11/2: All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M Morris
Ellice Littlejohn, the sole Black lawyer at a high powered corporate law firm, finds her boss (and secret lover) dead in his office. When she’s unexpectedly promoted to his position, something feels off, and the more she digs into corporate politics the more her own secrets are threatened. (thriller) A Peak Pick!
11/2: Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu
In India, a boy born with blue skin is hailed as the incarnation of a Hindu god. When Kalki turns ten, he is confronted with three trials to his divinity which have lasting repercussions. An exploration of faith, doubt, and family. (general fiction)
11/2: How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by K.M. Jackson
In this road-trip rom-com, Bethany Lu Carlisle hears about the impending wedding of actor Keanu Reeves and convinces her best friend Truman Erikson to drive west to find and woo Keanu. But maybe Bethany’s true love has been next to her this whole time. (romance)
11/2: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet in 1974, and again as adults in 2000. In the late 2010s in London, their 16-year-old daughter Ada challenges her parent’s silence around their history. Narrated in part by a fig tree that accompanies the family from Cyprus to England. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/2: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
In Edwardian England, Baronet Robin Blyth is mistakenly named as the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society. As Robin looks into the mysterious disappearance of his predecessor, he’ll have to team up with his prickly counterpart in this magical bureaucracy to solve a plot that threatens every magician in Britain. (historical fantasy)
11/2: New York, My Village by Uwem Akpan
Nigerian editor Ekong Udousoro, curating a collection of stories about the Biafran War, receives a publishing fellowship to continue his work in New York City. A rocky four months ensue as Ekong navigates neighbors and coworkers in this satirical novel. (general fiction)
11/2: Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
As the pandemic starts to unfold in March 2020, eight friends gather in a country house to wait it out. The next six months see betrayals, new love, and an evaluation of what matters most in this frequently funny novel. (general fiction)
11/2: Still Life by Sarah Winman
In the wine cellar of a deserted villa in 1944 Tuscany, young English soldier Ulysses encounters art historian Evelyn, who is trying to salvage paintings from the ruins. It’s an encounter that will shape Ulysses’s life for the following 40 years, until an unexpected inheritance brings him back to the Tuscan hills. (general/historical fiction)
11/9: Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
A collection of ten short stories that explore desire, loss, violence, and the enduring pull towards love. (general fiction)
11/9: Look for Me and I’ll Be Gone by John Edgar Wideman
In his sixth short story collection, Wideman revisits the themes that have long infused his work. Formally inventive stories that grapple with family life, the penal system, art, and memory, often grounded in a strong Pittsburgh setting. (general fiction)
11/9: O Beautiful by Jung Kim
Elinor Hanson, a former model turned freelance writer, is assigned to write about the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota. For Elinor, it’s an assignment that involves returning to her home town, witnessing the changes wrought by newcomers and reckoning with past and present discrimination. (general fiction)
11/9: The Perishing by Natashia Deón
Lou, a young Black woman, wakes up in 1930s Los Angeles with no memory. As she forges on, becoming a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, Lou begins to tease apart clues to her background – clues that indicate she may be immortal, her fate closely linked to her city. (historical fiction/science fiction)
11/9: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
A small bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted by its most annoying customer, Flora. Bookseller Tookie strives to solve the mystery of the haunting while reckoning with a year of grief and isolation in this story that begins on All Souls’ Day 2019 and ends on All Souls’ Day 2020. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/16: All the Feels by Olivia Dade
Actor Alex Woodroe is coming off a super popular TV show, but reckless emotions poorly expressed threaten a PR nightmare. Enter Lauren Clegg, a therapist hired to keep him in line. As another scandal looms, Alex and Lauren look for a way forward – together. (romance)
11/16: Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
While pregnant, Tiny is convinced that she will have an “owl-baby” and indeed, Chouette is born winged and ferocious. While Tiny’s husband seeks medical remedies, Tiny strives to raise Chouette to be her true self. A fabulist parable. (general fiction)
11/16: The Every by Dave Eggers
In this follow-up to The Circle, search engine company The Circle merges with the dominant ecommerce site to create a worldwide monopoly: the Every. Former forest ranger and tech skeptic Delaney Wells is a new hire at the Every, determined to take the company down. (general fiction)
11/16: A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
Frances Howard, the beautiful but unhappy wife of the Earl of Essex, meets the newly-widowed and talented Anne Turner. Both are hoping to change their circumstances, but the royal court in the Jacobean Era is full of political cunning. Described as “Wolf Hall meets The Favourite.” (historical fiction)
11/16: Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
Two individuals that killed in self-defense – the technologically augmented AO and a herdsman called DNA – are on the run through the deserts of Northern Nigeria, pursued by the all-powerful Ultimate Corp. (science fiction)
11/16: A Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon
In this coming-of-age novel, a feisty Nigerian-Ghanaian girl growing up in Ghana amid the political upheaval of the late 1960s questions the hypocrisy of her patriarchal society and the restrictions and expectations placed on women. (general fiction)
11/16: The Wedding Party by Liu Xinwu
December 1982, and it is Jiyue’s wedding day. As guests descend, the chef arrives, and Jiyue’s mother tries to make the day a triumph, the reader gets a glimpse of intertwined lives in Beijing after the turmoil of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. (historical fiction; translated fiction)
11/30: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Diana has her life mapped out and on track (marriage, career, motherhood). When a spreading virus waylays her doctor boyfriend days before a scheduled vacation, she decides to go alone. Stranded on the Galapagos Islands when the pandemic closes all borders, Diana starts examining her relationships and choices. (general fiction)
~ posted by Andrea G.
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