Mel Brooks’ memoir, an in-depth history of HBO, and more books to read in November
November also brings with it new speculative and science fiction from Natashia Deón, Charlie Jane Anders, and Adam Soto
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing platforms. So every month, The A.V. Club narrows down the endless options to five of the books we’re most excited about.
Natashia Deón’s debut novel, Grace—in which the spirit of a dead slave watches over her biracial daughter as she tries to make a life for herself—was incredibly vivid in its imagery, and Deón’s second novel promises no less. The Perishing, also a historical work with metaphysical elements, begins with a young Black woman waking up in an alley in 1930s Los Angeles, unaware of who she is or how she got there. The woman, Lou, is taken in by a foster family and educated, and later becomes a journalist for the Los Angeles Times. When she crosses paths with a stranger, she experiences an uncanny sense of recognition, prompting her to believe she’s immortal and has been sent to L.A. for a particular purpose she’s determined to uncover.
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OMG! You must be living under a bridge if you don’t know that the next “Outlander” Book, “Go Tell The Bees That I am Gone” is coming out Nov. 23. Seriously, an entertainment website doesn’t know that?
So is the last Expanse book.
I’ve read the biography about Mel, but I’ll definitely have to check out this new book.
In one, the woman “who can see all possible futures” dates “the man who can see the one and only foreordained future.”’‘Six Months, Three Days’ is like 10 years old now but it’s still a damn good story.
I don’t know if it’s hit the stores yet, but “The Book of Magic”, Alice Hoffman’s sequel (not prequel) to Practical Magic, has just been published.
I love Mel Brooks so much. This should be a great read. I wish him 95 more years.
Did we just come in to say “Mel Brooks wrote a memoir? Count me in!”?
My first thought at the headline was wondering why Mel Brooks was suddenly writing about the history of HBO.
I don’t know why but I feel like when Mel Brooks dies, some kind of dam is going to break and then it’ll be Stephen King, Willie Nelson, Dolly, James Earl Jones, Jack Nicholson, Betty White, John Carpenter…Basically everyone cool is super old and soon the showbiz world will contain nothing but poofy-haired theater kids