New Book Releases: November 10th to November 16th, 2025

Ready for the final chapter of 2025? Around these parts, we’re reminiscing on a good year, good memories, and yep, we’re ready for the final countdown!

I also think I should try to get into the swing of things when it comes to winter. Forty-three years of being a Canadian, and I’m still not totally used to it being cold.

This year, I think I’ll learn to ski, board, or maybe even take up skating on our pond.

All else failing, I’ll stick to the usual – a blanket, a coffee and a good book. There are more than 500 books releasing this week. I’ll fill you in on 5, and Vince’ll handle another 10 on our podcast.

Star of the Show: My Life on Stage by Dolly Parton

Universally loved, acclaimed, and revered, the icon Dolly Parton releases Star of the Show on November 11th!

The collection is your backstage pass to Parton’s incredible career. Boasting 500 full-colour photographs, the book celebrates Parton’s life as a performer through anecdotes and memories.

Take a trip through the life and legacy of Dolly Parton and her seven-decade career. From her earliest performances singing in front of her family, to premiering on stage at the Grand Ole Opry, her film career and stretching to playing the 2023 Dallas Cowboys half-time show!

Nash Falls by David Baldacci (Walter Nash)

It’s another adventure for Walter Nash as #1 New York Times best-selling author David Baldacci releases Nash Falls on November 11th!

Walter Nash is a happy man, living an upscale life with his family, having climbed the corporate ladder in his career. He’s content.

But it’s being approached by the FBI at his estranged Vietnam veteran father that everything changes. They request Nash’s help in exposing an enterprise—and the mastermind behind the operation, who’s using his company for her crimes.

The King's Ransom by Janet Evanovich (Gabriela Rose)

For an edge-of-your-seat, action-packed thriller, look no further than the sequel to New York Times bestseller The Recovery Agent . On November 11th, Janet Evanovich drops The King’s Ransom !

Referred to as the “thriller master” by Mystery and Suspense Janet Evanovich invites us on another ride with Gabriela Rose, the recovery agent extraordinaire.

Despite her efforts, Gabriela just can’t shake her “gorgeous-but-infuriating” ex-husband, Rafer Jones, who now needs her help with his cousin, Harley, who’s in big trouble. Harley’s been investing in insuring priceless works of art and artifacts at the urging of his board at the bank he’s President of. But now the pieces are going missing, and without the proper paper trail, he’s at risk of being the fall guy.

It’s up to Gabriela to solve the case – and do so while traveling the world with Rafer, all while encountering corruption, murder and uncovering a global conspiracy whose mission is to destroy the world’s wealth.

Exit Strategy by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Jack Reacher)

New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child return with the highly anticipated installment of the Jack Reacher series: Exit Strategy on shelves November 11th!
What will a day in the life of Jack Reacher bring? If we know nothing else, it’s that no two days are equal! In this thriller, Jack will make three stops—and “not all of them were planned for.”

It’ll be a coffee shop where he has to ensure that a man who brushes past him hasn’t pickpocketed him. But on his second stop to buy a coat, he finds a plea for help written on a note in his pocket. Now both intrigued and impressed, Jack Reacher is ready to discover more.

Falling Apart and Other Gifts from the Universe by Catherine Ryan Hyde

New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde returns with Falling Apart and Other Gifts from the Universe on November 11th!

In a novel of heart, love, hope, second-chances and found-family, we meet Addie Finch, a tough former beat cop and army veteran. But her exterior doesn’t match what’s going on inside – she’s lonely and struggling with AA, and estranged from her son. That’s when she meets a homeless teenager named Jonathan and offers to have him maintain her property in exchange for staying in her garden shed.

Together, the two will forge a grandparent-grandchild relationship —one their hearts so desperately needed.

Here are all the new books releasing this week: