Most Anticipated New Book Releases: November 2026

The Gift

Freida McFadden

November 3, 2026 Hardcover$14.99 Poisoned Pen Press

Coming November 3, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

A gripping Christmas-themed short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid! What price would you pay for the perfect gift? It's Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke. She is so broke, that despite working two jobs, she can't even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas since tying the knot. But then a mysterious pawn shop owner offers Stella an intriguing trade. Stella wants more than anything to buy her husband the Christmas gift of his dreams.

Whale Harbor

Mary Beth Keane

November 3, 2026 Hardcover$29.00 Scribner

Coming November 3, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

From New York Times bestselling author of the “magnificent” (Fresh Air), “propulsive” (People), and “profound” (Vogue) Ask Again, Yes, a sweeping multi-generational saga inspired by the author's own family history, following eleven brothers torn apart and set on different paths between Ireland, England, Montana, and New York. 1960s, Ireland. In the wake of tragedy, a father makes choices for his eleven grieving sons. The older brothers will emigrate to England for work, while the younger ones will stay behind.

Department of Fate

Rachel Maddow

November 10, 2026 Hardcover$35.00 Crown

Coming November 10, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

Rachel Maddow leads a revelatory, rollicking trip through the history of the Justice Department, finding heroism and treachery in equal measure, and, in the end, a rescue effort for our battered democracy. Over its nearly 150 years, the United States Department of Justice became America’s most consequential institution, determining the rules and limits of what makes us who we are as a country: our political freedoms, our economy, and our nation’s most revolutionary core principle: equal protection under the law.

Dungeon Crawler Carl: Deluxe Edition

Matt Dinniman

November 17, 2026 Hardcover$65.00 Ace

Coming November 17, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

The first novel in Matt Dinniman's smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl series, now in a brand-new, deluxe hardcover collector's edition that includes: • A stunning cover and artwork by acclaimed artist Victo Ngai • Decorated endpapers • A fully illustrated hardcover case featuring a solvable maze • Illustrations on the inside of the jacket • Stenciled edges • A Q&A with author Matt Dinniman, conducted by GC, BWR, NW Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk herself The apocalypse will be televised!

First Famous Christmas

Carrie Wittmer

November 3, 2026 Trade Paperback$14.99 831 Stories

Coming November 3, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

Marceline has rocketed to pop stardom practically overnight. So when she retreats to her hometown for a calm Christmas, she’s loath to come face-to-face with her high-school nemesis Lucas. Unless he could become her muse? When Marceline went to Juilliard to study violin, she didn’t expect to become a star, and definitely not within 16 months of being discovered by one of the world’s biggest pop producers during a composition workshop.

Solitaire

Sweet Hearts Press

November 3, 2026 Cards$16.95 Sweet Hearts Press

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Stations

Louise Kennedy

November 3, 2026 Hardcover$28.00 Riverhead Books

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Long after he drifts out of reach, a woman is haunted by the troubled boy who befriended her as an outcast teenager, in this heart-rending novel by the internationally bestselling author of Trespasses. In 1980s Ireland, Róisín and Red bond as only two precocious and disaffected teenagers can. Soon he is privy to the secret source of her shame and anger: the father who’s abandoned her and her mother to their damp house and never-ending strife.

The Intruder

Freida McFadden

November 24, 2026 Trade Paperback$17.99 Poisoned Pen Press

Coming November 24, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

There's someone at your front door - should you let them in? Find out in a riveting new thriller from global sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid, Freida McFadden! Who knows what the storm will blow in... Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind. But she's a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window. She's young. She's alone.

Trout Bum

John Gierach

November 3, 2026 Hardcover Paper over boards$29.00 Simon & Schuster

Coming November 3, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

The 40th anniversary edition of the enduring outdoors classic from the acknowledged master of fishing writers, John Gierach, including new, previously unpublished material. For four decades, Trout Bum has inspired anglers and outdoor enthusiasts. John Gierach didn’t just write about fly-fishing, he helped transform the sport from a technical pursuit to a way of life. Now, the 40th anniversary hardcover edition celebrates his enduring legacy with designed endpapers, never-before-published essays, and a brand-new foreword.

When They Find Me

Carter Wilson

November 10, 2026 Trade Paperback$18.99 Poisoned Pen Press

Coming November 10, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

Some secrets don't fade. They hunt. Expanse, Colorado. Population 313. A town so remote it barely exists on a map--the perfect hiding place for Annie Wolfe and her daughter, Coral. Their cabin is nearly off the grid, and Annie has done everything to keep them safe. Everything. But she knows the people hunting her don't forget. And they don't forgive. Riven knows about survival. She and her family have lived off the land for years, moving like shadows through the wilderness.

