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November 2022 New Fiction Releases |
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All the Broken Places
by John Boyne
An elderly London resident befriends the little boy who moves in downstairs, but his parents' fighting brings her back to her harrowing escape from Nazi Germany at age 12 and grim post-war ears in France with her mother.
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Alone With You in the Ether
by Olivie Blake
A doctoral student with destructive thoughts managed by time travel calculations and a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy meet at the Art Institute in a new novel from the best-selling author of The Atlas Six.
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Angels of the Resistance
by Noelle Salazar
A young girl living in a Dutch farmhouse in 1940 and grieving the death of her baby sister joins the Nazi Resistance and is trained to collect information in the new novel from the best-selling author of The Flight Girls.
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Anon Pls.
by Deuxmoi
A debut novel by the anonymous creator of "the Internet's best gossip" Instagram account takes readers behind the scenes in a novel that recounts her accidental rise to becoming the queen of blind items.
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The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
by Shauna Robinson
Banned from selling anything written this century, bookstore manager Maggie Banks, to keep the business afloat, starts an underground book club that unexpectedly unearths a town secret that could upend everything, forcing her to choose between the books that formed a small town's history or the stories poised to change it all.
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Before Your Memory Fades
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Four new customers at Tokyo's tiny Cafe Funiculi Funicula are offered the chance to travel back in time along with their coffee orders in the fifth novel of the series following The Dark Hours.
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The Boy and the Dog
by Seishū Hase
After a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a young man in Japan finds a stray dog named Tamon, becoming the first in a series of people whose lives Tamon changes on his five-year journey to be reunited with his beloved first owner.
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A Christmas Memory
by Richard Paul Evans
Reeling from the loss of his brother in Vietnam, Richard moves with his family from California to his grandmother's abandoned house in Utah where he finds the holiday spirit with the help of an elderly neighbor and his dog.
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Dawnlands
by Philippa Gregory
On the brink of civil war, Livia has convinced Alinor to save the queen from the coming siege while her brother returns from America to join the rebel army in the third novel of the series following Dark Tides.
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Flight
by Lynn Steger Strong
A group of siblings and their spouses gather for Christmas in upstate New York to try to decide through rising tensions and old hurts what to do with the house their recently deceased mother has left them.
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Foster
by Claire Keegan
An Irish child taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm finds the love and affection she never knew before and begins to thrive in the internationally best-selling novel now available as a standalone book.
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Gilded Mountain
by Kate Manning
A young 1900s Colorado woman starts work at a wealthy mine-owner's manor house and is fascinated by luxury around her until she discovers the family's philosophy is at odds with the unfair labor practices that built their fortune.
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I Am the Light of this World
by Michael Parker
Released from prison after serving 40 years for a crime he didn't commit, Earl finds his way to a small town on the Oregon coast where he hopes to establish a sense of freedom until his past returns, threatening to upend his new life.
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Idol, Burning
by Rin Usami
Obsessed with a member of a popular J-Pop group, socially awkward high school junior Akari, when he is accused of assaulting a female fan, does everything in her power to save the man whom she believes is the only one who understands her although they never even met.
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The Lemon
by S. E. Boyd
When the universally adored host of a culinary travel show is found dead in a Belfast hotel room in an apparent suicide, a group of friends, fixers, hustlers and opportunists vie to seize control of the narrative, in this darkly hilarious and ultimately devastating interrogation of the underside of success and fame.
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The Lindbergh Nanny
by Mariah Fredericks
In 1932 New Jersey, Lindbergh nanny Betty Gow, after toddler Charles Lindbergh Jr. is kidnapped, becomes a suspect in the eyes of both the media and public, and must find the truth in order to clear her name and find justice for the child she loves.
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The Magic Kingdom
by Russell Banks
In 1971, a property speculator records his life story, reflecting on his time in a community of Shakers in Florida, which saved his family from complete ruin, and meditating on youth, belief, betrayal, Florida's ever-changing landscape and the search for an American utopia.
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Meredith, Alone
by Claire Alexander
Not leaving her house in 1,214 days, Meredith Maggs is kept company by visits from her best friend, her online support group and her treacherous memories of a traumatizing past, but when the world comes knocking at her door, she must find the courage to answer.
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None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive
by Carolyn Prusa
Struggling to evacuate Savannah as a Category Four hurricane bears down, Ramona, along with her entourage, navigates police check points, bathroom emergencies, demands from her boss, torrential downpours and calls from her cheating ex, while wishing for the days when her life was like a Prince song.
