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New Fiction August 2025

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Fantasy & Science fiction

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

From an acclaimed sci-fi author comes a cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own restaurant.


Dawn of Fate and Fire by Mariely Lares

Dawn of Fate and Fire by Mariely Lares

A Zorro reimagining, and the second book in a duology, weaves Mesoamerican mythology and 16th-century
Mexican history into a swashbuckling historical fantasy filled with magic, intrigue, treachery and romance.


The Dragon Wakes with Thunder by K. X. Song

The Dragon Wakes with Thunder by K. X. Song

After winning a war and facing imprisonment for defying tradition, Hai Meilin — guided by the sea dragon
Qinglong — must navigate palace politics, rising rebellions, and conflicting loyalties as rival factions across the Three Kingdoms seek her power for their own ends.


The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's the Stand by Christopher Golden and Brian Kenne, eds

The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's the Stand by Christopher Golden and Brian Kenne, eds

Set during and after the events of The Stand, this authorized anthology gathers original stories from acclaimed writers who expand on the novel’s apocalyptic world, exploring survival, morality, and human resilience amid civilization’s collapse and the uncertain rebuilding that follows.


Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

A dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue and treason of the most magical kind.


Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

Alice has sacrificed everything to work with Professor Grimes at Cambridge, the world’sgreatest magician, but when he dies in a magical accident and is sent to Hell, she andrival Peter follow him, using only tales of
Orpheus and Dante to guide them.


Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

A young witch teaches her mother how to do magic — with very unexpected results — in a novel about
family, identity and the power of love.


The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar

The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar

As political pressure mounts in the faltering kingdom of Esquaveta, Princess Tullia falls for a scribe, forcing disgraced court magician Anatole to choose between salvaging his reputation and protecting the one person who still believes in him.


The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

A trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects — ordinary items with extraordinary properties.


Sub-Majer's Challenge by L. E. Modesitt

Sub-Majer's Challenge by L. E. Modesitt

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., New York Times bestselling fantasy author, continues his sweeping Saga of Recluce series with Sub-Majer's Challenge. The epic scope of the world, the intricate magic system, and a reluctant hero, continue the story arc that began with From the Forest and continued with Overcaptain.


This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May

This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May

After losing everything, Thora Grieve begins a new life studying botany, only to become entangled with the enigmatic Olea, whose nightly garden rituals spark a consuming romance that lures Thora into a lush, dangerous world of longing, obsession, and forbidden knowledge.


General Fiction

The Cover Girl: Some Starts Fall Before They Rise by Amy Rossi

The Cover Girl: Some Starts Fall Before They Rise by Amy Rossi

A model comes to terms with the manipulation she suffered early in her career from those she trusted the
most.


A Dog in Georgia by Lauren Grodstein

A Dog in Georgia by Lauren Grodstein

A missing dog in Georgia sets Amy Webb on an adventure away from her tumultuous marriage and lackluster
personal life and towards a journey of self-discovery and joy.


Dogs by C. Mallon

Dogs by C. Mallon

Cruising Carbon’s lonely backroads one night, the quiet Hal witnesses both beauty and horror in his troubled hometown, where a catastrophic chain of events threatens his fragile bond with his compassionate friend Cody John and shatters their world.


Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

In a taut Southern family drama, the sins of a favorite son rock a small Mississippi town.


Family Spirit by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Family Spirit by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

In Philadelphia, the eccentric Mace family and their clairvoyant “knowing” are threatened by gentrification and internal rifts, forcing estranged Lil and her niece Ayana to battle for their home, culture and traditions.


Flashout by Alexis Soloski

Flashout by Alexis Soloski

A thrill-seeking young woman joins a radical theater troupe in a suspenseful novel of art, seduction and the deadly limits of liberation.


The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley

The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley

plores the lives of two zookeepers at the last zoo in the world.


Loved One by Aisha Muharrar

Loved One by Aisha Muharrar

Julia’s first-love-turned-close-friend, Gabe, dies unexpectedly at twenty-nine, and after beginning an intercontinental quest to recover his possessions, she collides with Elizabeth, the last woman he loved, who insists on withholding Gabe’s beloved guitar — both women, it turns out, have something to hide.


A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi

A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi

Kinga, a woman experiencing life through seven distinct daily personas with varying traits and professions,
faces internal chaos and external threat when one of her selves discovers a captive in their shared apartment, forcing a reckoning with a potential saboteur.