Cello's Gate

Maurice Africh

November 3, 2026 Hardcover$32.00 S&S/Saga Press

Coming November 3, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

With a wit to rival Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl, action on par with Pierce Brown's Red Rising, and the scope of Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, Cello's Gate is a rollicking, edge-of-your-seat sci-fi fantasy epic about a rag-tag crew of rogues on the hunt for mythic treasure. They did not, however, sign up to save the world. ONE CREW OF SKY PIRATES. SEVEN MYTHOLOGICAL STONES. A RACE TO FIND THEM ALL Captain Grey and his crew of sky pirates have a reputation for doing the impossible.

Convent Wisdom

Ana Garriga

November 3, 2026 Trade Paperback$18.99 Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

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“Delightful.”, The Guardian • “Cheeky.”, The New York Times • “Insightful.”, Marie Claire • A not-so-saintly self-help book that dives into the wild, wise, and unconventional lives of 16th- and 17th-century nuns and proves one thing: no matter the century, nuns know best. When most of us think of nuns, we picture hands clasped in prayer, solemn shuffles down cloistered halls, and that iconic habit silhouette.

Annie Proulx Stories

Annie Proulx

November 10, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Scribner

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Four-Letter Nation

Steven H Jaffe

November 24, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Simon & Schuster

Coming November 24, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

The untold story of how America really talks, for readers of Mary Roach and Bill Bryson, and anyone who’s ever wondered about the power of “bad” words. For 400 years, Americans have been told to watch their language. For 400 years, the’ve refused to listen. Four-Letter Nation reveals the hidden history behind America’s most forbidden words, and why they’ve never really been forbidden at all. This isn’t a simple tale about prohibition giving way to permissiveness. It’s the surprising truth about how “bad words” built America.

Look at Me

Dustin Hoffman

November 10, 2026 Hardcover$35.00 Simon Six

Coming November 10, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

A deeply entertaining and intimate memoir by one of the most acclaimed actors of our time, whose performances have reflected the changing zeitgeist of America over the past sixty years.

Midnight Flyboys

Bruce Henderson

November 3, 2026 Trade Paperback$20.00 Gallery Books

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The untold history of a top-secret operation in the run-up to D-Day in which American flyers and Allied spies carried out some of the most daring cloak-and-dagger operations of World War II. In 1943, the OSS, precursor to the CIA, came up with a plan to increase its support to the French resistance forces that were fighting the Nazis. To start, the OSS recruited some of the best American bomber pilots and crews to a secret airfield twenty miles west of London and briefed them on the intended mission.

Napoleon and His Marshals

Andrew Roberts

November 10, 2026 Hardcover$45.00 Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

Coming November 10, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

The award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Churchill vividly captures the team of rivals who propelled history's greatest warrior to victory. Napoleon appointed twenty-six men Marshals of the Empire, a position he created to honor his most important Generals. He encouraged competition among them for titles, for wealth, but above all, for glory. Only instead of creating a team of rivals, as Lincoln so famously did, he forged a nest of vipers.

Alma Vampires

Elena Armas

November 17, 2026 Trade Paperback$20.00 Berkley

Coming November 17, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

This beautiful trade paperback features gorgeous stenciled edges, cover effects, and stunning interior cover art! An unsuspecting heiress with a target on her back must enlist the protection of a vampire whose wealth and secrets rival her own, in a brand-new paranormal romance series from New York Times bestselling author Elena Armas.

Before I Disappear

Cate Quinn

November 10, 2026 Trade Paperback$18.99 Sourcebooks Landmark

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From the acclaimed author of The Clinic and The Bridesmaid comes a new frantic thriller of a criminologist who wakes, dazed and confused, in a remote hotel-- with no memory of how she got there. If she can't remember, her memories might not be the only thing that goes missing. When criminologist April Anderson wakes in an unfamiliar hotel room with no memory of how she got there--or why she fled her comfortable life in New York--she's told she's under police protection, the only witness to a horrific crime.

Beneath a Midnight Moon (Deluxe Edition)

Catherine Cowles

November 17, 2026 Trade Paperback$19.99 Bloom Books

Coming November 17, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

*The limited deluxe edition will include designed edges* A heart-stopping small town romance from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Cowles, the third in the Starlight Grove series.

Defy the Dusk

Danielle L. Jensen

November 3, 2026 Hardcover$36.00 Del Rey

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When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: defy the dusk. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in a gritty post-apocalyptic fantasy duology. This stunning first edition hardcover features designed sprayed edges and endpapers, a custom foil-stamped case, and a deluxe jacket with foil, while supplies last!

