Top new literary-fiction books in November 2023
Last updated:
November 30, 2023
November 2023 featuring new releases by Dolly Alderton, Sigrid Nunez, John Boyne, Nita Prose, Erika Johansen, Sophie Cousens, Michael Cunningham, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Katherine Howe, Anna Pitoniak and many more.
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Good Material by Dolly Alderton
From the New York Times best-selling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive bothAndy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped.Now he is. .romance · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · humor · friendship · female-mc · book · adult -
![The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez]()
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez’s ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past...urban · new-york-state · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · 21st-century · epidemy · friendship · aging -
![Water by John Boyne]()
Water by John Boyne
The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · domestic-drama · psychological · thriller · book · adult -
![The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose]()
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty—in a standalone novel featuring Molly Gray, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club Pick.Molly Gray is not like anyone else...mystery · fiction · contemporary · cozy · crime · suspense · thriller · killer · murder · literary-fiction -
![The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen]()
The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen
Bestselling author of the Queen of the Tearling series, Erika Johansen, journeys to a new kingdom in this brilliant stand-alone novel—a darkly magical take on The Nutcracker where two sisters, cursed from birth, are forever changed one memorable Christmas. . .fantasy · retellings · fiction · young-adult · magic · historical-fiction · gothic · season-winter · audiobook · horror -
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![The Good Part by Sophie Cousens]()
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year-old wakes up to the life she's always wanted, but is it really a dream come true?At twenty-six, Lucy Young is tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, tired of going on disastrous dates, and definitely tired of living in a damp flat share with flatmates who never buy toilet roll...romance · contemporary · fiction · time-travel · magical-realism · womens-fiction · fantasy · sci-fi · literary-fiction · humor -
![Day by Michael Cunningham]()
Day by Michael Cunningham
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, falling in and out of love, losing the things that are most precious—and learning to go on—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The HoursApril 5, 2019 : In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack...europe · scandinavia · iceland · urban · new-york-state · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · lgbtq · family -
![A Very Inconvenient Scandal by Jacquelyn Mitchard]()
A Very Inconvenient Scandal by Jacquelyn Mitchard
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a thrilling family drama that explores the emotional consequences of loyalty, deception and jealousy.Stunned by her recently widowed father’s reckless behavior, a young woman must learn to navigate a new world—where the people she should trust the most have become strangers she cannot trust at all...fiction · mystery · audiobook · family · contemporary · womens-fiction · suspense · parenthood · anthologies · literary-fiction -
![A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe]()
A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe
From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman's unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time.In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her life into her own hands...historical-fiction · fiction · outlaws · mystery · historical · action-adventure · audiobook · feminism · 20th-century · female-mc -
![The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak]()
The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak
CIA agent Amanda Cole is thrust into an international conspiracy involving high-profile assassinations and Russian blackmail. It ’ s the case of her lifetime, but solving it might require her to betray another spy—who just so happens to be her father. Amanda Cole is a brilliant young CIA agent, following in the footsteps of her father Charlie. But Amanda’s posting in Rome is a sleepy one...mystery · fiction · espionage · historical-fiction · suspense · politics · cold-war · crime · political-intrigue · female-mc -
![Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright]()
Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
It’s opening night, but Alice’s performance in the local Bay Area production of The Winter’s Tale is far from glamorous. She doesn’t have dreams of stardom, but the basement theater in a wildfire-choked town isn’t exactly what she envisioned for her career back home in Los Angeles. To make matters worse, her best friend Sadie is not even coming...north-america · usa · california · romance · fiction · lgbtq · contemporary · literary-fiction · audiobook · wlw -
![Tapped by Brynne Asher]()
Tapped by Brynne Asher
From USA Today Bestselling author Brynne Asher comes a single-mom, protective-hero romantic suspense where he falls first. My son and I are in danger. The life and death kind. The kind that forces me to make choices no mother should have to. I’ll do anything to keep my son safe and not sacrifice my responsibility to my patients. I’m desperate...romance · contemporary · suspense · crime · steamy · mystery · insta-love · law-enforcement · drama · action-adventure -
![Turkeys by Lucy Lennox, May Archer]()
Turkeys by Lucy Lennox, May Archer
Hunter Jackson’s Sage Advice for a Happy Thanksgiving:When your turkey-thieving, town-abandoning, former childhood friend reappears in Licking Thicket after fifteen long years, looking like a snack and smelling like all your favorite treats put together, it might be tempting to, well, dig in. Don’t...romance · mlm · contemporary · humor · lgbtq · audiobook · enemies-to-lovers · small-town · friends-to-lovers · comedy -
![The Future by Naomi Alderman]()
The Future by Naomi Alderman
From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Power comes a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.The Future—as the richest people on the planet have discovered—is where the money is. The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction while safeguarding their own survival with secret lavish bunkers...sci-fi · fiction · dystopia · lgbtq · literary-fiction · female-author · romance · crime · vigilante · justice -
![Evil Deeds by Selena .]()
Evil Deeds by Selena .
