The 9 Best Books of November is a Gathering of Your Favorite Authors

Bailey doesn’t like Charlie – they’ve met before and she finds him irritatingly cynical. Now they’re working together at a waterpark and he’s kind of growing on her. They even make a bet on whether or not two of their coworkers are going to hook up. Charlie has feelings for Bailey he’s trying to hide and then the two start fake dating to distract Bailey’s mother. Is there a way for them to get out of the friend zone?

A sequel to the best-selling “The Maid,” this novel follows up with Molly, who is now Head Maid of the Regency Grand Hotel. When a celebrated author drops dead in the tearoom, everyone is a suspect, even Molly. She knew the author in her past so now she must comb through her memory for clues, clear her name and catch the killer.

As fast-paced as her last novel, “The Power,” Alderman tells a different but equally dystopian tale this time. Martha and Zhen have both escaped their perils – a social media cult and an assassin, respectively. As the world is on the brink of destruction thanks to selfish billionaires, the two collide in a spectacular way – but is the pairing world-ending or world-saving?

In 1968, Gemma Turner, an actress whose career is on the downturn, gets stuck in a horror movie, perpetually chased by monsters. In real life, she has vanished without explanation. In 2007, Christopher Kent is obsessed with Gemma’s film, watching it when it’s screened once per decade. But when he realizes there are always new scenes, he begins to investigate. Unraveling the mystery may lead to his own undoing.

A friend group, together since their teen years, gathers once again at the estate of Bea, one who was lost almost a decade ago. When they are suddenly snowed in, longstanding resentments, romances, friendships and grief bubble up, with the truth about Bea’s death threatening to surface.

Art, a descendent of the legendary king, and his betrothed, Gwen, are engaged, though they can’t stand each other. When they gather at Camelot in preparation for their wedding, Gwen spies Art kissing a boy. Meanwhile, Art has found Gwen’s confession that she loves a lady knight, Bridget. They agree to cover for each other as the two find romance elsewhere in this refreshing and gleeful YA rom-com.

A family’s tight-knit veneer begins to crack in 2019 with Dan and Isabel, a married couple, and Robbie, Isabel’s brother. The three live in a Brooklyn brownstone together with the couple’s children. Robbie needs to leave the house to nurse his own broken heart. A year later, in 2020, the family is on lockdown in the brownstone while Robbie is stuck in Iceland in a mountain cabin. Cut to 2021, and all need to pick up the pieces of their broken family and attempt to move forward.

Lucy is 26 and struggling – in her job, her relationships and her cramped living situation with inconsiderate roommates. She wishes upon a wishing machine to skip to the good part of life and wakes up in a whole new reality. She is older with a handsome husband, an important job and two children. Now, Lucy is missing what she skipped, but can she leave the good part behind?

Five generations of Métis women tell their stories as they live amongst the bison in this novel by Métis descendant Michelle Porter. From Carter, a young woman just learning of her heritage, to her great-great-grandmother Mamé, in the Afterlife and trying to untether herself from the land of the living and their stories, we learn about their familial bonds and the land that unites them.