Can't-Wait Wednesday: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami & The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso

    

Can't-Wait is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights exciting upcoming releases that we can't wait to be released! This meme is based off of Jill @ Breaking the Spine's Waiting on Wednesday meme.

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami, trans. Philip Gabriel
Publication: November 19th, 2024
Knopf
Hardcover. 464 pages.
Pre-order: Amazon | Bookshop.org

From Goodreads:
"'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessential core of what stories are all about?' — Haruki Murakami, from the afterword to The City and Its Uncertain Walls.

The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a Town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature’s most important writers."

I am an enormous Haruki Murakami fan and I've been anxious awaiting the English translation of this book to be released for what feels like ages, so I cannot wait to finally read this one! I love Murakami short fiction, but I really love his long form novels and this one sounds excellent. I have this on NetGalley so I'm hoping to get to it soon (though I do love reading his books in physical form more so we'll see how it goes, haha).

The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives #1) by Melissa Caruso
Publication: November 19th, 2024
Orbit
Paperback. 384 pages.
Pre-order: Amazon | Bookshop.org

From Goodreads:
"Follow a star investigator and her rival as they journey through layers of reality to save the world as they know it in this whip-smart adventure fantasy about rival guilds, reality-bending magic and unexpected mystery.

Kembral Thorne is spending a few hours away from her newborn, and she's determined to enjoy the party no matter what. But when the guests start dropping dead, Kem has no choice but to get to work. She's a member of the Guild of Hounds, after all, and she can't help picking up the scent of trouble.

She's not the only one. Her professional and personal nemesis, notorious burglar Rika Nonesuch, is on the prowl. They quickly identify what's causing the mayhem: a mysterious grandfather clock that sends them down an Echo every time it chimes. In each strange new layer of reality, time resets and a sinister figure appears to perform a blood-soaked ritual.

As Kem and Rika fall into increasingly macabre versions of their city, they'll need to rely on their wits - and each other - to unravel the secret of the clock and save their city."

I also have loved all of Melissa Caruso's books and I'm excited to check this one out. It seems quiet different from her previous series, so I'm curious to see how she tackles something new.