Merge Into Excellent Storytelling With Top 5 Of New November Books
- Erkiulis
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November announced the best books of the year on both sides of the Atlantic, so many of us already topped up our reading lists. But not only honored and awarded literary works are worth the readers' attention this month. Our Top 5 of new November releases promises excellent storytelling, original plots and page-turning experiences. So check it out:
by Ann Packer
This novel is an ideal choice for those seeking an emotionally engaging read. After nearly forty years of marriage spent raising a family in their quiet Connecticut town, Eliot is facing the approaching death of his wife, Claire, whose long battle with cancer is nearing its end. Devoted to caring for her and deeply connected through the intimacy of those final days, he is stunned when Claire expresses a final wish that completely unsettles him.
by Lee Child & Andrew Child
Jack Reacher is not only on screens but also in a new book by a bestselling author! Jack Reacher’s day involves three unexpected stops, beginning with a routine visit to a Baltimore coffee shop where he quickly handles a minor disturbance and brushes past a young man on his way out. Though his cash and passport are untouched, Reacher later heads to a store to buy a simple, disposable coat - only to discover a handwritten plea for help slipped into his pocket. Intrigued by the skill it took to plant the note and compelled by the urgent message, he sets out to follow the trail wherever it leads.
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The author of My Sister, the Serial Killer is back with her new novel. When Ebun’s daughter Eniiyi is born on the day her cousin Monife is buried, the family becomes convinced the child is Monife reborn and destined to repeat her tragic fate. Burdened by this belief and by a generational curse that has left the Falodun women abandoned and living under one roof, Eniiyi’s life becomes intertwined with the past. After she falls for a boy she saves from drowning, she turns to Lagos’s darker spiritual traditions for answers, hoping to escape the long-standing cycle of heartbreak and finally break free from the family’s secrets and inherited trauma.
by Vanessa Kelly
Murder mystery and past elegant time lovers should grab this one. Emma’s holiday joy with husband George Knightley is short-lived when her father announces his marriage to the excitable Miss Bates, forcing Emma to relinquish her role as mistress of Hartfield. Soon after, during a lavish betrothal ball at Donwell Abbey, tragedy strikes when Emma’s maid, Prudence Parr, is found dead on the library terrace. Though deemed an accident, Emma suspects foul play and resolves to uncover the truth, determined to outsmart a cunning criminal before an innocent life is ruined and Donwell Abbey becomes the center of a darker mystery.
by Margaret Atwood
Millions have read Margaret Atwood novels but who read about the author herself? Our nonfiction part offers you a fresh memoir where she traces her journey through pivotal personal and literary moments, from the painful year behind Cat’s Eye to the Berlin of the 1980s where she wrote The Handmaid’s Tale, sharing encounters with bohemian gatherings, her life with writer Graeme Gibson, and unforgettable figures ranging from poets to Hollywood stars. Through these experiences, Atwood reveals the intimate connections between her life and her art, offering insight into the imagination behind some of literature’s most enduring works.
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