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Nudge Netflix along. Give Hulu the heave-ho. Tell Peacock to fly the coop...because there’s no more rewarding activity on a fantastic fall night than diving nose-first into a page-turning novel. Whatever your go-to genre, from historical fiction to thrillers to books that make you think, there are several tales worthy of your must-devour list, including the following:
Unmissing: A Thriller by Minka Kent
Unmissing: A Thriller is an edge-of-your-seat read that tells the tale of Merritt and Luca Coletto, a married couple who’ve built their dream lives. Their marital bliss and familial utopia are threatened when Lydia, Lucas’s first wife, appears on their doorstep. Missing for a decade and long presumed dead, Lydia tells a tale of kidnapping, torture, and escape. But, as Merritt and Luca work to help Lydia get back on her feet, cracks in Lydia’s story start to appear, and secrets, Lydia’s and everyone else’s, reveal themselves.
The Women: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
The Women is a wartime story about Vietnam. It features a 20-year-old nursing student named Frances “Frankie” McGrath, who joins the Army Nurse Corps after hearing, “Women can be heroes.” Following her brother to Vietnam, she is quickly overwhelmed by the ruin and chaos of war. But the war proves to be only the beginning when Frankie and her fellow servicemembers return to the States, coming home to an America divided and a country that wants to forget that the war ever happened.
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
The God of the Woods takes place at a sleepaway camp in August 1975 and tells the story of Barbara Van Laar, a teenage camper who’s gone missing. Barbara isn’t the first of the Van Laar children to mysteriously vanish; her brother met the same fate 14 years earlier, only to never be found. As the panicked search for Barabara begins, the secrets of the Van Laar family and their blue-collar community emerge, ultimately telling a tale of deception and second chances.
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristiana Garcia
Dreaming in Cuban tells the story of three generations of Cuban women and their varied reactions to the Cuban Revolution. Spanning political views and geography, the novel takes place from the mid-1930s to 1980. With a focus on the duality of nations, their beauty and poverty, their idealism, and their corruption, this tale is a tapestry of unique visions and wonderment at what could have been. An older novel, this book was first published in 1993 and was a finalist for the National Book Award. It was re-released with a new introduction to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
All the Broken Places: A Novel by John Boyne
All the Broken Places tells the tale of 91-year-old Gretel Fernsby, a quiet and content woman living in her well-to-do London mansion. She never talks about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12, the terrible post-war years she spent with her mother, and especially not her father, who was in command at one of the most notorious concentration camps. But when a young family moves into the apartment below her, she can’t help but feel affection for the little boy, and a friendship ensues. After witnessing a violent episode between the boy’s parents, Greta’s memories come back to haunt her, and her past demands a confrontation.
Whether you read every chance you get or’re making good on that New Year’s Resolution nine months earlier, many books are worthy of your bedside table. Try one of the above and enjoy a literary escape one page at a time.
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