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Week of November 18, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of November 18th include HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano, a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?; BAUMGARTNER, a taut yet expansive novel of love, memory and grief from the late Paul Auster; Katherine Howe's A TRUE ACCOUNT, a daring first-hand account of one young woman's unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time; DEAD MAN'S HAND, a propulsive and topical edge-of-your-seat thriller from former special forces officer Brad Taylor, whose protagonist, Pike Logan, goes head-to-head with Vladimir Putin’s henchmen; and the paperback original SHELL GAMES by Bonnie Kistler, a dazzling work of psychological suspense about a young woman whose fabulously wealthy mother might be the victim of an elaborate con or might be losing her mind --- and the daughter can’t tell where the truth lies.

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Week of November 11, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of November 11th include GREENLIGHTS, the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through Matthew McConaughey's unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction; A GAME OF LIES, a gripping suspense novel from Clare Mackintosh that finds seven reality show contestants stranded in the Welsh mountains with no idea what they've signed up for; OPINIONS, an exhilarating collection of Roxane Gay's essays on culture, politics and everything in between; Armando Lucas Correa's THE SILENCE IN HER EYES, a bold and suspenseful psychological thriller about a young woman with a rare neurological condition who is convinced that her neighbor is going to be murdered; and UFO by Garrett M. Graff, the first comprehensive and eye-opening exploration of our government’s decades-long quest to solve one of humanity’s greatest mysteries: Are we alone in the universe?

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Week of November 4, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of November 4th include THE ATLAS MANEUVER by Steve Berry, a Cotton Malone adventure in which the retired Justice Department operative unravels a mystery from World War II involving a legendary lost treasure known as Yamashita’s Gold; Ariel Lawhon's THE FROZEN RIVER, a gripping mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history; THE HEIRESS, a twisted Gothic suspense from Rachel Hawkins about an infamous heiress and the complicated inheritance she left behind; INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, the 10th entry in Martin Cruz Smith's series starring Detective Arkady Renko, who risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion to find an anti-Putin activist who has mysteriously disappeared; and the paperback original DOUBLE BARREL BLUFF by Lou Berney, which marks the long-awaited return of former mob wheelman Shake Bouchon.

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November 2024

November's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Cross" on Prime Video, "The Day of the Jackal" on Peacock, "Dune: Prophecy" on HBO, and "FX's Say Nothing" on Hulu; the season premieres of STARZ's "Outlander" and Apple TV+'s "Silo"; the series finales of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, "Three Women" on STARZ, and "Disclaimer" on Apple TV+; the season finale of "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol" on AMC; the films Wicked and Small Things Like These in theaters, as well as Debbie Macomber's Joyful Mrs. Miracle on Hallmark Channel; and the DVD releases of It Ends with Us and Someone Like You.

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November 5, 2024

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of November 4th and November 11th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks feature for November, which includes Indie Next, LibraryReads, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the "Read with Jenna" Today Show Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.

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Bookreporter.com's Fall Reading 2024 Wrap-up

THANK YOU to all who subscribed to this Fall Reading newsletter and entered our contests! We appreciate your enthusiasm and participation.

This Bookreporter.com SPECIAL Fall Reading Wrap-up newsletter brings you a look at ALL of the titles that were included in our Fall Reading feature. We shared 10 books with you this fall, and we thank our publisher sponsors who made this possible.

Below are all of this year's featured titles, and we've also created a list of these books in a PDF format that you can access here. We know that many of you enjoy checking off what you have read. A list of all the prize winners is here. 

Stay subscribed to this newsletter so you can participate in our 2025 Fall Reading contests, which will begin next August.

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Glory Edim, author of Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me

Glory Edim, who grew up in Virginia to Nigerian immigrant parents, started the popular Well-Read Black Girl book club at age 30, eventually reaching a community of half a million readers. But her own love of books stretches far back. Edim’s father moved back to Nigeria while she was still a child, marking the beginning of a series of traumatic changes and losses for her family. What became an escape, a safe space and a second home for her and her brother was their local library. Books were where Edim found community, and as she grew older she discovered authors and ideas that she wasn’t being taught about in class. Reading wherever and whenever she could, be it in her dorm room or when traveling by subway or plane, she found the Black writers whose words would forever change her life.

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Nick Harkaway, author of Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel

It is spring in 1963, and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West’s spy war against the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumor that Smiley might almost be happy. But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task: interview Susanna, a Hungarian émigré and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead. But in his absence, the shadows of Moscow have lengthened. Smiley soon finds himself entangled in a perilous mystery that will define the battles to come and set him on a collision course with the greatest enemy he will ever make.

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Susan Rieger, author of Like Mother, Like Mother

Detroit, 1960. Lila Pereira is two years old when her angry, abusive father has her mother committed to an asylum. Lila never sees her mother again. Three decades later, Lila rises to the pinnacle of American media as the powerful, brilliant executive editor of The Washington Globe. Lila leaves the rearing of her daughters to her generous husband, Joe. Grace, their youngest daughter, feels abandoned. She wishes her mother would attend PTA meetings, not White House correspondents’ dinners. As she grows up, she cannot shake her resentment. She wants out from under Lila’s shadow, yet the more she resists, the more Lila seems to shape her life. Grace becomes a successful reporter, even publishing a bestselling book about her mother. In the process of writing it, she realizes how little she knows about her own family.

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Paula Hawkins, author of The Blue Hour

Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for 12 hours each day. Once home to Vanessa, a famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared 20 years ago. Now home to Grace, a solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge.

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