New Releases and More for November 10, 2026

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Man Who Read Books, Take My Word for It, Lavender and Hemlock, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! Thanks to our sponsor Bellesa Boutique. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Man Who Read Books by Rachid Benzine, translated by Sam Taylor The Drakon King by Terry J. Benton-Walker Lavender and Hemlock by Lili Wilkinson Straight to the Source by K-Ming Chang Girls Walking With Wolves by Jenna Baner And If I Die Before I Wake: A Memoir by George M. Johnson Take My Word for It: A Memoir by LeVar Burton The Squatters by Saba Brelvi Nola and Baldwin by Donna Hill Swipe Bite by Alexandra Vasti This Impossible Life by Chinelo Okparanta The Telephone: A New History by James Gleick How to Be Hopeful: A Year of Attempting to Feel Less Awful About the World by Caitlin Moran The Last Leaf: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity--and My Longest Love Affair by Willie Nelson Look at Me by Dustin Hoffman, Ariel Levy TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go by Jane Wiedlin Notes on Postcards: A Memoir by Jennifer Croft What We're Reading: How Do We Relationship? by Tamifull The Shrew Detective: The Case of the Pilfered Pearls by Margi Preus, Junyi Wu The Thing You Most Wanted by Laura Spence-Ash Paperbacks: We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir by Anthony Hopkins The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu Bestsellers: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarro A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez Christmas Staycation by Meghan Quinn The Family Cross: An Alex Cross Thriller by James Patterson Simply Ina: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee The Disappearers by Marlon James The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Durán Links: A new Haruki Murakami novel is coming in 2027. A Harriet the Spy graphic novel is headed our way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices