10 Hot New Coloring Book Releases for October 2016

 

It’s a great time to be a colorist! There are so many brilliant new coloring books becoming available right now.

In this new monthly series, I will be rounding up the list of the hottest new releases in the coloring book world, so you don’t need to dig to find new books you’ll love. Feel free to sound off about other new releases you’ve got your eyes on in the comments!

1. Johanna’s Christmas: A Festive Coloring Book for Adults

Release Date: October 25, 2016

Johnanna Basford’s long-awaited Christmas coloring book is finally here!

Here’s the description from the publisher:

From flurries of delicate snowflakes to deliciously decorated gingerbread houses and reindeer-led sleighs, Johanna’s Christmas is a celebration of this wonderful holiday season that invites you to pick up your pens and pencils to color, complete, or embellish each of the festive artworks.

There are 37 pages to color in this gorgeous book, printed on just on side of perforated, ivory coloring paper with a medium tooth. Get into the spirit of the season with Johanna’s Christmas, available October 25 on Amazon and in stores.

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2. Pusheen Coloring Book

Release Date: October 25, 2016

Pusheen is the loveable, large, and slightly animated cat we’ve all come to know and love from gifs like these:

Now, you can color your own Pusheen in all kinds of scenes: Pusheen the mermaid under the sea, Pusheen feeling the beat in a sea of jukeboxes, or surrounded by all of his favorite foods.

This book is definitely on the simplistic side in terms of coloring: the lines are super thick, the patterns repeat heavily, and the spaces are wide open. But if you love Pusheen, you’ll have a blast with this one regardless.

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3. Color At Home: A Young House Love Coloring Book

Release Date: October 4, 2016

This book is one I have personally been looking forward to for months! If you love architecture and interior design, you better start paying attention — this is the adult coloring book for you!

This book was created by the best-selling authors and bloggers behind the popular home blog Young House Love, Sherry and John Petersik. It was illustrated by Joan Borawski and published by Paige Tate & Co. There are 61 pages to color, printed on both sides of the page and including 15 full two page spreads. The paper is pretty heavy, pretty smooth, bright white, and perforated.

The designs included in this book follow a few general themes. Many are interior scenes, one or two page spreads showing a full room with lots of detail to color in the wallpaper, rugs, and furniture. There are a few pages with exterior scenes. Some of the designs are collections of related objects, like decorative pillows, houseplants, mugs, or lamps. The pages that I think are most interesting and unique to this book are illustrated “mood boards,” featuring a few inspiration “photos” to color, fabric and flooring swatches, paint chips, and other trinkets you might gather to inspire a design.

This is an absolutely breathtaking coloring book, and so far, all 20 reviews it has earned so far on Amazon are 5-star. I highly recommend this new book if you are a fan of coloring interior scenes!

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4. The Beauty of Horror: A GOREgeous Coloring Book

Release Date: October 4, 2016

This clever coloring book comes to us just in time to make a big debut during Halloween season! I also included it in my list of the best Halloween coloring books for adults, but since it’s been super popular since its release earlier this month I wanted to make sure I included it here!

Here’s the description from the publisher:

Welcome to art therapy for the abnormal. With this coloring book for adults channeling The Walking Dead meets The Secret Garden, comics creator/rock star Alan Robert (Crawl to Me, Killogy, Wire Hangers) invites fans of horror to discover theirinner-colorist. Through intricate pen and ink illustrations to complete, color, and embellish, readers will meet an onslaught of severed heads, monsters, deadly weapons, and skeletal remains. Visit burial grounds, the zombie apocalypse, serial killer lairs, and gruesome torture chambers. Horror fans andnewcomers alike will welcome this GORE-geous and creative journey into a blood-soaked new world.

If you’re still looking for a creepy new coloring book to color during those spooky nights leading up to All Hallow’s Eve — while listening to a bone-chilling podcast, of course — then this could very well be the book for you.

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5. HBO’s Game of Thrones Coloring Book

Release Date: October 27, 2016

We’ve seen a Game of Thrones coloring book before, but the earlier one was based directly off of the books while this new one, released by HBO, centers on the television series. The two books include different images, with no overlap, so if you loved the last book, you’ll love this all-new one too!

