New Literary Fiction Novels For Your Reading List | November 2020
Have you been searching for some new novels for your reading list? You won’t want to miss these amazing new release literary fiction novels! Check out our latest recommendations from bestselling authors Tom E. Hicklin, Evy Journey, David Biro, Jess Walter, Bryan Washington, and Samantha Rajaram. Enjoy your new books!
Sunset Over the Rockies
by Tom E. Hicklin
Release Date: September 1, 2020
“…Sunset Over the Rockies is a fast paced, tightly written tale that will keep the reader turning pages, right to the end.” After three years of brutal fighting in the American Civil War, Bill Barton and his best friend head west, hoping to strike it rich in the gold fields of Colorado. But an attack on the road to Central City leaves his friend dead and Bill badly injured. Barely recovered and no longer having the heart for prospecting, Bill moves to Denver. Soon he must face another horrifying act of violence, instigated by the same man who had killed his partner and left him for dead.
Buy on AmazonThe Shade Under the Mango Tree
by Evy Journey
Release Date: November 2, 2020
After two heartbreaking losses, Luna wants adventure. Something and somewhere very different from the affluent, sheltered home in California and Hawaii where she grew up. An adventure in which she can also make some difference. She ends up in a place where she gets more than she bargained for. Lucien, a worldly, well-traveled young architect, finds a stranger’s journal at a café. He has qualms and pangs of guilt about reading it. But they don’t stop him. His decision to go on reading changes his life. Months later, Luna and Lucien meet at a bookstore.
Buy on AmazonThis Magnificent Dappled Sea
by David Biro
Release Date: November 1, 2020
In a small Northern Italian village, nine-year-old Luca Taviano catches a stubborn cold and is subsequently diagnosed with leukemia. His only hope for survival is a bone marrow transplant. After an exhaustive search, a match turns up three thousand miles away in the form of a most unlikely donor: Joseph Neiman, a rabbi in Brooklyn, New York, who is suffering from a debilitating crisis of faith.
Buy on AmazonThe Cold Millions
by Jess Walter
Release Date: October 27, 2020
“One of the most captivating novels of the year.” An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams.
Buy on AmazonMemorial
by Bryan Washington
Release Date: October 27, 2020
“Made me think about the nature of love, and family, and anger, and grief, and love again.” Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson’s a Black daycare teacher, and they’ve been together for a few years—good years—but now they’re not sure why they’re still a couple. There’s the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
Buy on AmazonThe Company Daughters
by Samantha Rajaram
Release Date: October 30, 2020
“I loved every moment of it.” Amsterdam, 1620. Jana Beil has learned that life rarely provides moments of joy. Having run away from a violent father, her days are spent searching for work in an effort to stay out of the city brothels, where desperate women trade their bodies for a mouthful of bread. But when Jana is hired as a servant for the wealthy and kind Master Reynst and his beautiful daughter Sontje, Jana’s future begins to look brighter.
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