Every month, BookSparks founder and CEO, Crystal Patriarche, sends us the books that are on her radar so that they can be on yours. From a fresh fantasy series sequel to a can’t-miss new nonfiction release by Ta-Nehisi Coates, you can pack your fall reading season with some incredible new reads this October.

Warrior of Legend by Kendare Blake

Return to Aristene in this epic sequel to Blake’s Champion of Fate. Fans of Victoria Aveyard and Shelby Mahurin are sure to love this fantasy novel starring Reed, who is finally in Aristene as a Glorious Death. She now helps other heroes find their way to their fate, but with a broken heart, she may take too many heroes to the afterlife and leave the world to defend itself. But when a princess is summoned to an arranged marriage, Reed plans to swap places with her to help protect the world. But she finds herself quickly swept away in chaos as an old enemy is on the hunt to destroy her and one of her suitors is her former love.

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Realm United by Katie Keridan

This is the final chapter in the YA romantacy series, The Felserpent Chronicles. To unite the gold and silver bloodlines, Kyra Valorian and Sebastian Sayre marry to unite their realms. Now, their enemy Tallous has a weapon to destroy them and their worlds. Will their sacrifices be enough to save them and all they cherish, or will they lose the one bond they treasure the most?

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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates originally set out to create a book on writing, similar to that of Orwell’s, “Politics in English Literature,” but he found he had many more questions than answers. He set out on three journey’s around the world to confront difficult conversations, history and experiences. He examines the narratives we create and reenforce in our society and how that can be harmful to future storytelling.

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The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich

Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdich brings readers another literary masterpiece full of humor and depth that makes readers question our connection to the Earth and how that has impacted our lives. From the perspective of a small family in Argus, North Dakota, we learn all about their secret desires and rivalries, their love and loss, and the plagues of the modern family in the wake of the 2008-2009 economic crash.

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From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough

In this biographical account, the mother and daughter duo tell the story of American icon Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie. Lisa intended to write the memoir herself, but passed away before it could be finished, leaving Riley to listen to dozens of tapes of her mother telling stories she planned to include. From her early adolescence spending time with her father as he wrote songs that would change music forever, to her adult life married to Michael Jackson and raising her family, Lisa’s captivating story is told from both her own voice as well as her daughter’s, illuminating the healing they both did while creating this enriching memoir.

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She Watches

As a little bonus when you need a book break, here is what Crystal is watching this month. And truly… aren’t we all? The latest romcom to hit Netflix sets the stage for the unlikely pairing of a sex podcaster (Kristen Bell) and a rabbi (Adam Brody) in Nobody Wants This. Now that it has been renewed for a second season it’s the perfect time to settle in for this cozy love story.

Watch the trailer here!