This new book centers more on the most prominent characters in the series, and is made up of quite a few expansive two-page spreads in addition to single-page illustrations.

This is the perfect book for any fan of Game of Thrones who also loves to color!

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6. Creative Haven Bizarro Land Coloring Book: by Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro

Release Date: October 19, 2016

My dad is a HUGE fan of Bizarro, and shows me these comics all the time, so when I saw this new release, the first thing I did was email my dad! (Hi, Dad!) And then I included it in this roundup.

For this book, Creative Haven teamed up with Bizarro comic illustrator Dan Piraro to create one of the oddest coloring books available today. Just like his comics, this coloring book includes secret symbols on every page — 11 of them, in fact! Also be prepared for odd angles, human-animal mutations, and all kinds of other bizarre images — it is Bizarro, after all.

As with other Creative Haven books, there are 31 images to color, printed on just one side of the page. The pages are crisp white and perforated for easy removal. The paper is a medium weight that markers can bleed through, so be sure to protect the next page or remove the page you are working on from the book.

If you are looking for an unusual coloring book to keep you occupied, look no further, this is the book for you.

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7. Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color

Release Date: October 25, 2016

This upcoming release by New York Times bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk is more than just a collection of short stories; in addition to the eight short stories contained within, there are also nearly 50 images to color! The images are scenes from the quirky short stories as interpreted by illustrators Lee Bermejo, Kirbi Fagan, Duncan Fegredo, Tony Puryear, Alise Gluskova, Marc Scheff, Steve Morris, and Joelle Jones.

According to the publisher, here are just a few of the riveting stories contained within:

A passenger on the Titanic who finds a surgical solution to the obstacle of “women and children first”. A Hollywood star whose fading brand faces a viral (and scatological) internet campaign. An animal psychic who coaxes a statement from a fish that witnessed a political assassination. Increasingly terrible birthday gifts that place a girl at the center of an extinction-level event.

The book is hardcover and just waiting for you to add color to the stories inside! In fact, the author formally invites you: “Maybe between your colors, the artists’ designs, and my stories we can create something that endures. Something worth keeping. Let’s create a well-bound book that can sit on any shelf and be available for a new generation to discover and enjoy.”

So what are you waiting for? Grab your copy of Bait today!

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8. Serenity Adult Coloring Book

Release Date: October 25, 2016

Fans who have been eagerly waiting on the edge of their seat for a Firefly adult coloring book… rejoice! Your moment is now!

Here is a statement from the publisher:

Join the crew of the Serenity on an adventure through the ‘verse where you can relive your favorite moments from the Firefly series- and more! This stunning adult coloring book is filled with 45 detailed and completely original black-and-white illustrations for you to color however you desire.

Whether you are a huge fan of Firefly yourself, or have a friend who is, this is an exciting new coloring book to get your hands on today!

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9. Everything Beautiful: A Coloring Book for Reflection and Inspiration

Release Date: October 4, 2016

The spell-binding followup to last year’s Whatever is Lovely, Everything Beautiful offers up 45 brand new coloring reflections on Scripture, inspiring quotes, and snippets of poetry. Each page includes a quotation at its center, surrounded by details like florals, geometric shapes, or even a scene to color.

Each quote, verse, or phrase is credited to its source on the reverse side of the page, which is otherwise left blank. The book itself is just shy of 10″ square. The paper is white with a slight tooth, heavy, and perforated for easy removal from the book.

If you appreciate Christian coloring books, or just want to make your coloring time more contemplative, you’ll love this book!

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10. Curious Creatures: A Coloring Book Adventure

Release Date: October 4, 2016

Fans of Millie Marotta’s intricately patterned animal illustrations have been eagerly awaiting her fourth book, Curious Creatures. Here are just a few of the creatures contained within: “an Amazonian royal flycatcher, macaroni penguin, mimic octopus, Tibetan fox, and golden pheasant, as well as a variety of plants, including rare orchids.”

These drawings have a ton of teeny tiny spaces, perfect for gel pens! If you love maddenly detailed, expert-level coloring pages, you’ll love this new book!

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So there you have it — ten brilliant new releases for the month of October! Stay tuned — before you know it, we’ll be putting out a list for November!

What’s your favorite new release? Share in the comments below!

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