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Now Is Not the Time to Panic
by Kevin Wilson
Twenty years after secretly causing panic in her hometown through the written word and artwork, along with a fellow loner named Zeke, famous author, mom and wife Frances Eleanor Budge gets a call that brings her past rushing back, threatening to upend everything.
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A Quiet Life
by Ethan Joella
Three people each coping with the loss of someone close to them in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb learn that there is wisdom in their grief in the new novel from the author of A Little Hope.
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She and Her Cat : Stories
by Makoto Shinkai
A Japanese best-seller from renowned anime director Makoto Shinkai features four inspirational and heartwarming vignettes following women and their cats in their quests for love and connection.
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Someday, Maybe
by Onyi Nwabineli
After her husband, the greatest love of her life, commits suicide, a young woman finds the strength to move on with the help of her tight-knit Nigerian family and happy memories of the man she'll never forget.
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The Sorcerer of Pyongyang
by Marcel Theroux
A novel about a North Korean boy whose life is irrevocably changed when he stumbles across a mysterious Western book--a guide to Dungeons & Dragons.
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The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey
by Serena Burdick
When she discovers that her great-great grandmother was the author Evelyn Aubrey, whose shocking disappearance in 1898 led London society to believe she was murdered, Abigail journeys to England in search of answers, suspecting Evelyn wrote a new chapter of her life to take charge of her future.
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Strega
by Johanne Lykke Holm
While working at the Olympic Hotel in Strega, nine young women, contorting themselves daily to the expectations of their strict, matronly bosses, seek solace in each other until one of them disappears, in this allegory for the societal rites, expectations of women and the violence we too easily allow.
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They're Going to Love You
by Meg Howrey
Nineteen years after a passionate love affair created a rift between her family, Carlisle must face the events of that fateful summer, in this mesmerizing tale of betrayal, art and ambition set in the world of professional ballet, NYC during the AIDS crisis and present day Los Angeles.
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To Fill a Yellow House
by Sussie Anie
Moving to a new part of London, Kwasi finds refuge and inspiration in an eclectic and run-down charity shop where he forms an unexpected friendship with its owner, giving each of them a new sense of belonging until local politics threaten to divide them.
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Toad
by Katherine Dunn
A previously unpublished novel of the reflections of a deeply scarred and reclusive woman.
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Trespasses
by Louise Kennedy
Cushla, living a quiet life with her mother near Belfast, finds herself caught between allegiance to her community and unsanctioned love when her affair with a married, Protestant barrister, who made a name for himself defending IRA members, threatens everything and everyone she most wants to protect.
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We All Want Impossible Things
by Catherine Newman
When Edith, her best friend of 42 years, succumbs to ovarian cancer, spending her last days at a hospital near her, Ashley, stumbling around into heartbreak, helps Edith celebrate her life as they reminisce, hold on and try to let go.
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We Are the Light
by Matthew Quick
After the death of his wife, whom he insists visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas Goodgame forms an unlikely alliance with a young man, ostracized by their community, who begins camping out in his backyard, bringing with him hope and the power to heal.
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The Wintering Place
by Kevin McCarthy
In the Dakota Territory in 1867, the O'Driscoll brothers, soldiers who have deserted the Indian Wars after surviving a Sioux massacre, seek refuge off of Bozeman Trail with the women they love where, while the world seeks its way to them, human nature makes its own trouble.
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Blackwater Falls
by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Recruited to solve the murder of a star student and Syrian refugee, Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Sief discover a link to other missing and murdered girls, but when Seif obstructs the investigation, Inaya turns to her female colleagues for help in exposing police corruption and violence.
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Bleeding Heart Yard
by Elly Griffiths
Twenty years after she and her friends killed a fellow student, Cassie Fitzgerald is working as a police officer and must investigate her former classmates for what seems to be another very recent murder.
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A Book Club to Die For
by Dorothy St. James
Invited to speak at an exclusive club, assistant librarian Trudell Becket and her friend Flossie discover the clubs president dead in her kitchen before the meeting and investigate, in the third novel of the series following Perfect Bind.
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The Break
by Katie Sise
When her growing instability after just giving birth causes her to viciously lash out against her part-time babysitter, who then disappears, Rowan becomes a suspect and must enter the deepest and darkest recesses of her mind to find a truth no one is prepared for.
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The Cloisters
by Katy Hays
A sinister, atmospheric novel follows a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York's famed Met Cloisters.
