That’s Not How It Happened by Craig Thomas (November 4) Based on his own experience raising a son with Jacobsen Syndrome, he sheds light on raising a child with a disability. Thomas offers the perfect balance of humor and heart he gave us throughout nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother. This is the feel-good novel of the year. Ravishing by Eshani Surya (November 11) An emotionally resonant and deeply profound book, Surya captures the cost of what it’s like to chase “perfection.” It is a luminous story about learning that we were never broken to begin with. Incredibly written and moving. This will stick with me for a long, long time. Lucky Girl by Allie Tagle-Dokus (November 11) Lucky Girl is pure joy. A critique of how reality television warps reality and gives viewers a manufactured story to sell us something. Considering the reality we’re living in now, trust me when I say you’ll want to escape to the reality Tagle-Dokus crafted for us. Source: https://debutiful.net/2025/11/03/8-noteworthy-debut-books-you-should-read-this-november/