u2013 think husband made out of Wicker\u2026 man stuck inside a giant sperm whale\u2026 \u2018artificial\u2019 friends\u2026 It\u2019s going to be a fun month!<\/p>\n A psychological thriller in which a struggling writer is hired to ghostwrite the remaining books in the successful series by the incapacitated bestselling author, Verity Crawford.<\/p>\n![\"Whats](\"https:\/\/whatshotblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Whats-Hot-Book-Releases-October-2026.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nNew Books in October 2026<\/span><\/h2>\n
Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger (13 October)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus (13 October)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
In One Brief Moment All Eternity by Elif Shafak (15 October)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Victorious by V E Schwab (6 October)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth (8 October)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J Maas (27 October)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\nNew Films in October 2026<\/span><\/h2>\n
Verity (2 October)<\/h3>\n