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The Couple at the Table
by Sophie Hannah
While on their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only retreat, Jane receives a chilling note warning her about five other couples present at dinner, setting in motion a murder for which there are no suspects.
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Death by Smoothie
by Laura Levine
Freelance writer Jaine Austen and her cat Prozac investigate the attempted murder of a demanding actress set to star in a play based on a short-lived zombie sitcom in the nineteenth addition to the series following Murder Gets a Makeover.
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Death on a winter stroll
by Francine Mathews
Nantucket Police Chief Meredith Folger and Detective Howie Seitz try to discover a connection between two murders as the annual Christmas Stroll approaches in the third novel of the series following Death on Tuckernuck.
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Defending Alice
by Richard Stratton
Roaring Twenties New York society is set ablaze when a working-class black woman marries the son of a wealthy, prominent family and makes international headlines after he sues for annulment accusing her of hiding her identity.
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The Double Agent
by William Christie
In 1943, Alexsi Smirnoff, a Russian/German double agent loyal only to himself, in a desperate bid to protect himself, again becomes a double agent, this time for the English.
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Flight Risk
by Cherie Priest
Inconsistent psychic Leda Foley and Seattle detective Grady Merritt return to solve the case of a missing couple in this sequel to the delightful mystery Grave Reservations.
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A Ghost of Caribou
by Alice Henderson
Alex Carter investigates a purported sighting of an extinct mountain caribou and becomes embroiled in a clash between loggers and activists in the third novel of the series following A Blizzard of Polar Bears.
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The Last Party
by Clare Mackintosh
When homegrown celebrity Rhys Lloyd is murdered after opening the doors to his new luxury resort on New Year's Eve, Ffion Morgan, called in to investigate, fears her deep ties to this once tranquil village will reveal dark truths about her neighbors, friends, family and even herself.
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One Last Chance
by Kat Martin
When former Green Beret Edge Logan offers to help fellow agent Skye Delaney with a case involving her missing sister and a mysterious cult, they infiltrate the cult's compound, working against the clock to unmask the face of evil and their feelings for each other before time runs out.
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Paperback Jack
by Loren D. Estleman
Returning home from the War in Europe in 1946, hack writer Jacob Heppleman finds success as the author of scandalously best-selling crime novels, garnering the attention of Hollywood, Congress and the Mob, which could spell the end of his career permanently.
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Peril in Paris
by Rhys Bowen
Using her keen skills of detection, Georgie must solve an all-new mystery in this 16th installment in the New York Times best-selling Royal Spyness series.
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The Personal Assistant
by Kimberly Belle
A hugely popular blogger, Alex relies on her personal assistant AC to help her manage each day, but when a controversial post goes viral, AC goes missing and a woman is murdered, Alex finds herself thrust into the spotlight with no one left to trust.
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The Prisoner
by B. A. Paris
Amelie's new life for herself is upended when she's the victim of a kidnapping.
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Racing the Light
by Robert Crais
When Adele Schumacher arrives in his office with a bag of cash, bizarre tales of government conspiracies and a squad of professional bodyguards, Elvis must find her missing son, a controversial podcaster, before someone else does, bringing him and Joe face-to-face with corrupt politicians and vicious drug cartels.
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The Resemblance
by Lauren Nossett
When a University of Georgia fraternity brother is struck dead by an oncoming car driven by someone who looked identical to him, Detective Marlitt Kaplan uncovers chilling secrets as she explores the interconnected Greek system, discovering just how far these brotherhoods will go to protect their own.
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Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
by Lisa Unger
While staying at an isolated luxury cabin in the woods with her brother, their spouses and another couple, Hannah finds their dream weekend turning into nightmare when someone comes looking to exact a payback for deeds long buried, exposing the secrets and lies between them all.
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Seventeen : Last Man Standing
by John Brownlow
The best hitman in the world, Seventeen is ordered to find and kill his predecessor, but when the hit goes wrong and the truth of his mission emerges, Seventeen must join forces with his target to defeat their joint enemy and prevent the deaths of innocent civilians.
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A Sliver of Darkness
by C. J. Tudor
Old friends plan a last dinner party as the word descends into darkness and a case of mistaken identity has unexpected, fatal consequences in this debut collection of short stories from the critically acclaimed author of The Chalk Man.
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Small Game
by Blair Braverman
A gripping novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wilds.
