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The Novels We’re Reading in October

Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico. October 3, 2025, 3:45 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

A grid of 12 fiction book covers released in October 2025.

This month, the past and present collide in murder investigations in modern-day England and Puerto Rico.

Bog Queen: A Novel

Anna North (Bloomsbury Publishing, 288 pp., $28.99, October 2025)

This month, the past and present collide in murder investigations in modern-day England and Puerto Rico.

Bog Queen: A Novel

Anna North (Bloomsbury Publishing, 288 pp., $28.99, October 2025) The book cover for Bog Queen by Anna North.

Bog Queen , Anna North’s fourth novel, is many things: an intricate work of historical fiction, a tightly woven myster

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