Starting from Here by Paula Saunders

Starting from Here by Paula Saunders

In 1970s South Dakota, aspiring dancer René leaves home to pursue elite training across the Southwest, navigating adolescence, artistic ambition, and a series of fraught encounters while longing for love, acceptance, and a place to belong.


The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman

The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman

A young boy wrestling with his sexuality as war breaks out in modern Ukraine.


This Kind of Trouble by Tochi Eze

This Kind of Trouble by Tochi Eze

In newly independent 1960s Lagos, Margaret and Benjamin — drawn together by love and shared heritage — must confront mental illness, cultural dissonance, and a buried past that resurfaces decades later through their grandson’s struggles, forcing a reunion shaped by memory and legacy.


What Hunger by Catherine Dang

What Hunger by Catherine Dang

In the summer before high school, Ronny Nguyen drifts through boredom and sibling anxiety until tragedy fractures her Vietnamese American family, awakening in her a strange, primal hunger that blurs the line between grief, identity, and a dark new power she cannot fully control.


Historical Fiction

The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

After her husband is murdered, Hannah Cole fights to save her struggling confectionary shop on Piccadilly, contends with suspicion from magistrate Henry Fielding, and finds an unlikely ally in William Devereux, whose introduction of iced cream sparks both opportunity and peril in eighteenth-century London.


The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

In 1938, 11-year-old Lisavet Levy becomes trapped in a mysterious library of memory called the time space, where her path intertwines with American timekeeper Ernest Duquesne, whose 1965 death compels his niece
Amelia to uncover buried truths amid shifting histories and shadowy CIA intrigue.


Dear Miss Lake by A. J. Pearce

Dear Miss Lake by A. J. Pearce

During wartime, advice columnist Emmy Lake and the Woman’s Friend staff relocate to the countryside, where Emmy balances rural life, a looming wedding and the possibility of war correspondence, in the fourth novel of the series following Mrs. Porter Calling.


Fonseca by Jessica Francis Kane

Fonseca by Jessica Francis Kane

In 1952, pregnant Penelope Fitzgerald journeys to a remote Mexican town with her young son to pursue
an inheritance, only to find rival claimants, a chaotic household full of artists and opportunists and a handsome stranger who could change everything.


The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis

Neighbors in a small village in 18th-century England are convinced five sisters are turning into dogs.


L. A. Women by Ella Berman

L. A. Women by Ella Berman

In 1960s L.A., writer and Hollywood outsider Lane becomes envious when socialite and fellow writer Gala
gains fame; 10 years later she betrays Gala by writing a successful book based on her life — her only problem is Gala’s now been missing for months.


The Last Assignment by Erika Robuck

The Last Assignment by Erika Robuck

In 1956, grief-stricken and estranged from her husband, war photojournalist Dickey Chapelle takes on a dangerous mission with a refugee aid group, and after a harrowing Soviet imprisonment, resolves to expose the human cost of war from the front lines.


The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman

The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman

Zoe Rosenzweig investigates her family’s Holocaust history, uncovering the 1946 story of her ancestor Chana, a young Viennese baker torn between survival, family duty, and love in a fragile postwar world still
shadowed by trauma.


Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen

Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen

In Surrey, England, 1938, blindsided by her husband’s divorce appeal, Ellie impulsively heads to the South of
France with housekeeper Mavis and elderly friend Dora until their Bentley breaks down in Saint Benet,
where Ellie is drawn to fisherman Nico — but war looms.


This Here Is Love by Princess Joy L. Perry

This Here Is Love by Princess Joy L. Perry

In 17th-century Virginia, enslaved girl Bless, freeborn Black child David, and indentured servant Jack Dane each grapple with survival, identity, and belonging as their lives converge on contested land, forcing them to redefine freedom, family and love in a brutal new world.


World Pacific by Peter Mann

World Pacific by Peter Mann

As the second world war looms, vanished writer Richard Halifax’s secrets ripple through the lives of émigré painter Hildegard Rauch and intelligence officer Simon Faulk, whose intertwined quests reveal betrayal, espionage and the fragile narratives that keep them afloat amid global upheaval.


Horror

Departure 37 by Scott Carson

Departure 37 by Scott Carson

After pilots across America refuse to fly following mysterious calls from their mothers, some long dead, a teenager in Maine becomes entangled in a decades-old secret tied to a 1962 naval experiment, a deadly discovery and rising global tensions.


