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February 2025 brings a fresh wave of must-read book releases, just in time to chase away those lingering winter blues. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, the month often sees a delightful mix of romantic tales, compelling mysteries, and gripping literary fiction to keep readers cozy during the season.
This list focuses on the most exciting February 2025 new book releases that are perfect for adding to your TBR. Whether you’re a fan of heartfelt love stories or thrilling page-turners, there’s something here for everyone.
Want to know which books I am predicting for Book of the Month and Aardvark Book Club? Check out my predictions lists!
Related: February 2025 Book of the Month Predictions and February 2025 Aardvark Book Club Predictions
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Mystery/Thriller February 2025 New Book Releases
A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall
Release Date: February 4, 2025
A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret―and that she’s been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.
A Girl Like Us by Anna Sophia McLoughlin
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Succession meets Saltburn in a crackling locked-room thriller of inconceivable wealth, unchecked power, and the secrets poised to bring a powerful family down.
The Last Hamilton by Jenn Bregman
Release Date: February 11, 2025
After the last heir of Alexander Hamilton’s line is murdered, her heartbroken husband and best friend team up in this twisty thriller where a mysterious death uncovers not just an ancient secret society, but the treasures it holds—perfect for fans of Dan Brown and Sarah Penner.
Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass
Release Date: February 11, 2025
When Shelby Dawson survives a harrowing attack that should have left her dead, she tries to move past it—for herself, and for her family. Fifteen months later, with the help of her best friend, Mackenzie, she finally feels safe again in the snowy Minnesota town she calls home. But when an anonymous note appears on her windshield bearing the same threats her attacker made, Shelby realizes that her nightmare has only just begun.
We Would Never by Tova Mirvis
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Inspired by a true story, We Would Never is a gripping mystery, an intimate family drama, and a provocative exploration of loyalty, betrayal, and the blurred line between protecting and forsaking the ones we love most.
Whiteout by R. S. Burnett
Release Date: February 11, 2025
A researcher stranded in Antarctica receives a radio message that a nuclear war has broken out in this claustrophobic survival thriller.
The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Debut Author
Eilean Eadar is a barren, windswept rock best known for the unsolved mystery of the three lighthouse keepers who vanished back in 1919. But when a young man is found dead at the base of that same lighthouse, two detective inspectors, George and Richie, are sent from Glasgow to investigate.
With the dark secrets of the island swirling around them, George and Richie must decide who to trust and what to believe as they spin closer to the terrible truth. Laced with Scottish legend yet sharp and modern in voice, The Wolf Tree announces a spellbinding new voice in crime and mystery fiction.
You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Debut Author
An exclusive thriller writer’s retreat hosted on a private island turns lethal when one of the authors is found murdered.
Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger
Release Date: February 25, 2025
Charismatic daredevil and extreme adventurer Maverick Dillan invites you to the ultimate game of hide-and-seek. But as the players gather on Falcao Island, the event quickly spirals into a chilling test of survival. A storm rages as a deadly threat stalks the contestants, turning the challenge into something far more sinister than the social media stunt it was intended to be.
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
Release Date: February 25, 2025
From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an addictive thriller about a new mother’s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know the man she loves? And what danger does she face if her entire life has been built on a lie?
Romance February 2025 New Book Releases
The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest
Release Date: February 4, 2025
An R&B singer and a corporate executive find love that hits the right notes in this romance by Kristina Forest, USA Today bestselling author of The Partner Plot.
Can’t Help Faking in Love by Swati Hegde
Release Date: February 11, 2025
A young woman with Bollywood roots hires a barista to act as her boyfriend for her cousin’s wedding—only to learn you can’t fake chemistry like theirs—in this desi romance from the author of Match Me If You Can
Change of Heart by Falon Ballard
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Campbell Andrews despises exactly three things in life: incompetence, tardiness, and love stories. Making partner at her law firm at thirty-four, she has no time for anything or anyone else. And certainly no respect for those who choose love over work. That is, until she wakes up in Heart Springs—her own personal hell.
The good news? She’s not dead. She’s been magically transported to a small town straight out of the Hallmark channel, complete with a meddling mayor, seasonal festivals, and friendly townsfolk. Cam can’t stand it, but in order to make it back to her real life, she has to fulfill three tasks . . . foremost among them, experience true love. It seems impossible. But anything’s possible with a change of heart.
First-Time Caller by B. K. Borison
Release Date: February 11, 2025
A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle–inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.
