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November 2025
FINDING FAMILY & YOURSELF – FICTION
In Lauren Grodstein‘s A Dog in Georgia: A Novel, Amy Webb was a chef. Then she became a wife, a stepmother, and an emergency contact, and the chef in her disappeared, along with her sense of self. Now it’s time to acknowledge her needs and what she really wants, and to find herself – and a missing dog in a former Soviet republic. In Hannah Orenstein’s Maine Characters: A Novel, Vivian Levy and Lucy Webster are half-sisters who meet for the first time at their father’s cabin in Maine after his unexpected death.…
CONFRONTING GRIEF & PROCESSING TRAUMA – FICTION
When Abe leaves Miami and returns to his former reservation, he undergoes a reluctant healing with his eccentric uncle, sparking a journey that explores family, intimacy, and the enduring power of culture. His story is told by Aaron John Curtis in Old School Indian: A Novel, a coming-of-middle-age novel about a Kanien’kehá:ka man confronting a rare disease, a faltering marriage, and the pull of home. Rob Franklin’s debut Great Black Hope: A Novel tells the story of an upwardly mobile and downwardly spiraling Black man caught between worlds of race and class,…
CASTE-ING OFF EXPECTATIONS – FICTION
In Renée Ahdieh’s Park Avenue: A Novel, Jia, the ambitious daughter of Korean bodega owners, is living her dream as a Manhattan lawyer. But when she’s tasked with managing the famous billionaire Park family, she’s drawn into a whirlwind of scandal and secrets. As she chases truth and success, she must decide what she really wants – and needs. Emily Everett’s All That Life Can Afford: A Novel follows Anna, a young American who longs for the fairy-tale London she envisioned – far and away from the moldy flat she finds herself in – until she’s swept into the dazzling world of the Wilder family.…
THE SILENT COST OF WOMEN ON THE BRINK – FICTION
Jaquira Díaz’s This Is the Only Kingdom: A Novel is the epic story of a mother and daughter, imagining a life beyond their working-class Puerto Rican community and wrestling with the aftermath of a murder. When tragedy shatters their family, Maricarmen and her daughter, Nena, land in the middle of a murder investigation and must navigate generational grief, betrayal, and survival. Quiara Alegría Hudes’ The White Hot: A Novel is the story of a runaway mother’s 10 days of freedom – and the pain,…
IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN FLORIDA – FICTION
Asha Elias’ The Namaste Club: A Novel is a sly, hilarious beach read about rich people behaving badly. At a luxe Florida yoga retreat, wealthy divorcées, an heiress who’s taken a vow of silence, a tradwife in hiding, and a man-bunned instructor collide during Transcendence Week. Some will be living their best life – and some will get their comeuppance. Nicky Gonzalez’s Mayra: A Novel follows Ingrid as she gets an out-of-the-blue call from her childhood best friend,…
THE LAWS OF MAGIC & ATTRACTION – FICTION
In Charlie Jane Anders’ Lessons in Magic and Disaster, a young witch teaches her grieving mother magic with unexpected results. Jamie, a grad student with a powerful secret, helps her mother Serena come out of her shell. But hidden truths from Serena’s past and a mysterious 1749 book threaten to unravel them both – unless Jamie can uncover the scandal it hides and the true nature of magic. Yael and Margot, childhood friends, reunite at a decision time in their lives.…
EXPLORING MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SCI-FI & DYSTOPIA – FICTION
Alex Foster’s Circular Motion is a story of love, despair, and two people’s search for belonging in a world literally spinning out of control. Tanner escapes his tiny Alaskan hometown for a job at CWC, which is revolutionizing global travel, while outcast Winnie joins teen activists blaming CWC for Earth’s acceleration. As days shorten and storms rage, their lives spiral toward each other in a rapidly changing world. Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability: A Novel is a suspenseful family drama about moral responsibility in the age of AI.…
CELEBRATING BLACK LOVE – FICTION
In Nadine Gonzalez’s Only Lovers in the Building, Liliane is spending the summer in Miami Beach, Florida, after her legal career comes to a humiliating end. She soon meets university professor-on-sabbatical Benedicto Romero, the resident tortured poet, and they begin to spend their days together reading romance novels by the pool – while trying to make sense of the sizzling chemistry between them. Ebony LaDelle’s You’ve Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs celebrates Black love through tender,…
OF THE TRIBE: FACETS & FARCE OF JEWISH LIFE – FICTION
Reuven Fenton’s Goyhood: A Novel is the story of Mayer Belkin, a devoutly Orthodox man who discovers in middle age that he isn’t, in fact, Jewish. Traumatized and spiritually adrift, Mayer embarks on a surreal road trip through the Deep South with his estranged twin, his mother’s ashes, an Instagram influencer, and a one-eyed dog, while grappling with God, identity, and marriage woes. In Jason Diamond’s Kaplan’s Plot: A Novel, Elijah returns to Chicago broken – his mother Eve is dying and his business has failed.…
NO SEX, LOST LOVE & A SECRET LIFE – FICTION
In Diana Says Yes: A Dirty Diana Novel, co-authored by Jen Besser and Shana Feste, Diana trades Parisian escapades for therapy with her husband, Oliver – where sex is forbidden. Dating her own husband rekindles passion, but that spark comes just as her secret fantasy website gains attention. From lavish parties to old flames resurfacing, Diana must balance intimacy, her growing business, and what she truly wants. Audrey Ingram’s The Summer We Ran is a story of lost love and buried secrets.…