The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel

The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel

After Aoife escapes to the isolated shores of the farmstead commune, things become less and less idyllic, as a disappearing cave looms above an ocean no one dares step foot in, mysterious crying fills the night hours and arot is spreading across the island.


House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama

House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama

In 1986 Philippines, Josephine acceptsan invitation to a childhoodfriend’s eerie, labyrinthine house to play a game that promises her heart’s desire, only to find herself trapped in a deadly contest where winning may cost her blood.


Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

One woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world. By the USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus.


The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

In 1765, as plague ravages Zacatecas, Alba seeks refuge in her fiancé’s remote mining estate but soon spirals into convulsions and darkness, forcing her into a dangerous alliance with his cousin Elías as demonic forces, buried secrets, and forbidden desire close in.


Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton

Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton

After giving birth to Lucia, a ravenous, unsettling baby with a devilish glint, Thea struggles with growing dread, resurfacing childhood trauma, and the terrifying possibility that her daughter’s monstrous hunger could consume the world around her.


The Unseen by Ania Ahlborn

The Unseen by Ania Ahlborn

After a devastating loss, Isla Hansen takes in a mysterious orphan on her remote Colorado property, but as unsettling phenomena disrupt the household, her family begins to suspect the child’s presence may be tied to a reality-warping force beyond their comprehension.


Literary

The Frequency of Living Things by Nick Fuller Googins

The Frequency of Living Things by Nick Fuller Googins

When middle sister Ara lands in jail, her responsible twin Josie, fading rockstar sister Emma, and estranged mother Bertie must each confront past wounds and shifting roles as they navigate addiction, ambition, and the fragile bonds holding their fractured family together.


Indian Country by Shobha Rao

Indian Country by Shobha Rao

Independent Janavi and engineer Sagar are forced into an arranged marriage in India and must relocate to Montana for Sagar’s work, but when Sagar’s unfriendly colleagues suspect him after his coworker drowns, is he paying the price for the white man’s arrogance?


Moderation by Elaine Castillo

Moderation by Elaine Castillo

When Girlie Delmundo’s parent company purchases Fairground — the preeminent VR content provider — she becomes an elite VR moderator, which solves her family’s money and mobility problems, despite the isolation that VR requires; but when she meets Playground’s cofounder William Cheung, she finds herself falling in love.


People Like Us by Jason Mott

People Like Us by Jason Mott

A novel rooted in reality follows two Black writers trying to find peace in a world riven with gun violence, one on a global book tour after a big prize win, the other set to give a speech at a school after a shooting.


Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian

Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian

In a ravaged world ruled by warring gods, Amri — sole survivor of the Rabbit tribe — joins forces with the fallen god Guy Vesten on a perilous quest for vengeance, discovering that faith, survival, and power are entwined in ways she never imagined.


Sunbirth by An Yu

Sunbirth by An Yu

As the sun ominously diminishes over the desolate village of Five Poems Lake, a young pharmacist and her sister Dong Ji search for answers in their father’s past and the arrival of mysterious Beacons, hoping to survive a surreal, encroaching darkness that threatens to consume their world.


These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma

In the future, China is the sole global superpower and citizens can record and transfer memories between minds.


The Unbroken Coast by Nalini Jones

The Unbroken Coast by Nalini Jones

In 1978 Bombay, retired professor Francis Almeida crosses paths with a sick infant in a nearby fishing village, unknowingly beginning a bond that will resurface years later amid shifting urban landscapes, generational change, and the quiet unraveling of place and purpose.


Mystery & Detective

The Dead Come to Stay by Brandy Schillace

The Dead Come to Stay by Brandy Schillace

When neurodivergent American Jo Jones relocates to her family’s North Yorkshire estate, she’s pulled into a murder investigation with gruff detective James MacAdams, uncovering ties to missing teens, illicit artifact trading, and buried family secrets harbored by the region’s polished elite. Ardemore House, No. 2


Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill

Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill

Within a COVID quarantine train, more than one killer lurks. By the USA Today bestselling author of The Woman in the Library.


