The Bookish Mindset

Autumn is well and truly here and it’s time to find something great to curl up with. Get the kettle on, the blankets prepped and snuggle up with a new book. Sounds perfect, right?

So let me share some of my favourite new releases for November. Just tap on the titles to get more info from Bookshop.org and to support my work.

Son of the Morning – Akwaeke Emezi. Fantasy. Hardback. When attraction can tear about the universe as we know, the feeling cannot be human. I can’t wait for this one! Publish date: 04/11

Borderline Fiction – Derek Owusu. Hardback. Literary. A novel told between two parallel narratives, exploring masculinity and mental health. Publish date: 06/11

The Merge – Grace Walker. Sci-Fi. Hardback. Experimental medical procedures where minds are merged as bodies deteriorating. Publish date: 13/11.

The Moon Glow Bookshop – Dongwon Seo, Shanna Tan. Magical Realism. Hardback. Moon rabbits guard this world and celestial librarians watch over their bookshops, asking deep questions. Publish date: 06/11.

Soon Come – Kuba Shand-Baptiste. Literary. Hardback. Set within the Windrush generation as they establish home in new lands. Publish date: 20/11.

Eternal Ruin – Tigrest Girma. Fantasy. Hardback. Sequel to Immortal Dark. War looms and secrets can’t stay safe forever. I need to pick up the first! Publish date: 02/11

The Shapeshifter’s Daughter – Sally Magnusson. Fantasy. Hardback. A feminist retelling of Hel of Norse mythology, Goddess of the Underworld. This sounds interesting! Publish date: 06/11.

Hagtale – Sally O’Reilly. Literary. Hardback. A Macbeth retelling that looks at Lady Macbeth if she’d been raised by the witches. Publish date: 06/11.

Brigands & Breadknives – Travis Baldree. Fantasy. Set in the same world as his other books, this one follows bookseller Fern. Publish date: 13/11.

A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang – Lee Onhwa, Slin Yung. Fantasy. Hardback. When taking over a pastry store from her grandmother, Yeon-hwa didn’t expect her patrons to be not quite alive. Publish date: 13/11.

Carnaval Fever – Yuliana Ortiz Ruano. Literary. Hardback. A coming of age story set in 1990’s Ecuador. Think girlhood’s fragility, political turbulence and collective joy. Publish date: 11/11.

Have you planned to pick any of these up? I’d love to know!

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And don’t forget to check out my other blogs and reviews – you can find books with similar themes in the same folder link below, or click back onto blogs to see the whole offering.

Last updated 13/11/2025