Spooky season has come to a close but before we move on to the holiday season let’s revisit the top new audiobook releases for October!

Alebrijes 

Written by Donna Barba Higuera

Performed by Cisco Fernandez and Frankie Corzo

Published by Recorded Books

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last Cuentista. For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel – or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don’t last long.

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There Was a Party for Langston

Written by Jason Reynolds

Performed by Jason Reynolds

Published by Recorded Books

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired.

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No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 18)

Written by Jeff Kinney

Performed by Ramón de Ocampo

Published by Recorded Books

In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it’s up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it’s shuttered for good.

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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Written by Mary Beard

Performed by Mary Beard

Published by Recorded Books

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors. Effortlessly combining the epic with the quotidian, Mary Beard tracks the emperor down at home, at the races, on his travels, even on his way to heaven.

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The Jolliest Bunch: Unhinged Holiday Stories

Written by Danny Pellegrino

Performed by Danny Pellegrino

Published by Recorded Books

From the New York Times bestselling author of How Do I Un-Remember This? and host of the hit podcast Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino comes a collection of tragically hilarious holiday mishaps.

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MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

Written by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards

Performed by Andrew Kishino and Joanna Robinson

Published by Recorded Books

The unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the stunning rise―and suddenly uncertain reign―of the most transformative cultural phenomenon of our time: the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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The Berry Pickers

Written by Amanda Peters

Performed by Aaliya Warbus and Jordan Waunch

Published by Recorded Books

For readers of The Vanishing Half and Woman of Light, this showstopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across time.

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Christmas Presents 

Written by Lisa Unger

Performed by Jennifer Pickens

Published by Highbridge

Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father. When Harley Granger, a failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, drifts into her shop in the days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up events that Madeline would much rather forget. She’s the only surviving victim of Evan Handy, the man who was convicted of murdering her best friend Steph, and is suspected in the disappearance of two sisters, also good friends of Madeline’s, who have been missing for nearly a decade.

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Midnight is the Darkest Hour: A Novel 

Written by Ashley Winstead

Performed by Sarah Welborn

Published by Tantor

A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we’ve come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world.

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Connery, Sean Connery: Before, During, and After His Most Famous Role 

Written by Herbie J Pilato

Performed by Herbie J Pilato and Michael Butler Murray

Published by Tantor

With an in-depth perspective, Connery, Sean Connery defines and distinguishes the iconic star’s life and career before, during, and after his most famous role.

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Wearing My Mother’s Heart 

Written by Sophia Thakur

Performed by Sophia Thakur and Nalini Thakur

Published by Tantor

Performance poet Sophia Thakur offers a powerful new collection touching on intergenerational relationships, finding your voice, and what it means to be a woman.

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Gryphon in Light (Kelvren’s Saga, Book 1)

Written by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon

Performed by Paul Woodson

Published by Tantor

Set in the beloved and New York Times bestselling world of Valdemar, this first book in a new trilogy returns to the tales of the majestic gryphons.

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Murder Uncorked

Written by Maddie Day

Performed by Linda Jones

Published by Tantor

Raise a glass to Cece Barton, a widowed single mom and recent L.A. transplant to California wine country, who suddenly finds herself at the center of a murder investigation in this sparkling new mystery series from Agatha Award-winning and national bestselling author Maddie Day.

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