For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews

For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews

When a skeleton is uncovered in her brother’s yard, Meg helps investigate the decades-old mystery while preparing for Caerphilly’s first Mutt March in the latest addition to the long-running series following Between a Flock and Hard Place. Meg Langslow, No. 37


Gone in the Night by Joanna Schaffhausen

Gone in the Night by Joanna Schaffhausen

Detective Annalisa Vega’s estranged, incarcerated brother tasks her with tracking down the real killer behind the murder that his fellow inmate, Joe Green, was imprisoned for. Detective Annalisa Vega, No. 5


Halloween Night Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Liz Ireland

Halloween Night Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Liz Ireland

In this trio of Halloween-themed novellas, a reporter in Maine investigates a teen’s mysterious death, a group of friends shelters in a spooky farmhouse during a storm, and Mrs. Claus untangles magical mischief in Christmastown when Halloween chaos strikes.


Hatchet Girls by Joe R. Lansdale

Hatchet Girls by Joe R. Lansdale

Hap and Leonard find themselves in a vicious and ridiculous situation — just as the best friends may finally be calling it quits. Hap and Leonard, No. 14


Hunter's Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Hunter's Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Detective Frank Warren and his formerly CIA-connected neighbor Alice Bellows return to investigate the death of a federal judge. Franklin Warren and Alice Bellows Mystery, No. 2


Just Another Dead Author by Katarina Bivald

Just Another Dead Author by Katarina Bivald

A bookish mystery transports readers to a writers’ retreat in France, where a famous writer is murdered, and the 20 wannabe authors at the retreat all have a motive.


The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols

Mrs. B, the landlady of The Marigold Cottages is a stubborn idealist who only rents to people she cares about: Sophie, an anxious young playwright with a dark past; Hamilton, an agoraphobe who likes to overshare; Ocean, a queer sculptor raising two kids alone; and more.


Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman

Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman

Tory, conservator at Manhattan’s Mystery Guild Library, discovers a woman in the Christie Room who says she’s Agatha Christie, there to solve a future murder — so when Tory’s cousin Nic gets involved in her talent agent’s suspicious death, she turns to Mrs. Christie for help.


Murder at Arleigh by Alyssa Maxwell

Murder at Arleigh by Alyssa Maxwell

In April 1903, Emma and Derrick Andrews attend cousin Reggie’s wedding to heiress Cathleen at the home of practical joker Harry Lehr and wife Bessie; when Bessie admits Harry is cruel in private and may be plotting to murder her, Emma agrees to investigate. A Gilded Newport Mystery, No. 13


Murder by the Book by Amie Schaumberg

Murder by the Book by Amie Schaumberg

Detective Ian Carter is shaken by a student’s dead body posed like Hamlet’s Ophelia, and when a chance meeting with literature professor Emma Reilly ends with her accidentally solving the killer’s clue, she turns to the books she loves for the key to unraveling the crime.


The Story That Wouldn't Die by Christina Estes

The Story That Wouldn't Die by Christina Estes

Jolene Garcia refuses to stop investigating, but someone is determined to kill the story — and maybe her.


Tomlinson's Wake by Randy Wayne White

Tomlinson's Wake by Randy Wayne White

Marion “Doc” Ford may seem to the outside world to be just a marine biologist living on the Florida coast, but unbeknownst to many, he uses his skills as a former government agent to protect his town, its shores, and its eccentric inhabitants. Doc Ford series, No. 28


The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan

The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan

Former Air Force Special Investigator Annie Gore is getting by as a private investigator and her latest case takes her to an Appalachian holler not unlike the one where she grew up. 


Romance

The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander

The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander

A young woman is determined to save her great-aunt’s beloved bookshop from extinction by the shiny new competition — which also happens to be run by the handsome son of her family’s rivals.


The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold by Ally Carter

The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold by Ally Carter

One year after vanishing from her former lover and fellow spy, a woman wakes up handcuffed to him in a dark unknown location, forcing the estranged agents to survive a deadly conspiracy together — despite a decade of secrets, betrayal, and unresolved tension between them.


Knife in the Back by Karen Rose

Knife in the Back by Karen Rose

After being framed for stealing cocaine from evidence and serving five years in prison, Officer Naomi Cranston is threatened again by the crooks who framed her; former cop Burke Broussard reluctantly agrees to protect her and her son and prove her innocence.


Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levithan and Jens Lekman

Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levithan and Jens Lekman

From award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jens Lekman comes a charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship.


Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings

Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings

Eva Kitt is forced to confront her ex Rylie Cooper on a live episode of her show, where Rylie makes her a deal: allow him to take her on a series of dates to make up for his toxic behavior, then debrief them all on his channel.


