Check out these books before they come to big and small screens this October!
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
In the farmlands of the Salinas Valley in California, successive generations of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, are destined to reenact the fateful story of Cain and Abel.
Put on hold/ Netflix / Oct 1st
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Lowen Ashleigh is hired to ghostwrite for Verity Crawford. After she uncovers what appears to be Verity’s autobiographical notes, she wrestles with the confessions about Verity’s husband, and finds it hard to separate fiction from reality.
Put on hold/ Theaters/ Oct 2nd
The Apothecary Diaries
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A young maiden is kidnapped and sold into servitude at the emperor’s palace, where she secretly employs her pharmacist skills with the help of the head eunuch to unravel medical mysteries in the inner court.
Put on hold/ Crunchyroll/ Oct 2nd
Colter Shaw series by Jeffery Deaver
Tracker Season Four
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Colter Shaw travels the country in his old-school RV, helping police and private citizens solve crimes and locate missing persons–until his latest case changes everything.
Put on hold/ CBS and Paramount/ Oct 4th
Carrie by Stephen King
A sheltered girl with telekinetic powers is bullied, leading to a horrific, bloody incident due to her domineering mother’s influence.
Put on hold/ Prime/ Oct 7th
Incidents Around the House By Josh Malerman
Other Mommy
Bela, an 8-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity which comes out of her closet. The presence, whom she calls “Other Mommy,” becomes increasingly threatening to her and her family.
Put on hold/ Theaters/ Oct 9th
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.
Put on hold/ Theaters/ Oct 16th
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Follows a scuba diver who, while looking for his father’s remains, is swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has just one hour to get out before his oxygen runs out.
Put on hold/ Theaters/ Oct 16th
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
A robot girl designed to prevent loneliness tries to save a heartbroken family of humans.
Put on hold/ Theaters/ Oct 23rd
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
The adventures of Prue McKeel as she sets off to the forests outside Portland to find her kidnapped brother.
Put on hold/ Theaters/ Oct 23rd
Joona Linna series by Lars Kepler
Nocturne
Ex-soldier Jonah Lynn leaves Philadelphia for a quiet life. When serial killer Jurek Walter threatens his new home and family, Jonah must protect them, even as he sends his FBI agent daughter Saga to track the killer’s last victim.
