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Literairyland: Nov. 21-27, 2023

Literairyland: Nov. 21-27, 2023

This week's new books, writer bdays, and more.

Nicholas Barron
November 21, 2023

Hi Reader,

You love reading lists. I love reading lists. Fortunately for us, David Gutowski is keeping a page of all 2023 reading lists he finds. David will daily update this page through mid-January.

Remember to check out this year's Literairyland gift guide if you're shopping for Christmas. A new addition to the guide is a book by my friend, Allison Rudnick, titled Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s. It's available at The Met.

Or, peruse this list of 41 books to give as gifts this year from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal's Jim Higgins.

Thank you for being here, and I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. 🦃

Happy reading,

Nick

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This Week’s New Books

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Fiction

Mystery

The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell (Amazon | Bookshop)
Crime and Parchment: A Rare Books Cozy Mystery by Daphne Silver (Amazon | Bookshop)
The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries edited by Michael Sims (Amazon | Bookshop)
Gaslight by Femi Kayode (Amazon | Bookshop)
Murder in a Country Village by F.L. Everett (Amazon) (Available Nov. 23)
Murder Most Antique by E.C. Bateman (Amazon) (Available Nov. 23)
Murder at the Matterhorn by T.A. Williams (Amazon) (Available Nov. 24)
Death on the Scotland Express by Fliss Chester (Amazon) (Available Nov. 27)

Thriller

Tom Clancy Command and Control (A Jack Ryan Novel) by Marc Cameron (Amazon | Bookshop)
There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh (Amazon | Bookshop)
Enemies Among Us: A Nick Reagan Thriller by Jeffrey S. Stephens (Amazon | Bookshop)
Kringle Falls by Lynn Oliver Hudson (Amazon | Bookshop) 🏳️‍🌈
Leverage by E.J. Noyes (Amazon | Bookshop)
Unknown Rider by Jack Stewart (Amazon | Bookshop)
From an Unknown Sender by Traci Hunter Abramson and Sian Ann Bessey (Amazon)
Intercessions by Kathleen Eull (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Nov. 22)
Truth Lies Dying by Graeme Hampton (Amazon) (Available Nov. 23)
Notes on a Murder by B P Walter (Amazon) (Available Nov. 23)

Romance

The Ball at Versailles: A Novel by Danielle Steel (Amazon | Bookshop)
Vanished (Circle of the Red Lily, 2) by Anna J. Stewart (Amazon | Bookshop)
A Wedding in Driftwood Cove: A Novel by Olivia Miles (Amazon | Bookshop)
A Carol for Karol by Ann Roberts Roberts Ann (Amazon | Bookshop) 🏳️‍🌈
Loving You Always by Kennedy Ryan (Amazon)
Four Weddings and a Puppy by Lizzie Shane (Amazon | Bookshop)
Twisted Palace by Erin Watt (Amazon | Bookshop)
You Are Not Alone In This by Nichelle Kovacheff (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Nov. 22)
Welcome To The Cornish Country Hospital by Jo Bartlett (Amazon | Bookshop)

Fantasy

The Impudent Edda by Rowdy Geirsson (Amazon | Bookshop) • (Available Nov. 22)
The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan (Amazon | Bookshop)
Saevus Corax Captures the Castle by K.J. Parker (Amazon | Bookshop)
Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Amazon | Bookshop)
Explosive Chemistry by Paige E. Ewing (Amazon)

Science Fiction

Defiant by Brandon Sanderson (Amazon | Bookshop)

Horror

The Bootlegger's Dance: An Arkham Horror Novel by Rosemary Jones (Amazon | Bookshop)

Historical

A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe (Amazon | Bookshop)
The Winthrop Agreement: A Novel by Alice Simpson (Amazon | Bookshop)
The Country Sisters by Sally Tarpey (Amazon | Bookshop)
The Farm by Randy O'Brien (Amazon | Bookshop)
Wolves Around the Throne by S.J.A. Turney (Amazon) (Available Nov. 23)
The Library Girls of the East End by Patrica McBride (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Nov. 27)

Young Adult

The Queer Girl is Going to be Okay by Dale Walls (Amazon | Bookshop) 🏳️‍🌈

Short Stories

A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology by Anna Tan (Amazon) (Available Nov. 23)

Literary

The Heron Catchers by David Joiner (Amazon | Bookshop)
The Book of Reading by Eric Larsen (Amazon | Bookshop) (Available Nov. 22)

Graphic Novels & Manga

Team Phoenix Volume 1 by Kenny Ruiz and Osamu Tezuka (Amazon | Bookshop)
Apple Black, Volume 4: Holy Spectre by Saturday Am, Whyt Manga, and Odunze Oguguo (Amazon | Bookshop)
Heart Gear, Vol. 2 by Tsuyoshi Takaki (Amazon | Bookshop)
Takopi's Original Sin by Taizan5 (Amazon | Bookshop)

