The days are short, the nights are long … curl up with a thriller, a romance, or some thought provoking general fiction.
11/1: The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
This first in a new series from the Rizzoli & Isles author finds retired spy Maggie Bird turning to her book club of former spies to search for a missing agent, identify a body in Maggie’s driveway, and thwart the local police chief. (thriller)
11/7: Again and Again by Jonathan Evison
Geno, cranky and confined to a nursing home, tries to connect with his new nursing assistant Angel by telling stories of his life – a life he says has spanned 1,000 years, from his first life in medieval Spain to the present, a longevity he has used to try and recapture his first true love. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/7: Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
After giving up chess to take care of her family, Mallory plays in a charity match and finds her love of the game rekindled. Mallory pursues both the promise of prize money, and a chance to work with hotshot chess master Nolan. (romance) A Peak Pick!
11/7: The Future by Naomi Alderman
Martha left the cult she grew up, but now finds herself working for a tech giant who seeks to control the world. Lai Zhen is aided in escaping an assassin in Singapore when her phone gives her the perfect route. When their paths cross, they collaborate to prevent the end of the world. From the author of The Power. (science fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/7: The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan
Five characters narrate as a young couple speeds toward their wedding, even as three of their friends express doubts and jealousies. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/7: The Liberators by E.J. Koh
In 1983 Insuk and her young family flee South Korea and settle in San Jose. Dissatisfied in her marriage and homesick, Insuk begins a relationship that echoes through 30 years. Alongside this main narrative, a kaleidoscope of narrators enrich the narrative with snippets of modern Korean history. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/7: Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
An alternate history of Korea presented as a secret history, in which the Korean Provisional Government did not disband after World War II, but instead continues on behind the scenes, pulling strings. (general fiction)
11/7: The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
A novel of modern life and connection, as a female narrator examines her past and connects with neighbors, including a Gen Z-er and a parrot. From the author of The Friend. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/14: Calamity by Constance Fay
Temperance Reed helms a mercenary ship full of misfits, and agrees to take a job on the desert planet Herschel 2, working with Arcadio, the son of an intergalactic noble family, if it will get her money to repair her ship. But danger is around the corner, and Temper’s attraction to Arcadio is irresistible. (science fiction/romance)
11/14: Day by Michael Cunningham
Glimpsed on April 5 across three years – 2019, 2020, and 2021 – a Brooklyn extended family grapples with growing pains, pandemic fear and deprivation, and changing life roles. (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/14: The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
Below an abandoned restaurant on a Massachusetts horizon, a young Black woman grieving the loss of her baby decides to build a utopian society. As word spreads and the disenchanted and disillusioned begin to arrive, but can the refuge remain apart from the world? (general fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/14: So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
Three stories examine gender relations and relationship power dynamics in Ireland and England. By the author of Foster. (general fiction)
11/21: There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh
Seven friends reunite at a remote family estate in the mountains of New Zealand, although the eighth member of the group died by suicide 9 years earlier. As strange and sinister things begin to happen, a snow storm traps them inside with someone obsessed with revenge. (thriller)
11/21: A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe
1726 Boston, seafront Tavern waitress Hannah takes her fate in her hands, disguises herself as a cabin boy and signs on to a pirate ship, determined to find a rumored treasure hidden in the Caribbean. 200 years later, professor Marian Beresford discovers Hannah’s story and sets out to solve a centuries old mystery. (historical fiction) A Peak Pick!
11/28: The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen
A reimagining of The Nutcracker finds two sisters pitched against each other in a struggle for magical power. From the author of the Queen of the Tearling series. (fantasy)
11/28: We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein
A group of archivists inside the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II gather testimonies from their neighbors, leading Adam and Stella to fall in love. Based on an actual archive. (historical fiction) A Peak Pick!
~ posted by Andrea G.
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