New fiction book releases

This week’s new fiction book releases!

Week of July 29, 2025

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Thriller and mystery

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We Won't All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall
We Won't All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall


From the bestselling author of I Am Still Alive

Mercy Gray joins a TV survival show for cash. Trapped on set, contestants start dying. She must survive the deadly game, not just win it.

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Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum
Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum


Sofia infiltrates New York’s reigning "mom-squad." Soon, Frost, Morgan, and Nell suffer mysterious "accidents." Is Sofia behind their misfortune, or is a secret affair with the headmaster causing chaos?

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You Belong Here by Megan Miranda
You Belong Here by Megan Miranda


From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, The Girl from Widow Hills

Twenty years ago, two men died and Beckett’s roommate vanished while she studying at Wyatt Valley. Now, Beckett’s daughter is attending the school.

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Fine Young People by Anna Bruno
Fine Young People by Anna Bruno


Frankie investigates a classmate's suicide tied to Woolf Whiting's past death. Her journalism project uncovers disturbing truths about her elite school's history and the adults protecting its dark past.

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Fade In by Kyle Mills
Fade In by Kyle Mills


Salam, an ex-SEAL, survives being crippled to join a shadowy unit. Fighting a global threat, he questions if he's saving humanity or helping enslave it for unelected powers.

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Guess Again by Charlie Donlea
Guess Again by Charlie Donlea


Ethan Hall, a former detective, is urged by his dying partner to finally solve Callie Jones's decade-old disappearance. His investigation leads to a prison inmate, unearthing dark secrets tied to his own past.

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She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena
She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena


From the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door

Bryden mysteriously disappears from her luxury condo. Her husband, Sam, finds all her belongings, suggesting she walked out. Was she abducted, or did the perfect wife simply vanish without a trace?

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Literary & contemporary fiction

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Love Forms by Claire Adam
Love Forms by Claire Adam


Dawn, 58, chases the daughter she reluctantly gave up at sixteen in Trinidad. Finding her proves difficult, forcing Dawn to question every life decision she's made since.

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The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth by Barbara O'Neal
The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth by Barbara O'Neal


From the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids

Veronica, newly divorced, partners with grieving ex-Olympian Mariah to trace her late mother's unfinished Parsi café project across four continents, guided by letters and a former war photographer.

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Historical fiction

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Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams
Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams


From the New York Times bestselling author of Husbands & Lovers

When Audrey and her famous mother return to Winthrop Island, they discover a secret trove of paintings that connect them to a mysterious woman who vanished on a luxury steamship two centuries earlier.

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The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman


Lena Conti, an immigrant mother, fights 1930s Virginia's eugenics movement. After forced institutionalization, she must escape to protect her daughter and the mountain community she loves.

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Romance

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Gracie Harris Is Under Construction by Kate Hash
Gracie Harris Is Under Construction by Kate Hash


Gracie Harris, a widowed writer, escapes to a mountain house. There, charming contractor Josh helps her renovate her house and heart, offering a surprising chance at second love.

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Your Every Wish by Stacy Finz
Your Every Wish by Stacy Finz


Sisters Kennedy and Emma inherit a spooky trailer where a witch grants them three wishes: Kennedy wants money, Emma wants her ex. Halloween magic reveals family secrets and their true desires.

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Fantasy & Sci-Fi

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Soul of Shadow by Emma Noyes
Soul of Shadow by Emma Noyes


When a classmate vanishes, Charlie investigates, uncovering a hidden world of magic, gods, and monsters – and a fated first love destined to fall apart.

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The Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resau
The Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resau


An enchanting modern-day take on The Secret Garden

Gardener Eloise joins a rule-bound château where children are forbidden. Glimpsing a mysterious child, Eloise breaks rules to protect it, turning her enchanting haven into a dangerous prison.

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The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist by Nora Grey
The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist by Nora Grey


Genuine medium Nairna flees her charlatan father and scandal in Edinburgh, reinventing herself as Nora. She must brave a grand séance, connecting with her grandmother's tragic spirit to define her destiny.

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Wrath of the Dragons by Olivia Rose Darling
Wrath of the Dragons by Olivia Rose Darling


Demon Commander Cayden forces a political marriage with Queen Elowen to exact revenge on her father. Battling warring kingdoms and their own fragile trust, they must secure their throne or lose everything.

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Sequel to the bestselling romantasy Fear the Flames

Silvercloak by L. K. Steven
Silvercloak by L. K. Steven


Hell-bent on revenge, Saffron infiltrates her parents' murderers, the Bloodmoons. But her dangerous undercover mission gets complicates when she falls for the kingpin's son, prophesized to die by her hand.

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Part of The Silvercloack Saga series

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson


The dead's ferryman's daughter, Nera, finds her lakeside station failing: the lighthouse dims, ghosts multiply, and a living girl boards her boat to the afterlife, searching for a lost love.

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Cozy mystery

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Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku


After a customer dies eating Savvy's sweet potato pie, she must find the true killer to clear her café's name and protect her business.

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A Ghostwriter's Guide to Murder by Melinda Mullet
A Ghostwriter's Guide to Murder by Melinda Mullet


Maeve, a murder mystery ghostwriter, is arrested for her ex's real murder. With friends, she must plot her own investigation to find the true killer before he strikes again.

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Horror

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Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus


Swindler Cyril and his squad find a fallen angel in No Man's Land. It could end the war, but their greed and paranoia fracture the group, turning their hope into a desperate fight for survival.

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