The only thing better than digging into a new book is digging into a Thanksgiving dinner. Amiright? Here’s The Short List of 9 new science fiction and fantasy books releasing in November.

The Short List

This month offers a nice balance of sci-fi and fantasy for those growing colder weekend days and the growing shorter afternoons. Some superheroes, some time travel, some magic. Those are the ingredients of a good The Short List.





The Frame-Up by Meghan Scott Molin – November 1

MG Martin is living the dream, writing comics for her favorite childhood comic publisher. Life is good until someone starts recreating crime scenes from her stories. MG teams up with a good-looking detective, but she also does a little detecting on her own. The Frame-Up kicks off The Golden Arrow Mysteries Series.

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Someone Like Me by M.R. Carey – November 6

Kirkus says “This wonderfully strange and creepy tale is a thrilling, genre-defying treat.” It’s a story about a devoted mother who has a dark side that she is forced to activate to protect her kids. Another Amazon reviewer calls it “a sci-fi look at domestic abuse”. Review after review talks about the humanity of this story. Sounds terrifying and compelling at the same time.

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They Promised Me the Gun Wasn’t Loaded by James Alan Gardner – November 6

In his first book in this world, All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault, an accident gives 4 college students superpowers. In this second installment, still without a name for their superpowered team, Jools and her teammates join the search for a “misplaced” super weapon, only no one really knows what the gun does.

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Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth edited by Neil Clarke – November 13

A reprint anthology featuring stories using the “aliens among us” trope, collected and edited by the founder of Clarkesworld. Approximately 30 authors contribute stories that illustrate how humanity deals with aliens, for better or worse.

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City of Broken Magic by Mirah Bolender – November 20

Bolender uses City of Broken Magic to launch the Chronicles of Amicae series. The sweepers are a team of non-magic humans that diffuse magic weapons that, when left unchecked, eats magic and anything else nearby. Laura is a relatively new member of her sweeper team, and she is the only thing that can stop an infestation in her city.

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Willful Child: The Search for Spark by Steven Erikson – November 20

A parody that pays tribute to Star Trek and the whole space exploration theme. These are the voyages of the starship U.S.F Willful Child… who doesn’t love a good Star Trek parody?

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Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates – November 28

How did I not know that Joyce Carol Oates was from Western New York? In Hazards of Time Travel, a young woman living in a dystopian future is punished for pushing the rules and norms. Her penance is being sent back in time 80 years where she will serve her sentence in the idyllic Midwestern town of Wainscotia, Wisconsin, where instead of a harsh penalty, she finds love with another exile.

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Rewrite: Loops of the Timescape by Gregory Benford – November 27

A super clever premise. Charlie gets in an accident and wakes up in his sixteen-year-old body in 1968 with his 2002 mind and memories. He dies again in the 80s and ends up back in his sixteen-year-old body with his current mind and memories. After the second loop he realizes that there are a bunch of people who are doing the time loops and they include Einstein, Heinlein and Philip Dick to name a few. It’s like sci-fi Groundhog Day, without Tom Cruise and big suits of armor.

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This is Grumpy’s Best Bet for this month.

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