New Book Releases: November 3, 2020

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

WHITE IVY, Susie Yang. A tense, propulsive character study of a young social climber. “A sophisticated and darkly glittering gem of a debut,” writes Kirkus. Aggregated critical reviews, Bookshop.

THE ENIGMA GAME, Elizabeth Wein. The latest novel in the Code Name Verity universe, about a group of young codebreakers in Scotland during WWII. Bookshop.

TO BE A MAN: STORIES, Nicole Krauss. Short stories from the acclaimed author of Great House and The History of Love. “A collection of wonders,” writes the San Francisco Chronicle. Aggregated critical reviews, Bookshop.

BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2020, edited by Curtis Sittenfeld. The latest annual collection of, obviously, the year’s best short stories, including those by Emma Cline, Meng Jin, Mary Gaitskill, Tiphanie Yanique, and Elizabeth McCracken. Bookshop.