What's on my stack: October 2023

Best new release books — October 2023

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Blackouts by Justin Torres: I’ll be totally honest. I have no idea what this book is about. But seeing its cover, knowing it made the longlist for the National Book Awards, and being published by one of my favorites (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), it immediately went on my list. It is a book about storytelling, and that’s all I need to know! Sometimes it’s fun diving into a book knowing absolutely nothing.

Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling: Is it really October if I don’t include a super weird and dark book on my list? This looks like a dark, parallel-world/doppelganger story that will probably keep me up way too late at night.