By Lília
Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, too, because your TBR-list can never be long enough, right?
In November we have many repeats from the previous month, including All the Lovers in the Night, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Big Vegan Flavor, The Courage to Be Disliked, A Court of Thorns and Roses, I Who Have Not Known Men, Intermezzo, Nexus, Odyssey, The Striker, The Vegetarian, Want and What You’re Looking for is in the Library. But we also have plenty of new titles as well like Letters from Maryolga Nieto to Her Grandson – a self-published book by a local author, and the finally in print edition of Under the Oak Tree by Suji Kim with beautifully stenciled edges.
And White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky has been a bestseller almost non-stop since last March, with the only exception of October.
All Fours by Miranda July
A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey. Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction.
Autocracy Inc. by Anne Applebaum
From the Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them.
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling.
An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry. When she finally claws her way up the ranks to become a highmage, however, she finds that her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues will stop at nothing to let her know she is unwelcome, beginning with giving her a janitor instead of a qualified lab assistant.
Cartoons from the New Yorker 2025 Day-To-Day Calendar by Conde Naste (editors)
The Cartoons from The New Yorker 2025 Day-to-Day Calendar features the most relatable and topical cartoons with topics ranging from politics to marriage, pets to medicine, family to entertainment, and more. Drawn by esteemed New Yorker cartoonists, they’re guaranteed to keep you entertained throughout the year because they’re wry, provocative, and laugh-out-loud funny.
The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore
From the author of the viral TikTok sensation, The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, comes the only spicy grumpy x sunshine Christmas romcom you need this year!
Kira North hates Christmas. Which is unfortunate since she just bought a Christmas tree farm in a town that’s too cute for its own good.
Bennett Ellis is on vacation in Dream Harbor taking a break from his life in California. And most importantly, taking a break from his latest run of disastrous dates.
After a run in with Kira in her fields, Ben has no intention of offering to help the grumpy owner set up her tree farm, despite the fact she’s clearly got no idea what she’s doing.
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own.
Letters from Maryolga Nieto to Her Grandson by Maryolga Nieto
Vividly illustrated by the author herself, who is also an artist, this book contains parts of letters to her first grandson with life lessons as learned by the author.
Trilingual edition (Spanish/English/Dutch).
The Long Game by Elena Armas
From the blockbuster bestselling author The Spanish Love Deception, a new rom-com about a disgraced soccer exec who agrees to coach her local team and must enlist the help of the retired soccer star she cannot stand. For fans of The Hating Game and Ted Lasso.
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic Politics and the English Language, but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories—our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking—expose and distort our realities.
Nightbane by Alex Aster
Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers. Now, in the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla finds herself struggling to win respect as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms. Worse, her fellow rulers haven’t ceded victory quietly, and there are others in Isla’s midst who don’t believe her ascent to power was earned.
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism.
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.
Ireland is falling apart.
Under the Oak Tree by Suji Kim
Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after, but this is no fairytale. The first volume of Suji Kim’s hit webnovel, now available in English print for the first time.
Lady Maximillian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso, but she is rarely allowed outside her family’s sprawling castle for fear her stutter will tarnish their noble name. When she is forced to marry Sir Riftan, a peasant knight caught in one of her father’s schemes, Maxi doesn’t dare hope for happiness, let alone love. Her stumbling communication and his gruff manner sour their romance before it can begin, and Riftan leaves without a word the morning after their wedding night.
Now, three years after their wedding vows, Riftan has returned a war hero.
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersburg, it is the story of a young man fighting his inner restlessness. A light and tender narrative, it delves into the torment and guilt of unrequited love. Both protagonists suffer from a deep sense of alienation that initially brings them together. A blend of romanticism and realism, the story appeals gently to the senses and feelings.
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Can a robot survive in the wilderness?
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is–but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island’s unwelcoming animal inhabitants.