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Steeped in Secrets
by Lauren Elliott
From the USA Today best-selling author of the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mysteries comes the first installment in a new series featuring Shay Myers, intuitive gemologist and owner of a New Age tea and crystals shop in beautiful coastal California's Monterey Peninsula.
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Theft of an Idol
by Dana Stabenow
When one of Alexandria's most beloved actresses disappears on the eve of a great performance, Tetisheri, the new Eye of Isis, at the behest of Cleopatra, searches for the truth, uncovering a mystery leading her to the city's darkest corners.
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The Twist of a Knife
by Anthony Horowitz
When the critic who gave his new play scathing reviews is murdered, stabbed in the heart with his ornamental dagger, author Anthony Horowitz is arrested by an old enemy out for revenge and the only man who can help him is his estranged partner in solving crime.
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Wayward
by Chuck Wendig
Five years after ordinary Americans sleepwalked across the country to a destination they only knew, followed by the shepherds friends and family who gave up everything to protect them, the survivors seek to rebuild human society with the help of three unlikely heroes.
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Welcome to the Game
by Craig Henderson
Nearly bankrupt and losing control of the cocktail of drugs and alcohol that gets him through the day, widower and ex-rally driver Spencer Burnham gets more than he bargains for when he agrees to be the getaway driver for a lethal gangster who wants to pull off one last heist.
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A World of Curiosities
by Louise Penny
It's spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter, but not everything buried should come alive again, not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has...
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The Zero Night
by Brian Freeman
Detective Jonathan Stride investigates a suspicious abduction involving a local lawyer and his missing wife, which could be part of a horrific murder conspiracy, while dealing with a crisis in his own marriage when Serena's obsession with the death of her abusive estranged mother takes a terrible toll.
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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
by Ashley Herring Blake
Tempers rise on a popular home improvement show when an interior designer, Astrid Parker, repeatedly bumps heads with a carpenter trying to preserve the history of her family's inn, until the tension flares into something more.
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Before I Let Go
by Kennedy Ryan
After a devastating tragedy, a married couple, Yasmen and Wade, discover that love isn't enough to save their marriage, but it eventually might be enough to bring them back together for a second time around.
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Better Than Fiction
by Alexa Martin
A self-proclaimed book hater and believer that the movie is always better, Drew didn't anticipate inheriting her grandma's bookstore, The Book Nook. When author Jasper Williams meets Drew at his Book Nook signing event, he becomes determined to show her the beauty of reading, and Drew begins to connect with Jasper in a way she thought only happened in fiction.
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The Christmas Wish
by Lindsey Kelk
When someone in her family makes a Christmas wish, Gwen has to relive the day over and over again until she grants the wish, realizing even the people closest to her have secrets of their own, and a little Christmas magic can fix a broken heart.
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The Duke in Question
by Amalie Howard
Aboard her brother's passenger liner bound for America with a secret packet of letters that could get her in trouble, Lady Bronwyn Chase matches wits with spymaster Lord Valentine Medford, challenging his allegiance to the Crown and to her.
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Flirting With the Beast
by Jane Porter
Refusing to spend another Christmas alone, widow Andi McDermott goes up to her cabin in Lake Arrowhead where she has a holiday fling with her ornery, yet sexy, neighbor that turns into something neither of them expected.
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Kiss Her Once For Me
by Alison Cochrun
A festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord...only to fall for his sister.
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Kiss Me, Catalina
by Priscilla Oliveras
Joining superstar heartthrob and fellow mariachi Patricio Galan on his seven-week concert tour, aspiring singer Catalina Capuleta, focused on success and making her familia proud, meets her match in this demanding and arrogant man who challenges her on every level, while making her dreams come true.
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A Sweet Lowcountry Proposal
by Preslaysa Williams
Seeking an affordable office space, Jaslene runs into her ex-fiancé, Marcus, an archivist at Charleston's black history museum, and the pair reunite to help save the museum which is facing potential closure.
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My Dearest Duke
by Kristin Vayden
With the new title of Duke, something he never wanted, Rowles Haywind, in desperate need of help, reconnects with Lady Joan Morgan, and as romance blossoms between them, he discovers she is hiding a dark secret that could cause a terrible scandal should it be revealed.
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Never Rescue a Rogue
by Virginia Heath
Virginia Heath's Never Rescue a Rogue, the next book in the Merriwell Sisters series, is filled with whip-smart banter, swoony romance, hilarious mishaps, and twisty reveals that will make you gasp and laugh in delight.