You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs by Ebony Ladelle

You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs by Ebony Ladelle

Set across the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, this collection follows students and alumni navigating identity, legacy, and unexpected romance — from forbidden crushes and musical ambitions to activist causes and aviation dreams — capturing the transformative power of Black love and community.


Romantasy

The Cruel Dawn by Rachel Howzell Hall

The Cruel Dawn by Rachel Howzell Hall

Kaivara Megidrail was once worshipped as the Grand Defender of Vallendor—until betrayal, punishment, and exile left her Diminished. Now, the realm she abandoned teeters on the edge of collapse. Monsters roam free. Gods whisper in shadows. And one man—Jadon Wake, prince, blacksmith, liar—may be the key to her salvation...or her final ruin. Haunted by the past, hunted by divine enemies, and armed with only fractured Memories and an unrelenting will, Kaivara must choose: reclaim her power and face the truth about Jadon, or watch Vallendor fall to a traitorous god’s rising. Vallendor, No. 2


The Ever King by L. J. Andrews

The Ever King by L. J. Andrews

When Erik, the vengeful ruler of the Ever Kingdom, escapes his watery prison, he kidnaps the innocent daughter of his enemy as part of a ruthless plan to reclaim his throne — only to find himself torn between revenge and the unexpected pull of love. The Ever Seas, No. 1


The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent

The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent

Imprisoned by vengeful gods after sacrificing everything, Mische and Asar reunite for a final quest through collapsing realms and divine conflict, seeking the god of death’s power and a second chance at love, redemption, and immortality. Crowns of Nyaxia, No. 4


Fallen Gods by Rachel Van Dyken

Fallen Gods by Rachel Van Dyken

In a remote Norwegian town, Liv seeks answers but instead uncovers an ancient, perilous tale entwining myth, secrets and a dangerous romance, in the new novel by the author of The Chemistry of Us. Fallen Gods duology, No. 1


House of the Beast by Michelle Wong

House of the Beast by Michelle Wong

After sacrificing her arm to a terrifying god in exchange for her mother’s survival, Alma is trapped in her estranged father’s cruel noble House and begins plotting revenge, aided by the monstrous Beast bound to her.


Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland

Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland

The Blades were never supposed to survive this long. But after the battle in Quu Harbor, escaping is no longer enough. The most dangerous liars in the four realms have one last mission—return to Yusan and finish what they started. But now a usurper sits on the serpent throne. And he may be more dangerous than the god-king. With three relics of the Dragon Lord in their possession, the Blades will face the might of the four realms. Enemies will become allies. Allies will become traitors. And the ones they love most? They’ll be the ones to break them. Grief will carve the Blades into something ruthless and unrecognizable. But only by losing everything can they win this game of kings and crowns. The Broken Blades, No. 3


Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer

Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer

Three characters — princess caught between duty and desire, the fearsome warrior king she’s promised to and the assassin tasked with hunting them down — are torn between chasing, betraying and craving each other. Braided Fate, No. 1

Story Collections

Something to Look Forward to: Fictions by Fannie Flagg

Something to Look Forward to: Fictions by Fannie Flagg

This collection of thirty humorous and heartfelt stories follows everyday Americans — from a Kansas great-grandmother to small-town café regulars — navigating love, loss, and change with wit and resilience, all observed by a curious outsider trying to understand the quirks of the human spirit.


Where Are You Really from: Stories by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Where Are You Really from: Stories by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Blending the surreal, disturbing, and darkly comic, this collection of six stories and a novella explores identity, obsession, and self-deception through provocative tales of murder plots, artistic entanglements, and uncanny encounters.


 Suspense & Thrillers

13 Months Haunted by Jimmy Juliano

13 Months Haunted by Jimmy Juliano

Quiet library clerk Piper Lowery befriends a peculiar new eighth grader and her overprotective mother, soon discovering unsettling rumors that hint at a dark and dangerous secret blossoming within the young girl.


Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver

Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver

In a climate-ravaged landscape where AI and humans vie for political power, a journalist must unravel a murderous plot that will either upend the world or save it.


The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner

The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner

After killing an intruder in self-defense while hosting a playdate at her London home, Alice becomes obsessed with uncovering his identity, unraveling unsettling clues that suggest her seemingly perfect life may be built on hidden betrayals.


The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine

The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine

When Thea Woods is chosen to work with Maria Capello on her sure-to-be-infamous memoir, she finds that there might be something sinister lurking behind the Capello family.


