Our top picks of November include some fantastic recommendations that will make your winter reading even more fun. With new works from celebrated authors like Michael Cunningham and Claire Keegan, you’ll definitely want these new releases on your shelves. What’s more? These also make for some amazing Christmas gifts for loved ones.
Let’s quickly see the books and add them to our December reading list.
Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series #4) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
If time travel was possible, where would you go? It’s a great time to take a time travel trip to a magical café in a Tokyo back alley and meet four new visitors as they embark on a once-in-a-lifetime experience, whether you’re looking to reread Before the Coffee Gets Cold (available soon in a B&N exclusive edition) or want to go back in time with Before We Say Goodbye.
Day: A Novel by Michael Cunningham
The first novel in ten years from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours is an indelible portrait of family life. This poignant and insightful novel, set on the same day in each of three years, is a compassionate story of love, loss and the evolution of one family as they endure tragedies and living together and apart.
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
In this witty new book by the Everywhere You Don’t Belong author, a heartbroken young Black woman and her husband collaborate to build an ideal community in which everyone has an equal chance at success. Readers of Jennifer Egan’s The Candy House will find The New Naturals to be a smart and contemporary tale that gracefully and honestly portrays human nature.
The Wildest Sun: A Novel by Asha Lemmie
The intriguing novel Fifty Words for Rain by Discover Debut Author choice Asha Lemmie follows a young woman as she embarks on a frantic hunt for the well-known author she believes to be her father. This brilliant piece of historical fiction takes place over decades and tells a tale of ambition, creativity, and self-discovery.
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan, a Booker Prize finalist (Small Things Like These and Foster), is well-known and praised for her potent short stories. She is the author of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men. Her expertise is demonstrated in three stories of love, betrayal, and gender relations in So Late in the Day. This trio of little stories is an engaging and affecting collection that will leave you reaching for Keegan’s other books.
The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan
A brilliant new novel about the interactions between a group of friends as they get ready for an upcoming wedding comes from Naoise Dolan (Exciting Times). The Happy Couple is a brilliant and intimate movie that explores the subtleties of contemporary relationships by following this group of people over the course of a year.
Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter
The third book in Roxane Gay’s series is a remarkable tale of betrayal and what happens after. In Lindsay Hunter’s newest, Eat Only When You’re Hungry, a woman’s obsessive desires result in murder, wreaking havoc on two families.
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Molly Gray is back at the Regency Grand Hotel, solving yet another mystery. In this stand-alone narrative, Molly has to discover the murderer of a well-known writer at her hotel. Secrets don’t stay buried for long, so Molly needs to move quickly to find out who the killer is. Her history may have the answers she needs.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing novel Iron Flame sold out of our shelves before the publisher could republish it. Prepare yourself for the epic journey that will carry on in Iron Flame, the scorching sequel. Even though Violet made it through her first year at Basgiath War College, her struggles are far from over.
Which November book are you eager to read?
