Book Reviews: All Eyes on October

As the autumn nights draw in, it's the perfect time to cosy up with a new book. Here are some new releases to look out for in October...

Drive: A Memoir by Christian Horner

For over 20 years Christian Horner built and ran Red Bull Racing, transforming a rookie team acquired for just £1 into one of the leading forces in Formula 1.

Inspired by the company’s unofficial motto, ‘No Risk, No Fun’, Horner’s Red Bull rewrote the rulebook, broke longstanding records, won 14 World Championship titles and created a global sporting franchise now worth billions.

Drive tells that story. From Christian’s childhood passion for speed to his career as a racing driver, to his appointment as the youngest team principal in F1 history, it exposes the incredible pressures of that role, the psychological demands negotiated during each race, and the instinctive decision-making required to win (and win again).

Published October 22nd by Transworld.

My Pressures by Andy Serkis

In this autobiography, actor Andy Serkis talks about a childhood divided between Ruislip and Baghdad, takes readers behind the scenes of huge franchises like Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes, the Marvel cinematic universe and Star Wars, all wrapped in a genre-defying conversation between actor and character, imagination and reality.

He also provides an answer to a question that has been on his mind since the day he watched his cat coughing up a fur ball, making a noise that sounded very much like Gollum… what would Andy’s most iconic characters make of the man who brought them to life?

Published November 5th by Penguin Books.

Bunny vs Monkey: Day of the Heroes by Jamie Smart

The enormously beloved comic book series continues with more anarchic adventures in the woods, as jelly catastrophe and zombie invasion conspire to cause even more chaos than usual.

The woods need a hero!

There's a greased pig in a pickle, everyone is stuck in jelly and there's a zombie invasion happening! Only Bunny and friends can save the day – as long as they don't get in each other's way...

Published October 8th by David Fuckling Books

The Shadows of Kensington Gore by Ross Montgomery

Set in London in 1911, there is Coronation fever, suffragette unrest and a city crackling with tension. When a policeman is found brutally murdered on the streets of Kensington, blame falls on the three women seen fleeing the scene. Their sole witness? Stephen Pike: ex-borstal boy, under-butler extraordinaire and assistant to the most unconventional detective in London, Miss Decima Stockingham. Sharp-tongued, fearless and bored of behaving herself, she’s the only one able to see that this case is not what it seems.

The irresistible sequel to The Murder at World's End, where beloved detective duo Stockingham & Pike must catch a killer in a city teetering on chaos.

Published October 22nd by Penguin Books