Get Lost with You by Sophie Sullivan
Release Date: February 11, 2025
A second chance at love, small-town romance that’s all sweet with just a hint of heat from the “queen of sweet romance” (Falon Ballard) Sophie Sullivan.
Scythe and Sparrow by Brynne Weaver
Release Date: February 11, 2025
From the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensation Butcher & Blackbird and Leather & Lark comes the final book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy―a friends-with-benefits dark romantic comedy packed with murder, mayhem, and spice.
You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon
Release Date: February 18, 2025
A former sorority girl starts a prestigious poetry MFA program only to discover that one of her classmates is her high school crush-turned-nemesis—and he can’t stop writing about her.
Book Boyfriend by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Release Date: February 25, 2025
Devoted fangirl meets hesitant fanboy in this swoony contemporary love letter to readers who adore fantasy worlds, from the beloved authors of The Breakup Tour.
A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher
Release Date: February 25, 2025
A witch generationally cursed to never find true love sets out to break the spell cast on her family, and must team up with the last person who wants to help her – the witch who set the curse in the first place.
On Her Terms by Amy Spalding
Release Date: February 25, 2025
For fans of Casey McQuiston, Alexis Hall, and Meryl Wilsner, an actually hilarious, sweetly sexy, gloriously relatable sapphic rom-com about a fake relationship, very real emotions, and writing your own Hollywood love story – from the acclaimed author of For Her Consideration.
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Contemporary Fiction February 2025 New Book Releases
Softcore by Brittany Newell
Release Date: February 4, 2025
A young woman’s madcap search for her missing ex-boyfriend takes her into the sexual underground in Brittany Newell’s savage, tender Soft Core.
A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler
Release Date: February 4, 2025
From the critically acclaimed author of Shotgun Lovesongs comes an exquisitely written, small-town story about one couple’s hard-won second chance at love, forty years after their divorce.
The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita Montimore
Release Date: February 11, 2025
From the NATIONAL BESTSELLING author of GMA Book Club Pick OONA OUT OF ORDER, a novel about two best friends and aspiring actresses who join the Dollhouse Academy, where stars are made and dangerous secrets are hidden.
End of August by Paige Dinneny
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Debut Author
A captivating, multigenerational debut novel of a young woman navigating the personal trauma that ties herself, her nomadic mother, and her alcoholic grandmother together, perfect for fans of Ask Again, Yes and What the Fireflies Knew.
Every Tom, Dick & Harry by Elinor Lipman
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Taking over her parents’ estate-sale business is not the life’s work that Emma Lewis bargained for. Yes, she grew up helping them empty people’s nests, but nothing prepared her for her biggest and stickiest “get”–the grand, beautiful house of ill repute masquerading as a decidedly beddable B and B. Should Emma turn down potential clients in need of decluttering just because they are shady, escort-y, and proud of it?
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad—a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago—suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.
Back After This by Linda Holmes
Release Date: February 25, 2025
From the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over and Flying Solo, a podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating—but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love?
Literary Fiction February 2025 New Book Releases
Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Release Date: February 4, 2025
Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves?
Diana in Love by Jen Besser and Shana Feste
Release Date: February 4, 2025
Traveling to Paris, Diana Wood reconnects with the man from her past who’s haunted her memories and ignited her imagination. Will this trip help her to reclaim the wild, sensual woman she used to be?
The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy
Release Date: February 4, 2025
The Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their relationship at a crossroads.
Beartooth by Callan Wink
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Two brothers in dire straits, living on the edge of Yellowstone, agree to a desperate act of survival in this taut, propulsive novel reminiscent of the works of Peter Heller and Donald Ray Pollock.
People of Means by Nancy Johnson
Release Date: February 11, 2025
From the acclaimed author of The Kindest Lie, a propulsive novel about a mother and daughter each seeking justice and following their dreams during moments of social reckoning—1960s Nashville and 1992 Chicago; perfect for readers of Brit Bennett and Tayari Jones.
Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza
Release Date: February 25, 2025
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Liliana’s Invincible Summer, a dreamlike, genre-defying novel about a professor and detective seeking justice in a world suffused with gendered violence.
A House for Miss Pauline by Diana McCaulay
Release Date: February 25, 2025
Starring an unforgettably fierce ninety-nine-year-old Jamaican heroine, this “profound and beautiful novel” transports readers to the heart of rural Jamaica with a tender and urgent story about who owns the land on which our identities are forged (Julia Alvarez).