Emma on Fire by James Patterson and Emily Raymond

Emma on Fire by James Patterson and Emily Raymond

What Emma Caroline Blake has planned at New Hampshire’s Ridgemont Academy is to change the world will shock all involved.


Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham

Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham

Returning to coastal South Carolina for the summer, journalist Claire Campbell takes a job at a vineyard near where her sister  vanished decades earlier — and when she uncovers a disturbing old diary, she begins to suspect the past holds deadly secrets, from the best-selling author of A Flicker in the Dark.


The Glass Man by Anders De La Motte

The Glass Man by Anders De La Motte

Detective Leonore Asker investigates a mutilated body found on her estranged father’s farm while writer Martin Hill uncovers eerie legends at a remote estate, their paths converging as a mysterious figure known as the Glass Man emerges from the shadows.


High Season by Katie Bishop

High Season by Katie Bishop

After the death of a troubled young socialite, the victim’s twin brother is determined to hold the family together, at any cost.


Jenny Cooper Has a Secret by Joy Fielding

Jenny Cooper Has a Secret by Joy Fielding

While visiting a friend at memory care facility Legacy Place, Linda meets Jenny, a 92-year-old dementia patient who admits that she kills people; Linda dismisses her “secret” as the confusion of Jenny’s ailing mind until a fellow patient dies.


Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa Gardner

Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa Gardner

Frankie is called to Tucson, Arizona, to find a missing Afghan refugee, whose friend suspects she is in grave danger — before it is too late. Frankie Elkin, No. 4


Last Seen by J. T. Ellison

Last Seen by J. T. Ellison

From a New York Times bestselling author, comes a twisted psychological thriller about the bonds of family and the disconnect between memory and the truth.


Leverage by Amran Gowani

Leverage by Amran Gowani

When Al, star of hedge fund Prism Capital, loses $300 million, the politically connected founder demands he recover the money in three months or take the fall for insider trading — to survive, Al must outfox one of the world’s most powerful men.


Lime Juice Money by Jo Morey

Lime Juice Money by Jo Morey

A woman is trapped in an increasingly volatile relationship 5,000 miles from home in a Central American jungle. A first novel.


The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

When Amanda visits her institutionalized twin Georgia — accused of murdering their younger sister — she’s drawn into a chilling spiral of doubt, buried family tensions, and psychological manipulation that forces her to question the truth, her past, and her own sanity.


Mississippi Blue 42 by Eli Cranor

Mississippi Blue 42 by Eli Cranor

A rookie FBI agent finds herself caught in the tangled web of a college football empire — and the bloody greed that fuels it.


My Father's House by Ulf Kvensler

My Father's House by Ulf Kvensler

Isak is a home care worker in a small town in Småland, and when his absent father, an internationally known artist, promises a fortune if Isak reconciles with him before he dies, Isak and girlfriend Madde agree to visit — but the line between nightmare and reality blurs as secrets unravel.


The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace

The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace

A woman teetering between identities embarks on a journey to uncover her true self, challenging the notions of sanity and time as she fights to correct the course of the world and navigate the mystery of her very existence. A first novel.


Sheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman

Sheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman

After being cast aside by their countries, former CIA operative Skwerl and Afghan pilot Cheese join a covert network to repossess a jet in Africa, launching them into a chaotic mission spanning Kampala, Marseille Kyiv, and beyond, with unexpected allies and escalating personal entanglements.


Smuggler's Cove by Fern Michaels

Smuggler's Cove by Fern Michaels

After inheriting a rundown marina in Smugglers Cove, estranged siblings Madison and Lincoln Taylor find their plans to sell it derailed when a body surfaces under their dock, forcing them to navigate small-town life, local legends, and a mysterious treasure map while uncovering long-buried secrets. Twin Lights, No. 1


Stillwater by Tanya Scott

Stillwater by Tanya Scott

After years of hiding from his violent past as a crime boss’s protégé, college student Luke Harris — formerly known as Jack Quinlan — is forced to reclaim old instincts when his former life resurfaces, threatening the love, identity, and future he’s struggled to build.


The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden

The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden

Abby’s dream of having a child is endangered when she discovers that her personal assistant, and the surrogate mother carrying her child, as an unspeakable secret.


Too Old for This by Samantha Downing

Too Old for This by Samantha Downing

Retired and hidden under a new identity, Lottie Jones faces exposure when a persistent journalist starts digging into her murderous past, forcing her to confront old crimes and attempt one more cover-up before age — and curiosity — catch up with her.