Destroy This House

Amanda Uhle

November 3, 2026 Trade Paperback$20.00 S&S/Summit Books

Coming November 3, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

For fans of The Glass Castle and The Liars’ Club, a tender, heartbreaking, and hilarious memoir chronicling the challenges of growing up with a desperately scheming father, a mother plagued by an acute hoarding disorder, and parenting parents while seeking independence. The Long family’s love was fierce, their lifestyle bizarre, and their deceptions countless. Once her parents were gone, Amanda Uhle realized she was closer to them than anyone else, yet she found herself utterly confounded by the lives they had led.

Finding Mister Tibbles

Emma Yarlett

November 17, 2026 Hardcover$18.99 Candlewick

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From internationally best-selling creator Emma Yartlett comes a vibrantly imaginative and funny lift-the-flap story, with a well-earned twist at the end, for young readers to pore over. When Mister Tibbles goes missing, his young owner asks his neighbors for help. Knocking on all their doors to find his beloved pet, he embarks on an adventure through his neighbors' houses--flaps allow a peek inside and reveal the increasingly incredible interiors.

I, Medusa

Ayana Gray

November 17, 2026 Trade Paperback$20.00 Random House Trade Paperbacks

Coming November 17, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “captivating villain origin story” (People Book of the Week) reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine This first edition paperback features gorgeous sprayed edges with a snakeskin pattern!

Kin

Sophie Lucido Johnson

November 17, 2026 Trade Paperback$19.00 Atria Books

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Discover a transformative reframing of intimate relationships with practical steps to build community and combat the loneliness epidemic in this bold and warmhearted blend of memoir and social science in the vein of When You Care and Big Friendship. What would life look like if all your needs, and the needs of all the people you love, were met? When we’re juggling a mountain of responsibilities on our own, it feels like there simply isn’t enough time to take care of ourselves, our families, and our to-do lists.

Murder in Paris '68

Edward Chisholm

November 3, 2026 Hardcover$32.00 Pegasus Crime

Coming November 3, 2026. Reserve a copy and we will hold it for you.

A riveting true crime investigation into the 1960s Parisian underworld and an unsolved murder that brought the country to its knees. An intimate, shocking true story from the Parisian demi-monde of the 1960s, Murder in Paris ’68 evokes an era when the high-life and the low-life went hand in hand.

Sunflower Season

Danica Nava

November 3, 2026 Trade Paperback$20.00 Berkley

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Fed up and burnt out, a woman leaves the city to take on the challenge of owning a sunflower farm but finds that her biggest trial is facing her first love in this charming second chance romance by USA Today bestselling author Danica Nava. Drained by her high-pressure tech job, June Walker finds an escape in homesteading videos and the fantasy of a quieter life. When she finally hits her breaking point, she does the only reasonable thing: she quits her job and buys a crumbling sunflower farm in rural Oklahoma where she grew up.

Tales of Green Tea

Miyako Watanabe

November 17, 2026 Hardcover Paper over boards$27.00 Atria Books

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A charming, lightly illustrated exploration of the history of green tea and matcha, Japanese tea culture, and daily life in Kyoto by the owner of a 300-year-old tea shop. At the family-owned Ippodo tea store in Kyoto, time passes at the gentle pace of green tea leaves brewing in a kyusu teapot. Written by the store’s current owner, Miyako Watanabe, Tales of Green Tea offers an account of everyday life at this beloved spot, but also of the knowledge, encounters, and discoveries that come with a life steeped in tea.

The Friday Bookshop

Sawako Natori

November 3, 2026 Hardcover$29.00 Berkley

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Welcome to the Friday Bookshop, a cozy little bookstore tucked inside a rustic train station north of Tokyo. Rumor has it, you’ll find the perfect book there, one that you need at that particular moment, even if you don’t know it yourself.... When college student Fumiya visits the Friday Bookshop as a last-ditch effort to find a book for his ill father, he is disappointed in its ordinary appearance despite whispers of its peculiar charm.

The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow

Caitriona Moran

November 3, 2026 Hardcover$32.00 G.P. Putnam's Sons

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Perfect for readers of Naomi Novik and Katherine Arden, The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow is a sweeping enemies-to-lovers debut epic for romantasy-curious fantasy readers, fantasy-curious romantasy readers, and all lovers of slowburn romance. Scholar. Healer. Harlot. In her house, the villainy is her. Magdalena Overmorrow has been called a scholar, a healer, a harlot. She carves out some measure of freedom for the women of Astoleyn, risking capture and death by caring for them and performing forbidden abortions.