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7 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Sharon on November 14, 2023

Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early data from your fellow readers.

To create our list, we focused on the books Goodreads members can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added to Want to Read shelves. All these top titles are now available in the United States! Which ones catch your eye?

Best books of the week:

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

System Collapse
by Martha Wells

You should read this book if you like: Science fiction, lovable cyborgs, intriguing characterizations, psychological depth, clever plotting, grim humor, sly allegory, The Murderbot Diaries series

Day
by Michael Cunningham

You should read this book if you like: Literary fiction, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, pandemic lockdown stories, remote cabins in Iceland, family drama, love, loss, life, The Hours

Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

Before We Say Goodbye
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

You should read this book if you like: Magical realism, time travel stories, very strange Tokyo cafés, worldwide bestsellers translated from the Japanese, the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series

The Professor
by Lauren Nossett

You should read this book if you like: Mysteries, thrillers, suspicious deaths, shady educators, the weirdness of the 21st-century American college campus, character studies, Tana French

The New Naturals
by Gabriel Bump

You should read this book if you like: Literary fiction, extremely buzzy novels, underground utopian communities, multiple POVs, hope over despair, love over fear, The Candy House, Everywhere You Don't Belong

The General and Julia
by Jon Clinch

You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction about the American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, deathbed confessions, memory flashbacks, complicated legacies, Gilded Age New York City, Finn

Good Girls Don't Die
by Christina Henry

You should read this book if you like: Thrillers, mysteries, horror, wildly inventive premises, meta excursions into runaway storytelling tropes, multiple POVs, intertwined narratives, Alice, Lost Boy

Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!