New Book Releases: November 2, 2021

Each week, I’ll catalog the biggest and most exciting adult and YA fiction — and the occasional nonfiction — coming out that Tuesday.

THE FAMILY, Naomi Krupitsky. Two Italian American girls whose fathers are in the Mafia grow up together in Brooklyn alongside “disappearances,” World War II, and the trials of motherhood. “Krupitsky beautifully captures their day-to-day lives under never-ending tension,” writes Publisher’s Weekly. Bookshop.

NEW YORK, MY VILLAGE, Uwem Akpan. A Nigerian editor and author begins an auspicious tenure in the American publishing industry in NYC. Bookshop.

A MARVELLOUS LIGHT, Freya Marske. When an administrative mistake gets a man named as the civil service liaison to a secret magic society, he discovers that his predecessor disappeared under mysterious circumstances, so he embarks upon a journey to uncover what happened to him alongside a prickly colleague. In a starred review, Publisher’s Weekly calls it “breathtaking… Fans of C.L. Polk’s Witchmark, period queer novels, and creative fantasy will all clamor for more.” Bookshop.