You can run, pretty girl. You can hide in another state, under another name.But not forever. Not from me.Everyone knows her as Gloria Walton, the reigning queen of Willow Heights Prep Academy. But I knew the real girl, before she gave up everything for the throne.Her beauty tempted me. Her wildness seduced me.Her leaving broke me.Now it’s time to repay the favor...dark · abuse · contemporary · cruel-mc · steamy · stalking · sexual-assault · new-adult · mystery · humor -
![Kill for You by Syn Blackrose]()
Kill for You by Syn Blackrose
LEV I don't do relationships. I don't do feelings. I don't do what's considered the norm. I love hurting people. I love their screams. I love their begging. I live for it. Until him. Aaron. He has his own version of crazy. His crazy mixed with mine? That's a recipe for disaster. AARON My life is not my own. My stepbrother won't let me go. I have to end him. I'm not normal... -
![Something About Her by Clementine Taylor]()
Something About Her by Clementine Taylor
A heartfelt and delicately crafted debut novel about two young women who become entangled in one another and embark on a surprising journey of self-discovery and modern love.Aisling and Maya’s connection is unexpected...romance · fiction · lgbtq · wlw · contemporary · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · lesbian-mc · audiobook · anthologies -
![The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia]()
The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
During a brutal winter, a young woman longing for love finds more than she expected in the woods, in this wickedly sensuous short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Judith knows her sister, Alice, is the pretty one—but that doesn’t stop her from wishing for love...romance · fantasy · horror · fiction · historical-fiction · gothic · historical · audiobook · paranormal · retellings -
![The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook]()
The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook
With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, her child, and the frontier tradesman who helps them flee across Texas from outlaws bent on revenge, even as an unlikely love blossoms.Texas hill country, 1868. As nineteen-year-old Benjamin Shreve tends to business in his workshop, he witnesses a stagecoach strand a passenger... -
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![Good Taste: A Novel in Search of Great Food by Caroline Scott]()
Good Taste: A Novel in Search of Great Food by Caroline Scott
With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English countryside in search of great food, Good Taste is the perfect historical novel for fans of Dear Mrs. Bird and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society . You can tell a lot about a person from what they like to eat… England in 1932 is in the grip of the Great Depression...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · audiobook · romantic-love · female-mc · literary-fiction · book · adult -
![The Book of Ayn by Lexi Freiman]()
The Book of Ayn by Lexi Freiman
An original and hilarious satire of both our political culture and those who rage against it, The Book of Ayn follows a writer from New York to Los Angeles to Lesbos as she searches for artistic and spiritual fulfillment in radical selfishness, altruism, and ego-deathAfter writing a satirical novel that The New York Times calls classist, Anna is shunned by the literary establishment and, in her...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · humor · politics · satire · spirituality · mental-illness · female-author · crime -
![Mister Write by Elyse Kelly]()
Mister Write by Elyse Kelly
She’s sunshine in a dress… and it’s driving me crazy.But that’s my fault for agreeing to spend the next 30 days in Candy Cane Key with Teddie, a sexy-as-sin redhead who I’m pretty sure sh!ts reindeer glitter. I’m stuck in a holiday-themed hell with the most cheerful woman I’ve ever met...romance · grumpy-sunshine · cheerful-mc · grumpy-mc · forced-proximity · contemporary · humor · comedy · steamy · small-town -
![Deadly Obsession by Holly Bloom]()
Deadly Obsession by Holly Bloom
Coming soon...Deadly Obsession is a dark, why choose, slow-build romance set in London's criminal underworld. This is book three in the Deadliest Love series... -
![Above the Salt by Katherine Vaz]()
Above the Salt by Katherine Vaz
An irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America.John Alves, son of a famous Presbyterian martyr on the Portuguese island of Madeira, spends his childhood in jail and in poverty...romance · historical-fiction · fiction · civil-war · historical · literary-fiction · audiobook · politics · family · female-mc -
![Bad Things by Lisa Andrew]()
Bad Things by Lisa Andrew
sɓuıɥ⊥ pɐᙠ 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑/ 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ɢᴏʀᴇ 𝐍𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬. 𝐍𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞.𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬. After being with an abusive boyfriend for years, Hannah Kennedy and her 13 year old daughter recently moved back home to a small farming and forestry town...romance · dark · horror · fiction · mystery · stalking · sexual-assault · splatterpunk · graphic-violence · steamy -
![Redemption in Cruelty by Vi Carter, E.R. Whyte]()
Redemption in Cruelty by Vi Carter, E.R. Whyte
They say she is a mafia princess. But when Evie O’Hanlon’s precious feet land on Irish soil, I realize everyone is wrong. She’s not a princess but a Queen.A Queen I want to capture, play with, and then kill.You can’t have competition, no matter how pretty the package is. And the package is very f*ucking pretty—so much so that my plan to kill her weakens the closer I get... -
![Loved Like a Little by Aria Grace]()
Loved Like a Little by Aria Grace
Billy never had much self-confidence. Things weren't great growing up in his household, but when his mom died, his dad became even worse. And there was nothing he could do to make his dad like him. When he was at college, it was easier to ignore his dad's drinking and harassment. But when Billy comes home after graduating culinary school, all those old wounds are opened up again... -
![Faking With My Brother's Bestie by Sylvia Rae]()
Faking With My Brother's Bestie by Sylvia Rae
My fake wedding date with my brother's best friend left me pregnant.Linc is the billionaire groomsman and eye candy I shouldn't crave.But I do.I’ve had a crush on him forever. But Mr. Tall, Dark, and Brooding barely knows I existUntil we are forced to pose as lovers.Before I know it, his talented hands coax screams of ecstasy from my lips.Our pretend romance feels all too real...forced-proximity · billionaire · children · literary-fiction · fiction · romance · urban · book · adult -
![Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed]()
Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed
One wedding weekend means one dramatic reunion for two families in this bighearted ensemble cast novel about love and forgiveness“A page-turner with heart.” —Alison Wisdom, author of We Can Only Save Ourselves“Dazzling! Readers will love these flawed, tender characters...romance · contemporary · fiction · lgbtq · wlw · family · season-summer · literary-fiction · friendship · book -
![Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker]()
Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker
David is growing up in a world where something is very badly wrong but everyone is protecting David from knowing what it is. People are going missing, bodies are showing up with wings, or bones in nests if you believe the rumours from the kids at school...horror · fantasy · fiction · magical-realism · mystery · audiobook · sci-fi · literary-fiction · dark · dystopia -
![Other Minds and Other Stories by Bennett Sims]()
Other Minds and Other Stories by Bennett Sims
From the award-winning author of A Questionable Shape and White Dialogues , a brilliant, anxious, and hilarious new collection.A man lends his phone to a stranger in the mall, setting off an uncanny series of Unknown calls that come to haunt his relationship with jealousy and dread...fiction · horror · 21st-century · male-author · anthologies · spooky · contemporary · humor · literary-fiction · dark-humor -
![Hot Berry Punch: A Novel by Bradford Tatum]()
Hot Berry Punch: A Novel by Bradford Tatum
Emma May Shinnecock grew up wild on the remote Western prairies in the 1820s. Left free to roam and learn from the nature surrounding her, Emma's hunger for life drives her to flaunt formal conventions as she discovers the world around her. After embracing her first romantic liaison with a mysterious stranger, she is left with far more than a confusing introduction to love...fantasy · horror · outdoors · myths · vampires · historical · literary-fiction · urban-fantasy · coming-of-age · romance -
