New Book Releases: October 6, 2020

Each week, I’ll catalog the biggest and most exciting adult and YA fiction — and the occasional nonfiction — coming out that Tuesday.

THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, V.E. Schwab. In the 18th century, a young woman bargains with the devil for her freedom, and is granted the curse of an eternal life in which no one will ever remember her. But in 20th-century New York, a young bookseller remembers her name. This might be one of the most hotly-anticipated novels of the year; Schwab, who wrote the wonderful Shades of Magic series, is already working on a film adaptation. In a starred review, Library Journal writes that Addie LaRue is “another epic story of love and remembrance.” Read my mini-review here. Bookshop.

VAGINA PROBLEMS, Lara Parker. From the Deputy Editorial Director at BuzzFeed, a funny, incisive look at all the difficulties that plague the reproductive organs. A “candid, well-written memoir,” writes Publisher’s Weekly. Bookshop.

THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER, Stuart Turton. In 1634, a cursed ship leaves Batavia (now Jakarta) bound for Amsterdam. A diverse cast of characters must work together to save the ship from what — or who — is putting everyone in…