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This Month’s Best New Top Fiction Picks
What were Readworthy’s 10 biggest, buzziest fiction picks this season? Keep reading to discover the fiction titles that everyone is talking about — and find your next unputdownable book.
 
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Book cover for The Widow by John Grisham
A sensational #1 New York Times bestseller from a ‘literary legend’ (USA Today)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • When small-town lawyer Simon Latch is accused of murder, he must untangle a twisted plot in order to find the real killer — and clear his name…
  • Publishers Weekly calls this one “a captivating legal whodunit” that will stick in your head long after the final page is turned
  • The Widow is John Grisham at his irresistible, unforgettable best. No one does it better” (Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark)
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Media mentions for The Widow by John GrishamMEDIA MENTIONS:NPR, CBS Mornings, People, Parade, The Times, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Queen Esther by John Irving
After 40 years, John Irving returns to the world of The Cider House Rules
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • At an orphanage in St. Cloud, Dr. Larch helps Esther, a young Jewish girl born in Vienna, find a family to adopt her — and transforms her life
  • An instant New York Times bestseller from the National Book Award–winning author of A Prayer for Owen Meany and The World According to Garp
  • “It is impossible to imagine the American — or international – literary landscape without John Irving” (Time)
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Media mentions for Queen Esther by John IrvingMEDIA MENTIONS:NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
This Booker Prize finalist is ‘not so much a novel as a marvel’ (The New York Times Book Review)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Ann Patchett raves: “I wanted to pack a little suitcase and stay inside this book forever”
  • After first meeting on an overnight train, Sonia and Sunny find their lives repeatedly intersecting across decades and countries
  • This New York Times bestseller is the first novel from the acclaimed author of The Inheritance of Loss in nearly two decades
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Media mentions for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiMEDIA MENTIONS:Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Economist, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, Bustle, Elle, Vulture, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben
‘A tour de force… Coben and Witherspoon are a dream team’ (Lucy Foley)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Reeling from the loss of her career, Maggie McCabe accepts an unconventional job with an elite plastic surgeon — but when a patient disappears, she’s pulled into a sinister web of wealth and deceit
  • This smash-hit #1 New York Times bestseller is “a dynamic, riveting, and twisty thriller — complete with a heroine that you’ll absolutely love” (Laura Dave)
  • Cowritten by an Academy Award–winning actor and a beloved thriller author hailed as “simply one of the all-time greats” (Gillian Flynn)
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Media mentions for Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan CobenMEDIA MENTIONS:NPR, TODAY Show, CBS Mornings, People, The Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, Variety, Library Journal, BookPage
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Book cover for The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
Race through this #1 New York Times bestseller before the Netflix adaptation!
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • The Da Vinci Code’s Robert Langdon is back and better than ever in this “story is so riveting you’ll want to clear your calendar” (USA Today)
  • Symbology professor Langdon travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture — where a missing person and a lost manuscript throw him into the center of a twisted conspiracy…
  • “Dan Brown clearly had fun writing his new book. It’s contagious” (The Washington Post)
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Media mentions for The Secret of Secrets by Dan BrownMEDIA MENTIONS:NPR, Good Morning America, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Good Housekeeping, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Times, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for Heart the Lover by Lily King
‘Only Lily King could tell a story so steeped in sorrow and so filled with hope’ (The Washington Post)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • An instant New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Writers & Lovers
  • What happens when the effects of a complex relationship between three college students reverberate years later?
  • “The day I finished reading it, I did something I have never done before: I put my copy into an envelope and sent it to my best friend, so that I’d have someone to talk to about it” (Literary Hub)
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Media mentions for Heart the Lover by Lily KingMEDIA MENTIONS:The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, People, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, USA Today, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Parade, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
The latest from ‘the modern master’ of pulse-pounding thrillers (Publishers Weekly)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “Mickey Haller is a worthy colleague of Atticus Finch” (Los Angeles Times)
  • When an AI company is tied to the murder of a teenage girl, Mickey Haller is put on the case — but the truth turns out to be more twisted than he could have ever imagined…
  • This instant New York Times bestseller reaffirms that “any new book by Michael Connelly is a cause for celebration” (HuffPost)
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Media mentions for The Proving Ground by Michael ConnellyMEDIA MENTIONS:The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer
Oprah’s November book club pick is a captivating portrait of a decades-long marriage
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Eight years after Claire’s cancer diagnosis, the end of her life draws near — and she makes a request of her husband, Eliot, that upends his world
  • Andrew Sean Greer, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less, guarantees: “Readers, you will shed tears and talk long into the night about this book”
  • “In the final pages, with their small, quiet turns, we have the readerly satisfaction of a good ending” (The New York Times)
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Media mentions for Some Bright Nowhere by Ann PackerMEDIA MENTIONS:Oprah's Book Club, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, The Washington Post, USA Today, Parade, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Buckeye by Patrick Ryan