![Holli Jolly by Freesia Woodley]()
Holli Jolly by Freesia Woodley
Christmas is coming early for these Santa's helpers.HolliWho knew returning a toddler to her dad would turn my world upside down? Now I'm pretending to be the fake boyfriend of the richest guy in town. Between school and work, my life is messy enough. As Jack and I get closer, though, I find myself falling for him and his gentle guidance. Maybe my cousin was right and I need a Daddy after all...romance · mlm · children · fake-relationship · lgbtq · age-gap · fiction · literary-fiction · billionaire · book -
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![Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park]()
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present—loaded with assassins and mad poets, RPGs and slasher films, K-pop bands and the perils of social media.In 1919, far-flung Korean patriots establish the Korean Provisional Government to protest the Japanese occupation of their country...fiction · historical-fiction · sci-fi · historical · fantasy · alternate-history · poc-author · literary-fiction · humor · satire -
![Queen of Poison & Fire by Tiffany M. Parker]()
Queen of Poison & Fire by Tiffany M. Parker
Artura is a healer. Her home is in the grips of war. A war on the very thing she values her freedom . Accused of witchcraft and treason against Cimran and the wicked king who rules the land, Artura and Emrys, the man who loved and raised her as his own, are forcibly taken from their home...romance · fantasy · torture · witches-wizards · literary-fiction · fiction · magic · paranormal · book · adult -
![The Syndicate's Arrangement by Ella Adair]()
The Syndicate's Arrangement by Ella Adair
I was his since the day I was born... Now I am carrying his baby.Rewind twenty-two years when my mother made a deal with Don Salvatore Accardi, the most ruthless man known to humankind.Signing my life over to him and binding me to marry his son Luca when I turned twenty-two.She did it to protect the family, then disappeared...organized-crime · arranged-marriage · contemporary · forced-proximity · suspense · fiction · romance · crime · literary-fiction · book -
![Working For A Billionaire by Erica Frost]()
Working For A Billionaire by Erica Frost
Fate is a cruel mistress, something I learned after a one-night stand in Vegas.The same week I discovered I was pregnant; I landed this new job that was supposed to change my life.To my horror, the man I slept with that night was my boss, a grump named Harrison Rutherford.Harrison is hot with the body of a Greek God but we have nothing in common...romance · literary-fiction · medical · fiction · action-adventure · female-mc · billionaire · new-adult · humor · contemporary -
![Twin: Book 1 of the Twin Identity Duology by Charlotte-Terese Wood]()
Twin: Book 1 of the Twin Identity Duology by Charlotte-Terese Wood
Can you tell your lover in the dark from another? Chloe couldn’t. And it tore her life apart…. For the better.Chloe & Cara are twins. Raised absolutely identically, they are hidden from the world and forced to share everything, behave as one and do everything as a pair.… then a night with the wrong man leads to worlds colliding.Chloe must find a path to break her Twin Identity... -
![The Favorites by Rosemary Hennigan]()
The Favorites by Rosemary Hennigan
An edgy, feminist campus novel about justice, gender, and power, following a woman who enrolls in law school and competes her way into an elite "Law and Literature" cohort to get revenge on the charismatic professor who wronged her sisterMost students would kill to be accepted into the prestigious Law and Literature cohort at Franklin University...fiction · contemporary · suspense · dark-academia · mystery · family · secrets · realistic · feminism · literary-fiction -
![For Never & Always by Helena Greer]()
For Never & Always by Helena Greer
One surprise inheritance, two best friends (now bitter exes), and three months to prove he loves her, forever and always , in this swoony second-chance romance for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Ashley Herring Blake. Hannah Rosenstein should be after a lonely childhood of traipsing all over the world, she finally has a home as the co-owner of destination inn Carrigan’s All Year...romance · contemporary · lgbtq · fiction · friends-to-lovers · forced-proximity · humor · holidays · literary-fiction · book