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The Next Best Day
by Sharon Sala
Hoping for a fresh start in Borden's Gap, Tennessee, after two back-to-back life-changing events, first grade teacher Katie McGrath, with some help with the right guy, finds the courage she needs to try again—both in life and in love.
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Pride & Puppies
by Lizzie Shane
Struggling to find her modern-day Mr. Darcy, a Jane Austen fan gets more than she bargained for when she swears off men and adopts an adorable puppy.
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The Rewind
by Allison Winn Scotch
Reunited for the wedding of mutual friends, former college sweethearts Frankie and Ezra wake up in bed next to each other the following morning, married, with zero memory of how they got there and must put aside old grievances in order to figure out what happened.
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Ship Wrecked
by Olivia Dade
Maria’s one-night-stand—the sexy Viking of a man she left without a word—just reappeared. Apparently, Peter’s her surly co-star, and they’re about to spend the next six years filming on a desolate Irish island together. She still wants him…but he now wants nothing to do with her.
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Two Wrongs Make a Right
by Chloe Liese
Becoming allies to get back at their matchmaking friends, Jamie Westenberg and Bea Wilmot must convince the meddlers they are madly in love, and then break up spectacularly, dashing their hopes, but soon these two polar opposites begin to wonder if Cupid's arrow wasn't so off the mark.
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A Very Merry Bromance
by Lyssa Kay Adams
'Tis the season for a Bromance Book Club matchmaking mission! This time, they're pulling out the mistletoe for everyone's favorite country music star, Colton, and his second chance at love.
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Africa Risen
by Sheree R. Thomas
A team of editors present an anthology showcasing over thirty original stories that showcase fantasy and science fiction from Africa including contributions by Sheree Reně Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight.
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Even Though I Knew the End
by C. L. Polk
Offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell, a magical detective in Chicago is given three days to track down the White City Vampire and the chance to live out the rest of her life.
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The Fall of Numenor
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Collects J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-Earth for the first time in one volume.
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Heart of the Sun Warrior
by Sue Lynn Tan
Xingyin is forced to flee again and venture to the Immortal Realm where she and her companions encounter legendary creatures and shrewd monarch in the second novel of the series following Daughter of the Moon Goddess.
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The Heir of Caladan
by Brian Herbert
The final book in the trilogy is centered around Paul Atreides as he enters a world he could never have imagined to become the MuadDib.
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The Ice Orphan
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
When Lynx discovers Quancee, a dying quantum computer, is going to be dismantled and her parts used to create a new computer, he refuses to let that happen, but Quancee has other priorities to save a special boy who cannot save himself.
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The Killing God
by Stephen R. Donaldson
As the kingdoms of Belleger and Amika unite to stop the Great Gods forces from destroying an immense hidden library and the knowledge it holds, Estie rides for the Last Repository, desperate to enlist the help of their Magisters and to understand the nature of her own magical gift.
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The Lost Metal
by Brandon Sanderson
When frontier lawman turned big-city senator Wax Ladian discovers the Set has a new type of explosive that could unleash unprecedented destruction, he must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword of Harmoney to become the hero Scadrial needs.
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Ocean's Echo
by Everina Maxwell
A stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as the author's hit debut, Winter's Orbit.
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The Serpent in Heaven
by Charlaine Harris
The granddaughter of Rasputin, Felicia provides the hemophiliac Tsar Alexei with the blood transfusions that keep him alive until she discovers her true heritage and what shes capable of, making her a target in the capital of the Holy Russian Empire where only her courage will keep her alive.
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Star Wars: Convergence the High Republic
by Zoraida Co'rdova
When the close-orbiting planets of Eiram and Eronoh engage in all-out war with one another after an assassination attempt is made, Jedi Knight Gella Nattai, to save both worlds, volunteers to expose a killer along with Axel Greylark, who has been sent to represent the Republics interests in the investigation.
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Tread of Angels
by Rebecca Roanhorse
In the 1883 mining town of Goetia ruled by the Virtues, the winners of an ancient war against the Fallen, descendants of demon-kind living among them, Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of devil's advocate to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue.
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White Horse
by Erika T. Wurth
A gritty, vibrant debut novel about an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother's spirit.
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The World We Make
by N. K. Jemisin
In New York, six human avatars that embody their city's heart and wield its magic, must join together with the Great Cities to stop a mayoral candidate, backed by the Enemy, whose populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia and law and order could destroy the world.
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