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Ashley Holstrom

Staff Writer

Ashley Holstrom helps make books at Sourcebooks. She lives near Chicago with her cat named after Hemingway and her bookshelves organized by color. Newsletter: Crooked Reads. Twitter: @alholstrom.

Happy November, bookworms! The remains of summery weather are officially gone, and it’s time to get cozy. Feast your eyes on these November book covers, and prepare for your TBRs to explode.

Adults by Caroline Hulse
The Adults
by Caroline Hulse. Out November 27 from Random House.


Archenemies by Marissa Meyer. Out November 6 from Feiwel & Friends.

Bad Advice by Venus Nicolino
Bad Advice: How to Survive and Thrive in an Age of Bullshit
by Venus Nicolino. Out November 6 from HarperOne.


Becoming by Michelle Obama. Out November 13 from Crown.

Beyoncé in Formation by Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley
Beyonce in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism
by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley. Out November 6 from University of Texas Press. Just LOOK at this cover, y’all.

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Translator). Out November 6 from Soho Crime. Talk about cozy.


Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Trans (But Were Afraid to Ask)
by Brynn Tannehill. Out November 21 from Jessica Kingsley Publishers. I haven’t read this yet, but it looks to be the perfect read this month.

five feet apart book cover
Five Feet Apart
by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry (Screenwriter), and Tobias Iaconis (Screenwriter). Out November 20 from Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Girls of Paper and Fire
by Natasha Ngan. Out November 6 from Jimmy Patterson Books.

Houseguest- And Other Stories by Amparo Dávila
The Houseguest: And Other Stories
by Amparo Dávila, Matthew Gleeson (Translator), and Audrey Harris (Translator). Out November 27 from New Directions.

How to Be Alone- If You Want To, and Even If You Don_t by Lane Moore
How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don’t
by Lane Moore. Out November 6 from Atria Books.

Incredible True Story of the Making of the Eve of Destruction by Amy Brashear
The Incredible True Story of the Making of the Eve of Destruction
by Amy Brashear. Out November 13 from Soho Teen.

Insomnia by Marina Benjamin
Insomnia
by Marina Benjamin. Out November 13 from Catapult.

killing commendatore
Killing Commendatore
by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translator), and Ted Goossen (Translator). Out November 13 from Knopf.

Lonesome Bodybuilder- Stories by Yukiko Motoya
The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories
by Yukiko Motoya, Asa Yoneda (Translator). Out November 6 from Soft Skull Press.

Mammoth by Jill Baguchinsky
Mammoth
by Jill Baguchinsky. Out November 8 from Turner Publishing.


My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Out November 20 from Doubleday Books. This was the book of the summer for Book Rioters. You probably want to read it.

Northwood by Maryse Meijer
Northwood
by Maryse Meijer. Out November 6 from Black Balloon Publishing.

Not Just a Tomboy- A Trans Masculine Memoir by Caspar Baldwin
Not Just a Tomboy: A Trans Masculine Memoir
by Caspar Baldwin. Out November 21 from Jessica Kingsley Publishers.


Pulp
by Robin Talley. Out November 13 from Harlequin Teen.

Souls of Yellow Folk Wesley Yang cover
The Souls of Yellow Folk
by Wesley Yang. Out November 13 from W. W. Norton Company.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape Sohaila Abdulali
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
by Sohaila Abdulali. Out November 27 from The New Press.

What Would Cleopatra Do? by Elizabeth Foley, Beth Coates
What Would Cleopatra Do? Life Lessons from 50 of History’s Most Extraordinary Women
by Elizabeth Foley and Beth Coates. Out November 6 from Scribner. We’ve been getting so many books about badass ladies of history, and I think this is the best cover for one that I’ve seen.

Wondering Years- How Pop Culture Helped Me Answer Life’s Biggest Questions by Knox McCoy
The Wondering Years: How Pop Culture Helped Me Answer Life’s Biggest Questions
by Knox McCoy. Out November 13 from Thomas Nelson.

XY by Virginia Bergin
The XY
by Virginia Bergin. Out November 6 from Sourcebooks Fire.