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Three notable books arriving in October 2026
Several new books are being released in October 2026, including stories by Veronica Roth, Jason Rekulak and Derek Künsken.
Roth’s The Sixth Faction returns to the Divergent universe but imagines a different choice for Tris at her Choosing Ceremony.
The book was scheduled for release on October 6 in the US and October 8 in the UK.
Rekulak’s Look What The Cat Dragged In follows Penny, a cartoonist grieving for her missing cat, who begins caring for another cat.
It was scheduled for release on October 13.
Künsken’s The Quantum Dawn is the fourth book in his Quantum Evolution series and follows characters trying to rescue Belisarius after he is pulled into a collapsing wormhole.
That book was scheduled for release on October 22.
Three notable books featured in an October 2026 reading roundup are by Derek Künsken, Veronica Roth and Jason Rekulak.
Künsken’s The Quantum Dawn is the fourth book in his Quantum Evolution series and is due out on October 22.
Roth’s The Sixth Faction returns to the Divergent universe and asks what might have happened if Tris had made a different choice.
The Sixth Faction is scheduled for release on October 6 in the US and October 8 in the UK.
Rekulak’s Look What The Cat Dragged In is a story about a cartoonist whose cat goes missing and is due out on October 13.
- Who
- Authors Derek Künsken, Veronica Roth and Jason Rekulak.
- What
- Three books highlighted in an October 2026 reading roundup: The Quantum Dawn, The Sixth Faction and Look What The Cat Dragged In.
- When
- They are scheduled for release on October 6, 8, 13 and 22, 2026.
- Where
- The Sixth Faction is scheduled for release in the US and UK. Locations for the other releases are not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
felt like building a new world inside the old one
The Sixth Faction is scheduled for release in the US.
The Sixth Faction is scheduled for release in the UK.
Look What The Cat Dragged In is scheduled for release.
The Quantum Dawn is scheduled for release.
- The Quantum Dawn
- Derek Künsken; release date October 22
- The Sixth Faction
- Veronica Roth; release dates October 6 in the US and October 8 in the UK
- Look What The Cat Dragged In
- Jason Rekulak; release date October 13
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