Historical Fiction February 2025 New Book Releases
Enemy of My Dreams by Jenny Williamson
Release Date: February 4, 2025
In the last days of the Roman Empire, a desperate princess and a brutal Gothic warlord forge a dangerous alliance.
Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
Release Date: February 4, 2025
She found the literary voices that would inspire the world…. The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian.
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
Release Date: February 4, 2025
A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms.
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
Release Date: February 4, 2025
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff.
Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Release Date: February 4, 2025
A classic in the making: a mesmerizing novel about marriage and ambition, sexuality and secrecy, and the true costs of building an empire.
The Riveter by Jack Wang
Release Date: February 11, 2025
In the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe during WWII.
Sci-Fi February 2025 New Book Releases
The Garden by Nick Newman
Release Date: February 18, 2025
A darkly beautiful, eerie, hypnotic novel about two elderly sisters living alone at the edge of the world.
The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton
Release Date: February 25, 2025
Part first contact story, part dark comedy, and part bizarre love triangle, The Fourth Consort asks an important question: how far would you go to survive? And more importantly, how many drinks would you need to go there?
Horror February 2025 New Book Releases
Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson
Release Date: February 1, 2025
Five young women eager for success rely on the unspeakable to make their dreams come true in a chilling novel about martyrdom, ritual, and obsession by the author of We Ate the Dark.
Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel
Release Date: February 4, 2025
For fans of Jordan Peele’s films, Stranger Things, and The Other Black Girl, Listen To Your Sister is a laugh-out-loud, deeply terrifying, and big-hearted speculative horror novel from electrifying debut talent Neena Viel.
Beauty in the Blood by Charlotte Carter
Release Date: February 11, 2025
A curse rolls out over centuries, murky and unknowable as swamp waters, shaping and destroying lives.
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
Release Date: February 18, 2025
It’s the height of the industrial revolution and ten years into Lenore’s marriage to steel magnate Henry, their relationship has soured. When Henry’s ambitions take them from London to the remote British moorlands to host a hunting party, a shocking carriage accident brings the mysterious Carmilla into their lives. Carmilla, who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night. Carmilla, who stirs up something deep within Lenore. And before long, girls from the local villages fall sick, consumed by a terrible hunger . . .
As the day of the hunt draws closer, Lenore begins to unravel, questioning the role she has been playing all these years. Torn between regaining her husband’s affection and the cravings Carmilla has awakened, soon Lenore will uncover a darkness in her household that will place her at terrible risk.
Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce
Release Date: February 25, 2025
Unbearably tense, utterly propulsive, and studded with folklore and horror, Something in the Walls is perfect for anyone who loves Midsommar and The Haunting of Hill House.
Magical Realism/Fantasy February 2025 New Book Releases
The Bones Beneath My Skin by T. J. Klune
Release Date: February 4, 2025
A spine-tingling standalone novel by bestselling author TJ Klune―a supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government.
Grave Empire by Richard Swan
Release Date: February 4, 2025
From critically acclaimed author Richard Swan, Grave Empire begins the epic tale of an empire on the verge of industrial revolution, where sorcery and arcane practices are outlawed – and where an ancient prophecy threatens the coming end of days.
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Release Date: February 11, 2025
The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves
The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall by J. Ann Thomas
Release Date: February 11, 2025
A young woman forced to live with ghosts in a mansion frozen in time must decide between forbidden love and the price of freedom in this gothic fantasy where Jane Eyre meets The Haunting of Bly Manor, perfect for fans of Starling House.
Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
Release Date: February 18, 2025
Second Book in a Series
The stakes are even higher in this epic, romantic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth duology
Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
Release Date: February 18, 2025
Upon a Starlit Tide is a dark and enchanting historical fantasy combining elements of “The Little Mermaid” and “Cinderella” into a wholly original tale of love, power, and betrayal.
Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill
Release Date: February 25, 2025
Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth. Hungry and ready to pounce.
Jenny Greenteeth has never spoken to a human before, but when a witch is thrown into her lake, something makes Jenny decide she’s worth saving. Temperance doesn’t know why her village has suddenly turned against her, only that it has something to do with the malevolent new pastor.
Though they have nothing in common, these two must band together on a magical quest to defeat the evil that threatens Jenny’s lake and Temperance’s family, as well as the very soul of Britain.
The Prince’s Heart by Ben Chalfin
Release Date: February 25, 2025
Red White and Royal Blue meets The Goblin Emperor in this enchanting slow-burn LGBTQIA+ Romantasy set in the mystical realm of Soeria, where a prince must choose between duty and heart.
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