From distant worlds to witchy adventures, monstrous creatures, and clashes between mortals and gods, there are a lot of exciting new sci-fi and fantasy books coming out this month. Here are 13 to add

As the weather cools and the days get darker, new fall books arrive in libraries and bookstores. Look out for fiction both historical and magical, new adventures from best-selling thriller writers, modern mysteries, memoir, and science.

Novels by Karl Ove Knausgaard and Jean Hanff Korelitz; nonfiction by Ina Garten, Alexei Navalny and Ta-Nehisi Coates; Sapphic horror and more.

We’re in the midst of an ever-present but light curtain of rain over my city of Washington, DC, which means it’s the perfect time to open up a window, get a cup of coffee, and start a new book to distract myself from how gloomy it’s been.

Whether you have been buying pumpkin spice lattes since August or you have waited until today to dig through your storage room for Halloween decorations, it is now officially time for everyone to come together and get excited for spooky season!