10 Books to Read in October 2010
![Fall of Giants by Ken Follett](https://static.oprah.com/images/201010/omag/201010-omag-book-follett-190x130.jpg)
By Ken Follett
1,008 pages; Dutton
No one does fat historical epics better. This one begins a trilogy that will cover the 20th century—pretty much all of it.
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![Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans](https://static.oprah.com/images/201010/omag/201010-omag-book-evans-190x130.jpg)
By Danielle Evans
240 pages; Riverhead
An accomplished debut collection about young African-American overachievers who struggle with sexuality, class, and racial identity.
![City of Tranquil Light by Bo Caldwell](https://static.oprah.com/images/201010/omag/201010-omag-book-caldwell-190x130.jpg)
By Bo Caldwell
304 pages; Holt
A bittersweet novel about a missionary couple passionately devoted to each other and to their adopted country, China.
![At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson](https://static.oprah.com/images/201010/omag/201010-omag-book-bryson-190x130.jpg)
By Bill Bryson
512 pages; Doubleday
How to learn history without leaving the house? Study such ordinary items as fuses and the toilet. Gimmicky, but because it's Bryson, it works.
![Great House by Nicole Krauss](https://static.oprah.com/images/201010/omag/201010-omag-book-krauss-190x130.jpg)
By Nicole Krauss
289 pages; Norton
A well-traveled desk links multiple narratives of memory and loss in this haunting novel that spans New York, Jerusalem, and London.
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