The Future by Naomi Alderman

Synopsis: The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. By turns thrilling, hilarious, tender, and always piercingly brilliant, The Future unfolds at a breakneck speed, highlighting how power corrupts the few who have it and what it means to stand up to them. The future is coming. The Future is here.

Publication Date: November 7, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Simon & Shuster and Book Club Favorites.

Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park

Synopsis: A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present—loaded with assassins and mad poets, RPGs and slasher films, pop bands and the perils of social media. From the acclaimed author of Personal Days, Same Bed Different Dreams is a raucously funny feat of imagination and a thrilling meld of history and fiction that pulls readers into another dimension—one in which utopia is possible.

Publication Date: November 7, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Random House.

Day by Michael Cunningham

Synopsis: A “quietly stunning” (Ocean Vuong) exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life—and how we all must learn to live together and apart—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours.

Publication Date: November 14, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Random House.

The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

Synopsis: Amanda Cole is a brilliant young CIA officer following in the footsteps of her father, who was a spy during the Cold War. One hot summer day, when a Russian defector walks into her post, Amanda is given the ultimate chance to prove herself. The defector warns of the imminent assassination of a US senator. Though Amanda takes the warning seriously, her superiors don’t. Twenty-four hours later, the senator is dead. And the assassination is just the beginning.

Publication Date: November 14, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Simon & Shuster and Book Club Favorites.

The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

Synopsis: A new mess. A new mystery. It’s up to Molly the maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty, in this standalone novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid. Just as Molly Gray’s life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J. D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead—very dead—on the hotel’s tearoom floor.

Publication Date: November 28, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Ballantine.

Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes

Synopsis: An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate and his own redemption—from the author of the horror novel All the White Spaces.

Publication Date: December 5, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Emily Bestler Books/Simon & Schuster.

Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander

Synopsis: A trans man returns to his Florida hometown for Christmas after his career goes up in flames, only to cross paths with his high school ex in this charming rom-com about family and second chances from the author of Chef’s Kiss.

Publication Date: December 5, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Emily Bestler Books/Simon & Schuster.

Anna O by Matthew Blake

Synopsis: Joining the ranks of Gillian Flynn, A. J. Finn, and Alex Michaelides, Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the year: a dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again.

Publication Date: January 2, 2024

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Harper Books.

Next of Kin by Hannah Bonam-Young

Synopsis: Two bickering strangers trying to foster their younger siblings team up to create a stable home, but the chemistry between them threatens to undo their plans—from the viral TikTok author of Next to You and Out on a Limb.

Publication Date: February 6, 2024

I received an advanced reader’s copy from the publisher, Dell.

They Call Me Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi & Dena Takruri

Synopsis: A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir.

Publication Date: September 5, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Random House.

Reasonable Adults by Robin Lefler

Synopsis: At a crossroads both personally and professionally, a newly single, thirty-something marketing exec takes a chance on a too-good-to-true winter job at an exclusive artists’ retreat in the wilds of Canada – only to find out she’s way in over her head – in this sharply written, relatable, and hilarious debut novel.

Publication Date: October 24, 2023

I received a gifted copy from the publisher, Kensington.

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

Synopsis: The author of the “sexy, insightful, and utterly charming” (BuzzFeed) Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a new queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country.

Publication Date: April 2, 2024

I received an e-ARC from the publisher, Atria Books.

Cold to the Touch by Kerri Hakoda

Synopsis: American Predator meets Harlan Coben in this taut, ticking-clock thriller in which women are being kidnapped and murdered in the dead of an Alaskan winter. Pulse-pounding and vividly depicted, this Alaskan thriller will electrify fans of Lisa Gardner and true crime junkies fascinated by the Israel Keyes case.

Publication Date: April 9, 2024

I received an e-ARC from the publisher, Crooked Lane Books.