This is going up in the wake of the election, s0 — we’ll be quick with this introduction. Maybe you’d like to read something. Maybe it’s galavanizing, maybe it’s inspiring, maybe it’s escapist. Here are 10 books due out this month that might fit that bill.

Marisol Negrón, Made in NuYoRico
(Nov. 1, Duke University Press)

The albums released by Fania Records over the decades helped reshape the country’s musical landscape. This new book by Marison Negrón chronicles the growing popularity of salsa and its connection to the Nuyorican community in and around New York City.

Melanie Cheng, The Burrow
(Nov. 12, Tin House)

In a recent interview, Melanie Cheng addressed the origins of her new novel The Burrow. “In The Burrow I wanted to explore how a family can forge a life together after such a loss,” she said. “Is it possible to live a life that is both mindful of the fragility of human existence and also receptive to moments of joy and wonder?” It’s a resonant sentiment at all times.

Kathryn Davis, Versailles
(Nov. 12, Graywolf Press)

When it was first published in 2002, Kathryn Davis’s Versailles drew enthusiastic reviews for its depiction of the life of Marie Antoinette. Stacey D’Erasmo called it “a surreal vertical poetry that doesn’t distinguish among soul, history and architecture but investigates them simultaneously” — and that’s an endorsement that’s piqued our interest.

Saul Steinberg, All In Line
(Nov. 12, New York Review Books)

Odds are good that if you’re reading this site, you’re familiar with Saul Steinberg’s work as an artist — from memorable New Yorker covers to collaborations with Charles and Ray Eames. This new edition of his memoir follows Steinberg’s escape from fascism in the 1940s, his arrival in the United States, and his evolution as an artist.

Julian Zabalbeascoa, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here
(Nov. 12, Two Dollar Radio)

You may well have read Julian Zabalbeascoa’s writing in places like The Believer or The Millions; now, readers can see what he does on the fictional side of things. Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, this novel explores a changing landscape and a nation turning on itself, and the struggle for survival that runs throughout it.

Ira Cohen, A Certain Kind of Wizard
(Nov. 15, Lithic Press)

Ira Cohen lived the sort of life that defies easy categorization. His friends and collaborators were some of the greatest and most iconoclastic artists of their generation, and this new volume explores Cohen’s archives and gives readers an expansive view of his work.

James Damis, Zeke Borshellac
(Nov. 17, Sagging Meniscus Press)

Edwin Frank, Stranger Than Fiction
(Nov. 19, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

New York Review Books has been spotlighting new and reissed books for decades now, which is fine news for fans of great literature. With this new volume, founder Edwin Frank explores the very stuff of fiction — specifically, the history and development of the novel in the 20th century.

Edith Wharton, Twilight Sleep
(Nov. 26, Smith & Taylor Classics)

Speaking of indie presses that create notable reissues, Unnamed Press’s new Smith & Taylor Classics debuted this year, and one of its first titles is a new edition of Edith Wharton’s Twilight Sleep. As an added bonus, readers will also get to read Brandon Taylor and Allison Miriam Smith’s thoughts on the book, which sounds like a fine addition.

Else Jerusalem, Red House Alley (translated by Stephanie G. Ortega)
(Nov. 29, Boiler House Press)

Boiler House Press is also making with the reissues this month, in this case with a new translation of Else Jerusalem’s 1909 novel Red House Alley, an expansive book set among sex workers in early-20th century Vienna. Apparently the Nazis tried to suppress this book, so assumably reading this will make a fascist cry somewhere in the world.

Note: all cover art and release dates are subject to change.

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