Aardvark Book Club November 2025 Predictions

Haven’t Killed in Years by Amy K. Green

Release Date: November 18, 2025

No one is supposed to know harmless office worker Gwen Tanner is the vanished daughter of serial killer Abel Haggerty. But a low profile and a new name aren’t going to cut it when an obsessive new killer starts targeting her, in this lively and propulsive thriller with a standout voice.

Made You Look by Tanya Grant

Release Date: November 18, 2025

Debut Author

A Catskills retreat turns deadly for a group of influencers when a snowstorm cuts them off from their greatest resource—their followers—just as a killer strikes in this irresistible debut thriller.

Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A hockey player and former figure skater get a second chance at love in this hot sports romance.

Secret Nights and Northern Lights by Megan Oliver

Release Date: November 18, 2025

Debut Author

Childhood best friends and first loves are reunited on a make-or-break work trip to Iceland, with old feelings coming to the surface.

Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade

Release Date: November 25, 2025

Second Book in the Harlot Bay series

A mistaken obituary leads to the reunion of two former high school crushes. Sparks fly in this hilarious grumpy/grumpy romance, packed with Dade’s signature body positivity and a delicious amount of spice.

Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World by Cullen Bunn

Release Date: November 11, 2025

Debut Adult Novel

A high-stakes hunt for a masked killer whose brutal murders may be a portent of an evil as ancient and cold as the stars themselves in this adult debut novel.

The Forest of Missing Girls by Nichelle Giraldes

Release Date: November 11, 2025

The forest is hungry, and her family’s secrets are tangled in the trees…

Petty Lies by Sulmi Bak

Release Date: November 11, 2025

We Need to Talk About Kevin meets The Vegetarian in this chilling epistolary novel of four characters locked in a frightening cycle of vengeance and comeuppance.

Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino

Release Date: November 25, 2025

Debut Author

An insanely competitive housing market. A desperate buyer on the edge. In Marisa Kashino’s darkly humorous debut novel, Best Offer Wins, the white picket fence becomes the ultimate symbol of success―and obsession. How far would you go for the house of your dreams?

The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling

Release Date: October 14, 2025

Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence.

The Dinner Party by Viola van de Sandt

Release Date: November 4, 2025

For fans of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Assembly, an intimate and darkly propulsive story told over the course of a dinner party, from its careful preparation through its explosive, irrevocable finish, about the tensions of love and autonomy, grief and female rage, and the surprising moments when they come crashing to the surface.

Bog Queen by Anna North

Release Date: October 14, 2025

The latest from New York Times bestselling novelist Anna North-a monumental discovery sets off a clash of worlds, past and present, over the fate of the land that holds us.

There is No Antimenetics Division by qntm

Release Date: November11, 2025

Humanity is under assault by malevolent “antimemes”—ideas that attack memory, identity, and the fabric of reality itself—in this whip-smart tale of science-fiction horror, an entirely reimagined and expanded version of the beloved online novel.

All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu

Release Date: October 14, 2025

Award­-winning author Ken Liu returns with his first scifi thriller in a brand-new series following former “orphan hacker” Julia Z as she is thrust into a high-stakes adventure where she must use her AI-whispering skills to unravel a virtual reality mystery, rescue a kidnapped dream artist, and confront the blurred lines between technology, selfhood, and the power of shared dreams.