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13 Best Book Releases to Read This October

This month's fiction haul includes Soviet nepo babies and a starving spectacle inspired by a real 20th-century sideshow act. Plus, the return of a 2010s-famous author.

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This Just In: Contemporary Queensland Artist Michael Zavros Wins Archibald People's Choice 2026 with Doppelganger Portrait

The hyperrealist oil painting scored a record-breaking People's Choice vote.

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Your Future Is Calling: This Unsettling AI Fortune Teller by ENESS Reads Your Horoscope After Peeking Inside Your Psyche

Question the lure of modern technology, as this futuristic fortune teller blends AI, nostalgia and existential uncertainty.

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