November & December 2024 Book Releases to Read Now

Wondering what to read now? Here are all the hot new November & December 2024 book releases for you. I’ll let you know what I’ve read, what I can’t wait to read, and what’s getting all the attention this month.

In case you’re new to Booklist Queen, every month I cover all the hottest new book releases. I try to read as many new book releases as I can to give you an honest perspective on what to read and what to skip. 

However, I realize that my to-read list might not exactly match yours. That’s why I’ve also included some of the most popular November & December 2024 book releases from your favorite authors. 

Enough from me. Let’s get on to the November & December 2024 book releases so you can fill up your to-read list.

Allina Strauss has a wonderful life with her aunt and uncle in a sleepy German village. Except with Adolf Hitler as chancellor in 1939, Allina must hide that her birth mother was Jewish. Forced to work as a nurse in a state-run baby factory, Allina witnesses the true horrors of Himmler’s eugenics program – women forced to birth babies adopted out to loyal Nazi families. When she meets a kind high-ranking SS officer, Allina must try to how far she can trust him to help her save as many women and children as she can.

Publication Date: 12 November 2024
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In the third book of The 6:20 Man series, FBI agent Travis Devine needs to lay low from his nemesis, the girl on the train. That’s why he is now escorting twelve-year-old Betsey Odom on a flight to Seattle to meet with her uncle who’s under FBI investigation. Yet, as Devine gets to know Betsey, he discovers the story of her parents’ deaths are not adding up. The more Devine digs the more he realizes an even bigger conspiracy is at play.

Publication Date: 12 November 2024
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In a new memoir, former President Bill Clinton writes about his post-presidential years. Leaving the White House in 2001 when he was just fifty-four years old, Clinton knew he still wanted to make a difference in the world. Clinton shares his public service and advocacy work as well as portions of his personal life, including supporting his wife Hillary Clinton has she unsuccessfully ran for president.

Publication Date: 19 November 2024
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After a painful divorce, Anna Appleby has no desire to ever start dating again. But when her weekly column is threatened by an office rival, Anna desperately pitches a wild idea: going on seven dates with men she meets offline, all chosen by her children. Forced to put herself out there, Anna finds awkward encounters and unexpected connections but isn’t sure she’s ready to risk it all for love.

Publication Date: 19 November 2024
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Acclaimed pediatric surgeon Dr. Richmond Doughtery dies after falling down the stairs and the whole town blames his new young wife Addison. In the less than 4 months of their marriage, Richmond already had two suspicious accidents and Addison is now a very rich widow. Now Addison must figure out who killed Richmond because they interrupted Addison’s plan to marry him and then ruin him.

Publication Date: 10 December 2024
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In the climax of the first half of the epic Stormlight Archive series, The Knights Radiant only have ten days to prepare for the epic battle of the champions against the evil god Odium. But when the ruthless Taravangian takes Odium’s place, everything is thrown in chaos. With fighting across the entire world, Dalinar and Navani seek an advantage in the Spirtual Realm for the fate of the Cosmere stands in the balance.

Publication Date: 6 December 2024
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Receiving my blue box from Book of the Month Club is a highlight of every month.

Here’s how it works – each month, they pick 5 books and you get to choose one book or skip until the next month. If you want to add any extra books, then you get them at a discounted price.

Each month is usually a mix of new releases and advance copies of unreleased books. If you are interested in joining, right now you can use my Book of the Month Club affiliate link to get your first book for $5!

The November Book of the Month selections are:

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Off the Scottish coast, Eris is an island only accessible for twelve hours each day. Eris was famously the home of Vanessa Chapman, a renowned artist whose cheating husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now caring for Vanessa until her death, Grace now lives alone on Eris. When a shocking discovery about one of Vanessa’s works is made, an art curator comes to visit Grace, threatening Grace’s content lifestyle.

Publication Date: 29 October 2024
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Born into the Waorani tribe in the remote regions of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo grew up learning about plant medicines and shamanism. After moving to the city to study with an evangelical missionary group, Nenquimo eventually returned home to embrace her own culture and become on of the greatest climate change activists, allying together indigenous nations across the Upper Amazon.

Publication Date: 17 September 2024
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In a twist on Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, This Motherless Land follows Funke who leaves Nigeria after a tragedy to live in distant relatives in England. Yet the dilapidated English estate is as cold as her relatives, except her cousin Liv. Liv and Funke become inseparable until a second tragedy tears them apart and they must find their own paths forward, separated by countries, ambition, and misunderstandings.

Publication Date: 29 October 2024
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When his girlfriend mysteriously disappears, a young man goes searching for the imaginary city where her true self lives. Eventually he takes a job in a remote library with its own secrets. Only then does he discover that she is working in a dream library with no memory of their time together in the other world. As fantasy and reality begin to blur, he must decide how much he is willing to risk in the newest release from acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami.

Publication Date: 19 November 2024
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In the 31st book of the series, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has accidentally said yes to both Ranger and Morelli. Stalling for time to decide what to do about her two fiancés, Stephanie hunts down an online influencer who likes to help the homeless, a produce merchant who has been trafficking girls, and a laundromat manager who thinks he’s a vampire. But Stephanie is also hiding a big secret that could upend everything as she makes the biggest decision of her life.

Publication Date: 19 November 2024
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In 2008, a five-story East Harlem tenement completely changing lives. The miraculous survivor Anthony transforms into a man on a mission. The photographer Felix finds a personal destiny. The owner of a funeral home seeks another purpose in life. A city detective becomes obsessed with finding one of the missing. Through it all, Richard Price paints a stunning portrait of urban life in America.

Publication Date: 12 November 2024
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In a sequel to What the River Knows, Inez Olivera is reeling from her cousin’s murder and mother’s betrayal. Then Tío Ricardo issues an ultimatum about her inheritance and Inez’s only option might be to marry Whitford Hayes. Will marrying her one time nemesis be her saving grace or will his secret plans ruin everything she has worked for? 

Publication Date: 5 November 2024
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For an epic Spring Break party, a set of twins invite a group of boarding school teens to an abandoned English castle their Dad has recently purchased. Lying to their families, Bessie and her closest friends drive out to the remote castle hoping to have fun. But when guests start dying and a storm rolls in, they suddenly find themselves trapped with a murderer.

Publication Date: 3 December 2024
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In 1998, female students start disappearing at a North Carolina college. Once a bright and responsible student, freshman Jessica Fadley’s life starts spirally out of control and then she mysteriously disappears. Twenty-four years later when bodies are found in a local lake, Jessica’s sister Lindsey uses her hit true crime podcast to investigate Jessica’s disappearance. Told in alternating timelines, The Lake of Lost Girls tells of two sisters: one trying to untangle the truth while the other spirals into darkness.

Publication Date: 5 November 2024
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When Evie wakes up in a hospital room, her last memory is a high school party with her best friend Bree. But that was years ago. Instead, Evie was just in a car crash that killed her husband Oliver. Now Evie must piece together the story of her life with the help of Drew, an aspiring photographer she’s known since school, even though she doesn’t remember him either. Now Evie gets to see all the things she’s missed from a different perspective and decide if she would do it all again in this second-chance romance.

Publication Date: 12 November 2024
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What November & December 2024 Book Releases are You Most Excited to Read?

What books can you not wait to get your hands on this month? Did I miss any November & December 2024 book releases that you are anticipating? As always, let me know in the comments!

More New Book Releases:

• October 2024 Book Releases
• The Fall 2024 Reading Guide
• Most-Anticipated Upcoming Releases
• Booklist Queen’s 2024 Reading Challenge
• Books Becoming Movies in 2024

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