November is that time of the year when a good book becomes the perfect companion. Whether you are looking for a gripping psychological thriller, an emotionally layered literary novel, an intriguing historical narrative or nonfiction that makes you question everything you thought you knew, this month’s publishing calendar has plenty to offer. From established literary […]
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The Island of Missing Trees |Elif Shafak
A few days ago, when someone asked what I was reading, I mentioned this book and added that my reading session was supported by a box of tissues and a tub of ice cream. Of course, that humorous quip was just to highlight how emotionally captivating this novel is. I want to keep the same […]
From Words To Views | The Crystal Cuckoo
Clara Merlo is a medical student attending to a patient as a trainee doctor on the ward. While stabilizing the patient, she herself collapses and suffers a fulminant heart attack. She wakes up in the hospital several days later, only to realize that she has almost died and came back from the brink of death […]
Bad Intentions | Iliana Xander
Josie Boots is embarrassed, tired, and doesn’t want to rejoin the social media fandom because of whatever happened. She fears people might recognize her from that shameful episode. So, she does the only logical thing possible- she decides to move back to her childhood home in Burnville. Besides saving her face, she has taken additional […]
Library of Forbidden Books | Mario Escobar
A woman tries to save books and manuscripts to preserve Germany’s literary history during its most devastating time is the byline of this novel. So, the story begins in the 1930s, when a young librarian named Helene Nathan notices changing and charged sentiments in her country. Soon she realizes these changes won’t be limited to […]
Mad Mabel | Sally Hepworth
She is an old pensioner who has lived in a nondescript house for over 50 years. Sure, she is a bit eccentric with a very wry sense of humor. Well, you have to agree that if an octogenarian would like to remark on something and get a few chuckles out of it, maybe she deserves […]
The God of the Woods | Liz Moore
If I have to describe this book in one word, then it would be riveting. It’s absolutely wild (no pun intended!!) to read about a missing case hiding so many psychological subtexts behind it.This novel begins with a simple premise where children are assembling for a famous summer camp called Camp Emerson near the Adirondack […]
Secret Sister | Sarah A. Denzil
The premise of this book is very interesting because it reads like a book within a book. The author has built the narrative like a kaleidoscope presenting the story and giving glimpses of the actual story hiding behind it. It’s quite a tantalizing experience to read this novel. The story begins with Faye Mathis who […]
Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney
What will you do if your spouse has vanished mysteriously?without leaving any clues? What if you don’t have any idea whether your spouse hasdisappeared or no longer in this world? These are the questions that haunt Grady Green till the end of this book. He and his wife, Abby, are supposed to be a happy, […]
Happy Place | Emily Henry
This is another novel from Emily Henry, carrying all the hallmarks of her other novels, like the bright candy colour cover, a large group of friends, friends becoming lovers, and then drifting apart with the heart-searing pain. But these recurring features, penned beautifully with a solid plotline, make her books such a pleasure to read. […]