Nonfiction

Memoir

Burning Out on the Covid Front Lines: A Doctor's Memoir of Fatherhood, Race and Perseverance in the Pandemic by Dhaval R. Desai (Amazon | Bookshop)

Essays

Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games edited by Carmen Maria Machado and J. Robert Lennon (Amazon | Bookshop)

Sports

Babe Ruth: Remembering the Bambino in Stories, Photos, and Memorabilia by Bill Gilbert and Julia Ruth Stevens (Amazon | Bookshop)

Arts & Crafts

How to Draw Super Cute Things with Bobbie Goods! by Bobbie Goods (Amazon | Bookshop)
Bible Inspiration for Women Coloring Book by Chartwell Books (Amazon | Bookshop)
Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy (Amazon | Bookshop)
Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy Workbook (Amazon | Bookshop)
Watercolor Made Simple: Techniques, Projects, and Encouragement to Get Started Painting and Creating by Nicki Traikos (Amazon | Bookshop)

History

Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald's Assassin by Danny Fingeroth (Amazon | Bookshop)
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon (Amazon | Bookshop)
The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I by Steven Ujifusa (Amazon | Bookshop)
Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation by Richard Snow (Amazon | Bookshop)

Personal Finance

Made Whole: The Practical Guide to Reaching Your Financial Goals by Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche (Amazon | Bookshop)

Business

Workshop Culture: A Guide to Building Teams That Thrives by Alison Coward (Amazon | Bookshop)

Law Enforcement

Rethinking the Police: An Officer's Confession and the Pathway to Reform by Daniel Reinhardt (Amazon | Bookshop)

Mental Health

Dbt for Everyone: A Guide to the Perks, Pitfalls, and Possibilities of Dbt for Better Mental Health by Michelle Henderson and Kate Sherman (Amazon | Bookshop)

Philosophy

Feedback: Uncovering the Hidden Connections Between Life and the Universe by Nicholas Golledge (Amazon | Bookshop)

Games

What Board Games Mean To Me by Reiner Knizia, John Kovalic, and Ian Livingstone, edited by Donna Gregory (Amazon | Bookshop)

Self-Help

Self-Love Club: Real Talk and Reminders for Discovering that We're Enough by Hyesu Lee (Amazon | Bookshop)

Spiritual

Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love by Oren Jay Sofer (Amazon | Bookshop)
Walk with Jesus: Bible Study for Women: A Year of Teachings and Prayers to Grow in Faith and Love by Helen H. Lee (Amazon | Bookshop)
Paul and Time: Life in the Temporality of Christ by L. Ann Jervis (Amazon | Bookshop)
New Testament Theology by Eckhard J. Schnabel (Amazon | Bookshop)
Gender as Love: A Theological Account of Human Identity, Embodied Desire, and Our Social Worlds by Fellipe Do Vale (Amazon | Bookshop)
Exegetical Journeys in Biblical Greek: 90 Days of Guided Reading by Benjamin L. Merkle (Amazon | Bookshop)

Poetry

All Black Everything by Shane Book (Amazon | Bookshop)
School of Instructions: A Poem by Ishion Hutchinson (Amazon | Bookshop)

This Week’s Literary Birthdays & Events

November 21

1st installment of Fanny Hill, first American erotic novel, published (1748)
Beryl Bainbridge
Olav Dunn
Fiona Pitt-Kethley
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Elizabeth George Speare
Voltaire

November 22

George Eliot
André Gide
George Gissing
William Kotzwinkle
Fumio Niwa
Victor Pelevin
Marjane Satrapi
Roger L. Simon
Valerie Wilson Wesley

November 23

Ishmael Beah
Paul Celan
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Gayl Jones
P.K. Page
Peter Stanford
Nigel Tranter
Wilson Tucker
Gloria Whelan

November 24

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Carlo Collodi
Mordicai Gerstein
Penny Jordan
Thomas Kohnstamm
Ahmadou Kourouma
Spider Robinson
Arundhati Roy

November 25

Yukio Mishima commits seppuku (1970)
Poul Anderson
Marc Brown
P.D. Eastman
Giorgio Faletti
Mark Frost
Charlaine Harris
Joseph Wood Krutch
Elsie J. Oxenham
Connie Palmen
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Isaac Rosenberg
Helen Hooven Santmyer
Gerald Seymour

November 26

Charles Dodgson sends handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to Alice Liddell (1862)
Vicki Pettersson
Frederik Pohl
Marilynne Robinson

November 27

Jams Agee
Marilyn Hacker
Kevin Henkes
Han Kang
David Rakoff
L. Sprague de Camp
Michael A. Stackpole
Ridgley Torrence