51 new books coming out October 29 – November 4, 2024

Some of the best books coming out this week

We recently added a Horror section to these updates to better represent the surge of talent working in this genre. Previously we’d tucked them into Literary Fiction or Speculative Fiction, but that got increasingly awkward, with so many books working at a high level of literary art while employing fantastical and speculative elements as central pieces of story and character. And it turns out we weren’t a moment too soon, as this week brings the latest from Nick Cutter, a tale of an ancient evil awoken in a small town called Feast While You Can, a scary YA story about the deep dark woods by CG Drews, and a bunch more.

Speaking of difficult-to-classify books and authors, Stephen King’s beloved novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, which was the basis of the Morgan Freeman & Tim Robbins movie of (nearly) the same name, was originally published in King’s 1982 4-novella non-horror collection Different Seasons. That collection featured a pair of other novellas, Apt Pupil and The Body, which went on to successful movie adaptations of their own (the latter being retitled “Stand by Me”) and finding the books has always required readers to study up on the King bibliography. But now The Shawshank Redemption (with assumed apologies to Ms. Hayworth) is available on its own as an audiobook. King’s work has always worked well in audio, with the voices of his characters bearing marks of local vernacular, and the late Frank Muller’s performance here is first-rate.

In 2015 Glory Edim founded “Well-Read Black Girl,” a book-centred community for Black women to come together and share in the written work of marginalized writers of all kinds. Her purpose was to uplift the stories of Black women. In Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me Edim shares her own story. As the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, she grew up in Virginia as an outsider both racially and culturally. In books, with the words of writers like Maya Angelou, Audre Lord, Nikki Giovanni and others, she found community and the strength to find her voice—on full display in this moving memoir.

More books coming out now

🧰 Help and How-to

Tarot for Light Seers: A Journey Through the Symbols, Messages, & Secrets of the Cards by Chris-Anne

Beyond Self-Care Potato Chips: Choosing Nourishing Self-Care in a Quick-Fix Culture by Amber Wardell, PhD

Two Equals One: A Marriage Equation for Love, Laughter, and Longevity by Jimmy Rollins and Irene Rollins

Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

💡 Big Ideas

Reconciling History: A Story of Canada by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh

Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed by Charlie Angus

Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler’s Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Biden Crime Family: The Blueprint for Their Prosecution by Rudy Giuliani

🗣 True Stories

Just Different: A Memoir by Wayne Sleep

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

💘 Romance

Polar Opposites by Barbara Kellyn

Talk Wicked to Me by Melissa Foster

Elliot by Kris Michaels

YOLO by Lani Lynn Vale

Claim by Chelle Bliss

Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep

SEAL's Shadow by Makenna Jameison

For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga

🗡️ Crime, Mystery, and Action

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes

Murder in Verona by T A Williams

Gage by Kathy Ivan

The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

The Village Killer by Ross Greenwood

🖊️ Literary & Contemporary Fiction

The Girl with the Red Ribbon by Carly Schabowski

My Three Dogs by W. Bruce Cameron

Daughter of War by Siobhan Daiko

Destiny Comes Due by Paper Lantern Writers

Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger

The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

This Motherless Land by Nikki May

🩸 Horror

The Queen by Nick Cutter

Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews

Haven by Mia Dalia

Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

Nether Station by Kevin J. Anderson

Hollow Child by Amanda Hocking

The House of Infinite Doors by Dwayne Adams

✨ Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Speculative Fiction

Usurpation by Sue Burke

Rose/House by Arkady Martine

Bindle Punk Jefe by Desideria Mesa

The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond

Warrior of Legend by Kendare Blake

The Witch of Wol Sin Lake by Lena Jeong

Wildblood by A. J. Vrana

🗯 Manga & Graphic Novels

I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too, Vol. 6 (light novel) by Miku

FANGS, Volume 3 by Billy Balibally

Peerless (Novel) Vol. 2 by Meng Xi Shi

Lullaby of the Dawn, Booklet #3 (Convention Exclusive) by Ichika Yuno

Now I'm a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon (Manga) Volume 8 by Ryuyu

The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 4 by 945

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