Get cozy, Beneath the Book Clubbers. It’s time to choose November’s read.

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Grab your favorite fall candle and cuddle into a comfy blanket because it’s time to choose Beneath the Book Club’s November read.

We’ve got three books to choose from - a novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner, another that’s blown up on TikTok and a slow-burn romance that travels back in time to 1997 Vermont.

Keep scrolling to learn more about each of them.

1. Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult

4.4 on Goodreads

WHAT GOODEADS SAYS: “On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home.

“Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn’t have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters.

"Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes.

“She and her husband, Jesse—a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis—have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world.

“But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.

"Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones is an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.”

2. Bad Words by Ríoghnach Robinson

4.4 on Goodreads

WHAT GOODEADS SAYS: “Parker Navarro’s debut novel was meant to define his career - until critic Selina Chan’s blistering review made it the flop of the decade.

“Four years later, his new book is his shot at redemption; for Selina, reviewing him again is a professional risk she can’t refuse.

"When her second takedown ignites a viral feud, both their fortunes shift overnight.

“But as the literary world feeds on their public sparring, a quieter dialogue begins - one that challenges everything they thought they knew about success, sincerity, and each other.

“Both incisive and tender, Bad Words lays bare the costs of creation - the pull between ambition and integrity, the vulnerability of being seen, and the unexpected closeness that can grow in the space between critique and care.”

3. If it Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia

4.1 on Goodreads

WHAT GOODEADS SAYS: “My new next-door neighbor seems to have everything figured out.

“Small town golden boy? Check. Single dad extraordinaire? Check. Hot baker forearms? I didn’t notice them, I swear.

“I, on the other hand, don’t–at all–have anything figured out.

“Trust me, I didn’t think taking over my mom’s dream bed and breakfast in Copper Run Vermont was going to be easy. It should be a good place to heal after my divorce.

“But apparently my scones belong in the garbage with my small talk skills. As pointed out by none other than Cliff.

“Cliff is inescapable. He knows exactly what people need–always. His charm, the way he wears flannel, and even his pastries, make not wanting to be friends with Cliff and his daughters pretty hard.