Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Day Like This | 2021 | Kelley McNeil | Buy |
| 2 | Mayluna | 2024 | Kelley McNeil | Buy |
Kelley McNeil’s two standalone novels are independent stories that share a common preoccupation with the weight of the past and the question of what might have been. Neither book is a sequel or companion to the other, and they can be read in any order.
A Day Like This (2021) opens with Hannah waking up in a hospital to learn that the family she remembers does not exist in the world around her. The novel follows her attempts to reconcile two conflicting versions of reality and figure out which one is true. Mayluna (2024) has a more grounded premise: Carter, a woman who left a rising rock band years ago, looks back on the relationship and the creative life she abandoned. McNeil draws on her own background in the music industry to give the story its texture. Both books are absorbing reads for anyone drawn to fiction about identity, loss, and second chances.