As the cozy season approaches, so does the classic debate: the great pumpkin spice love affair. Whatever your stance, we can all agree on the best part of the season is cozying up with a great new book. And while any book is comforting on a crisp autumn day, the right book club pick does even more than that; it invites you to learn something new, explore complex characters, and step into someone else’s shoes. So grab your mug and get ready to fall into a list of novels that will spark conversation long after you’ve turned the final page.
Cammy Sitting Shiva by Cary Gitter
When Cammy’s father dies, she’s pulled back into the Brooklyn neighborhood she thought she’d left behind. Over seven days of sitting shiva, old wounds resurface, secrets emerge, and family ties are tested. As she navigates her grief, she must confront unresolved family tensions and ghosts from her past, learning what it means to heal and find a new path forward.
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Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood
A woman grapples with the aftermath of a mysterious illness that alters her body, memory, and perception of reality. Unnamed, she navigates a fragmented sense of self while attempting to reconstruct her daily life, relationships, and understanding of what it means to be human.
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Sonia, a college student and aspiring writer in Vermont, and Sunny, a journalist in New York, navigate loneliness, cultural expectations, and family pressures. Their extended families attempt to arrange a meeting, which initially backfires. As Sonia and Sunny confront relationships, identity, and belonging, their lives are shaped by tradition, modernity, and the complex ties that link generations.
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We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
Samantha Heather Mackey is absent from this story, which focuses on the Bunnies before their encounter with her. The novel follows their lives, relationships, and daily interactions within a surreal and chaotic environment. Through bizarre events, unexpected twists, and strange encounters, readers see the inner workings of the Bunnies’ world and how their choices shape their unusual reality.
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A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
In near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, Ma, her father, and her two-year-old daughter prepare to leave for the United States after obtaining visas. When Ma’s purse with their documents is stolen, she searches for the thief, Boomba, whose own family struggles drive him to a series of escalating crimes. Their stories unfold over one tense week.
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I Am Cleopatra by Natasha Solomons
Cleopatra grows up in the library of Alexandria, dreaming of telling her own story. When her father names her and her brother Ptolemy as successors, Ptolemy plots against her. As she navigates political intrigue, betrayal, and alliances, including with Caesar, Cleopatra fights to protect her life, her throne, and Egypt, experiencing both power and the challenges of a patriarchal society.
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The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Needing to distract herself from the reality of daily mundane life, a happily married mother named Cora begins a progressive, years-long fantasy about her neighbor, Sam. Following two parallel timelines, Cora and Sam pursue a connection in one reality and resist it in the other, examining the boundary between imagination and daily life.
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Like Family by Erin O. White
In Radclyffe, New York, Ruth, Wyn, and their circle of friends navigate family life, relationships, and community ties. When an unexpected death occurs, long-held secrets and tensions surface, affecting both biological and chosen family. As questions arise and connections are tested, the characters confront love, loyalty, and the ways families by blood or bond shape one another’s lives.
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Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Eniiyi Falodun is believed to be the reincarnation of a deceased cousin and is born under a generational curse that prevents women in her family from having lasting relationships with men. She falls in love and attempts to break the curse, confronting her family’s history and seeking answers to its origins.
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Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen
Cricket Campbell, feeling stuck in her twenties, returns home to care for her father, Arthur, after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Back at the family house at Catwood Pond, she navigates their strained relationship while discovering Arthur’s unusual ability to predict the future. As Cricket reconnects with her past, she confronts family history, memory, and the path forward in her life.
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