We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter

We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter

When two girls vanish on fireworks night in North Falls, Officer Emmy Clifton races to uncover their secrets and redeem her past failure, only to find the town — and those closest to her — harbor darker truths than she ever imagined.


While the Getting Is Good by Matt Riordan

While the Getting Is Good by Matt Riordan

Amid the gangland wars of Prohibition, one fisherman’s long-shot play to secure his family’s future brings disaster to everyone he loves.


Wounds by Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo

Wounds by Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo

As mutilated bodies surface across Denmark, detectives Liam Stark and Dea Torp race to identify a serial killer whose victims bear weeks of inflicted wounds — fearing that two missing teenage girls may be next if they can’t stop the carnage in time.


The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas

The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas

When Alice, a successful scientist, is brutally attacked and her husband killed while staying with her sister Tasha’s family, Tasha faces a chilling threat that she was the intended target, unraveling dark family secrets that put everyone she loves in danger.


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Black Cherokee by Antonio Michael Downing

Black Cherokee by Antonio Michael Downing

As her hometown faces environmental and cultural collapse, Ophelia Blue Rivers embarks on a powerful journey to understand her Cherokee Freedmen heritage and what it means to truly belong when identity comes at a cost.


For Richer for Poorer by Danielle Steel

For Richer for Poorer by Danielle Steel

As fashion designer and single mother Eugenia Ward faces business setbacks, her daughter’s questionable, lavish wedding and a looming hurricane, she finds unexpected support and a chance for a new beginning with a real estate developer.


Full Bloom by Francesca Serritella

Full Bloom by Francesca Serritella

After receiving a mysterious perfume that transforms her into the center of attention, Iris Sunnegren navigates newfound power, buried trauma and the dark secrets of New York’s elite, in the new novel from the bestselling author of Ghosts of Harvard.


The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera

The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera

As ambitious resort manager Laura nears a career-defining promotion, her troubled sister Elena becomes entangled in a harrowing scandal involving missing children, forcing both women to confront the brutal realities of privilege, exploitation, and sacrifice within a luxury Dominican resort.


I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale

I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale

Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a 10-year relationship, she’s willfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps and living in total chaos, until she meets the actual man she had pictured in a vision.


The Incredible Kindness of Paper by Evelyn Skye

The Incredible Kindness of Paper by Evelyn Skye

Decades after a mysterious childhood bond is severed, Chloe and Oliver navigate adult loneliness and lingering trauma in New York City, until a trail of yellow origami roses rekindles memories, hope, and the possibility of reconnection.


Isabella's Not Dead by Beth Morrey

Isabella's Not Dead by Beth Morrey

Fifty-three, jobless, and with grown children, Gwen travels across England and Europe to discover why friend Isabella disappeared fifteen years ago, which tests her marriage and puts her on a collision course with reluctant acquaintances, an eccentric mother-in-law, and a rabbit hole full of clues.


Joy Moody Is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne

Joy Moody Is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne

On her twin daughters’ twenty-first birthday, Joy Moody — proprietor of Bonbeach’s premier laundromat — is found dead, yet that is not the strangest thing happening behind the bright pink facade of Joyful Suds.


My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Strenner

My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Strenner

Seventeen years after Mimi Truang’s toddler daughter disappears in 1998 in Philadelphia, best friends Kit and Sabrina make plans in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, before starting college — but when Mimi, Kit and Sabrina come face to face, they will confront the people they truly are.


Ruth by Kate Riley

Ruth by Kate Riley

Raised in a rigid Christian communist society where uniformity  is sacred and questions are discouraged, Ruth navigates childhood, marriage, and motherhood while quietly wrestling with forbidden curiosity, struggling to reconcile her inner doubts with the life she’s told will bring her fulfillment.


The Violet Hour by Victoria Benton Frank

The Violet Hour by Victoria Benton Frank

After breakup and personal tragedy, Violet Adams questions her identity while navigating life among her vibrant family on Sullivan’s Island, aided by her influencer best friend Aly Knox as they seek reinvention, healing, and purpose in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.


Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran

Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran

As a wealthy Chinese family faces a sudden political downfall, longtime nanny Yu Ling — quietly observant and deeply entangled in their private lives — must navigate shifting power dynamics and decide how far she’ll go to secure her future.