New & Notable books: week of November 2
Tuesday's shelf: Cassandra Clare, Louise Kennedy, Ian Rankin, William Boyd, Judi Dench, John Scalzi and Holly Black, plus Chad Harbach's first novel since The Art of Fielding from October 27.
8 titles
- The Brightness (2024), Chad Harbach
Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) returns to Westish College, where a campus prank becomes a national story and best friends Pella and Irma live through a year that changes them. - The Last King of Faerie (2026), Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare (City of Bones) opens her final Shadowhunters trilogy as Dru Blackthorn is held in Faerie by Ash Morgenstern, while Kit Herondale and Ty Blackthorn set out on a dangerous quest. - Stations (2026), Louise Kennedy
Louise Kennedy (Trespasses) follows Róisín McCaffery and Red Camelin across twenty-five years, from 1980s Ireland to London, through a bond Róisín never fully lets go of. - The Heights (2026), Ian Rankin
A murder in a luxury high-rise overlooking Hyde Park makes every resident a suspect for London investigator Gillian Gish, in a standalone thriller from Ian Rankin (the Rebus novels). - Cold Sunset (2026), William Boyd
In 1964, reluctant spy Gabriel Dax goes to Moscow to deliver a drawing to Kit Caldwell, a celebrated defector who wants out, in the third Dax novel from William Boyd (Any Human Heart). - Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? (2026), Judi Dench
Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love) talks with her friend Brendan O'Hea about her childhood, her stage and screen roles, backstage pranks and her marriage to the actor Michael Williams. - Monsters of Ohio (2026), John Scalzi
In the small town of Richland, Ohio, the end of the world may come with tentacles, and becoming a monster might make someone better, in a novel from John Scalzi (Old Man's War). - A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters (2026), Holly Black
Holly Black (The Cruel Prince) returns to Elfhame in six illustrated stories, two of them new, following Madoc in exile and High King Cardan as he realizes what he most wants.
