November 2025 list by Nanette Alderman |
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All That We See or Seem
by Ken Liu
"Orphan hacker" Julia Z is pulled from digital obscurity when a lawyer's artist wife, a dream-weaving oneirofex kidnapped by criminals, is needed for her unique skills to retrieve stolen dreams from a dangerous virtual underworld.
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The Black Wolf
by Louise Penny
Weeks after foiling an attack in Montréal and arresting the so-called Black Wolf, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, confined by his injuries to Three Pines, quietly leads a covert investigation with agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, fearing the conspiracy he uncovered is only a deliberate misdirection.
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Blind Date with a Werewolf
by Patricia Briggs
When the deadly werewolf Asil is gifted five blind dates by some anonymous“friends,” his reclusive life will never be the same.
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C Is for Courting
by Shelley Shepard Gray
Finding out she is going to be a single mother, Beth Schrock is torn between returning to her high-stress realtor job in Cleveland, or staying in the Amish community of Walden, Ohio, where family acquaintance Junior Lambright has just proposed to Beth for unknown reasons.
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A Coffin for Tomahawk
by William W. Johnstone
After winning a legendary race against the railroads, reluctant hero Tomahawk Callahan leads one final wagon train into revolution-torn Mexico, where treacherous desert terrain and a ruthless warlord threaten to turn a bold journey into a deadly mission.
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Conform
by Ariel Sullivan
A lifelong outcast, twenty-seven-year-old Emeline spends her days alone, sorting ancient art for destruction. Centuries after a catastrophic war nearly decimated humanity, society is now ruled by an elusive and technologically advanced group called the Illum, who constantly monitor the population's health and mandate procreation contracts. But Emeline's bleak existence is shattered when, for the first time in decades, an Illum named Collin takes a Mate: Emeline.
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Coyote Hills
by Jonathan Kellerman
Now a private investigator, former Alameda County coroner Clay Edison takes a perplexing case of a wealthy couple's son found dead in San Francisco Bay.
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Die Another Dane
by Laurien Berenson
Already juggling family and poodles, Melanie Travis is drawn into an investigation in the dog show world after a Great Dane breeder dies suspiciously.
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The Everlasting
by Alix E. Harrow
Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Centuries later, Owen Mallory-failed soldier, struggling scholar-falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, but that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una's legend-if they want to tell a different story--they'll have to rewrite history itself.
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Five Golden Wings
by Donna Andrews
When two feuding cousins plan their Christmas destination weddings on the same day in the same town, Meg mediates and uncovers a murdered photographer.
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Gone Before Goodbye
by Reese Witherspoon
When disgraced combat surgeon Maggie McCabe takes a secretive job treating a powerful man overseas, his sudden disappearance pulls her into a deadly conspiracy forcing her on the run to uncover the truth and clear her name.
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Julia Song Is Undateable
by Susan Lee
Two Korean American young adults -- one successful, one not so much -- find dating in today's world nearly impossible under the weight of family expectations.
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Legalist
by L. E. Modesitt
Fifty years after the establishment of the Imperium, and 450 years before the events of Isolate, Dominic Mikail Ysella-ancestor of Avraal Ysella-is the grandson of the last king of Aloor. Stripped of most of their land, Dominic, as the third son, must support himself. Dominic becomes a legalist and is elected to the Imperial Council quietly working as an isolate, someone unreadable by government telepaths. Amid a time of a crumbling imperial line, Dominic must build a coalition within the Council and quietly draft a new constitution to save the Imperium from itself.
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Menu of Happiness
by Hisashi Kashiwai
Welcome to the Kamogawa Diner, where every meal is a mystery ready to be solved. This unique establishment is run by a father-daughter duo who offer more than just mouth-watering meals. They act as “food detectives,” delving into the past to produce nostalgia-infused dishes for their hungry clientele.
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A Moment to Love
by Tracie Peterson
Dr. Carrie Vogel's heart is shattered when her groundbreaking medical research is stolen and falsely credited to her ex-fiancé. With years of diligent work lost, she grapples with the disastrous turn of her career and leans on her faith for strength. When she learns that her Pinkerton friend Spencer Duval is on a justice-driven mission to her hometown of Cheyenne, she agrees to an arranged marriage to provide him with a cover story. But merely pretending to be in love with Spencer becomes increasingly difficult the more time she spends with him.
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Out of Time
by Irene Hannon
For historical anthropologist Cara Tucker, the chance to spend a sabbatical semester on a remote country estate with full access to its vast library and century-old journals is a dream come true, until a series of strange incidents begins to turn her dream into a nightmare. Sheriff Brad Mitchell has seen his share of suspicious activities during his law enforcement career, but what's happening at the isolated estate is out-of-pattern in his quiet, rural Missouri county. Beset by danger, Cara and Brad work together to try to untangle the clues.
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The Proving Ground
by Michael Connelly
The Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl.
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Shadow Ticket
by Thomas Pynchon
Milwaukee 1932, private eye Hicks McTaggart searches for a Wisconsin cheese fortune heiress, but he's shanghaied onto a transoceanic liner to Hungary; before he finds her he will be entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal and outlaw motorcyclists.
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Sharp Force
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
A serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking—and Kay Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim.
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The Tin Men
by Nelson DeMille
Army CID Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor are sent to the isolated Camp Hayden to investigate a major's death amid secret war games pitting Rangers against autonomous weapons, where the truth is obscured amidst desert isolation, internal rivalries and hidden agendas.
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Witches of Dubious Origin
by Jenn McKinlay
Zoe Ziakas enjoys a quiet life, working as a librarian in her quaint New England town. When a mysterious black book with an unbreakable latch is delivered to the library, Zoe has a strange feeling the tome is somehow calling to her. She decides to consult the Museum of Literature, home to volumes of indecipherable secrets, some possessing dark magic that must be guarded. There she discovers that she is the last descendant of a family of witches and this little black book is their grimoire.
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