November 2025 New Book Releases

The Bridesmaid by Cate Quinn

Release Date: November 4, 2025

The Kensingtons invite you to the society wedding of the decade. There’s just one hitch. You might not make it out alive.

Her One Regret by Donna Freitas

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A riveting feminist thriller that tackles an unspeakable taboo: regretting motherhood.

The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan

Release Date: November 18, 2025

A thrilling dark academic tale of murder, obsession and ruthless ambition, set in remote St Andrews, Scotland.

Where He Left Me by Nicole Baart

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A twisty, atmospheric novel about a newlywed whose husband disappears, leaving her isolated in Washington State’s North Cascades.

With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee

Release Date: November 4, 2025

Debut Author

A group of Harvard alums have played a secret game for decades but as the stakes rise, deadly consequences emerge from old lies.

The Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex

Release Date: November 11, 2025

A taut, electrifying thriller about a woman determined to avenge her sister’s murder—and the killer who must confront his own ghosts.

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.

An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

Release Date: November 11, 2025

A charming new romance about two English professors who embark on a fake relationship…only to discover that it may be harder to pretend than they realized.

And Then There Was You by Sophie Cousens

Release Date: November 18, 2025

Chloe Fairway, thirty-one and stuck in a dead-end job while living with her parents, dreads her upcoming college reunion—especially facing Sean, the former best friend who now has the career she always wanted. To avoid embarrassment, she hires Rob, a charming match from a mysterious dating service, as her date. But as Chloe reconnects with old friends and gets to know Rob, she starts questioning her past choices, her dreams, and what she really wants for her future.

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.

Bitter Honey by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

Release Date: November 4, 2025

Spanning four decades and three continents, Bitter Honey is a story about a mother and daughter divided by long buried secrets, struggling to understand each other as they forge their own paths, from the internationally bestselling author of In Every Mirror She’s Black.

Other People’s Fun by Harriet Lane

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A chance encounter draws two old classmates toward an unforgettable reckoning in this novel exploring power—and how it tangles with privilege, marriage, motherhood, and midlife.

That’s Not How It Happened by Craig Thomas

Release Date: November 4, 2025

From the Emmy-nominated co-creator and Executive Producer of How I Met Your Mother, this smart, funny, bighearted novel follows a family turned upside down after Hollywood decides to make a movie version of their lives.

Good Hair Days by Grace Helena Walz

Release Date: November 11, 2025

Two sisters, a failing family business, a messy legacy, and a whole lot of hairspray. A modern twist on Steel Magnolias meets Hello Beautiful with some extra Dolly Parton flair.

Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Release Date: November 11, 2025

A grandmother tells her granddaughter about her twisty, often surprising, journey to who she is now in this sweeping love story.

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry, and superstition from the author of the smash hit My Sister, the Serial Killer.

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.

Palaver by Bryan Washington

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the award-winning Bryan Washington.

Town & Country by Brian Schaefer

Release Date: November 4, 2025

Debut Author

A debut novel set in a small rural town amid a congressional race that forces the candidates, their families, and a clique of gay second homeowners to confront lies, betrayals and shifting allegiances.

Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer

Release Date: November 11, 2025

The bestselling, beloved author returns with her first novel in over a decade, an intimate and profoundly moving look at a long marriage and the ways in which a startling request can change a couple’s understanding of who they are, together and apart.

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A woman must confront the evil that has been terrorizing her street since she was a child in this gripping haunted house novel.

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?

Blackthorn by J. T. Geissinger

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A scorching new enemies-to-lovers romance filled with explosive secrets, nail-biting, gothic suspense, and the dangerous lure of dark magic.

Brimstone by Callie Hart

Release Date: November 4, 2025

Second Book in the Fae & Alchemy Series

The epic story begun in runaway bestseller and global phenomenon Quicksilver continues.

Fallen City by Adrienne Young

Release Date: November 4, 2025

In the great walled city of Isara, political turmoil ignites a rebellion one hundred years in the making. But when a legionnaire falls in love with a Magistrate’s daughter, their love will threaten the fate of the city and the will of the gods.

**I received an ARC of this title and unfortunately did not finish it.

The Last Wish of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson

Release Date: November 11, 2025

Book Two of The Courting of Bristol Keats

Be wary of the legends you hear. Who knows, one day you may be a legend yourself. Brimming with dark secrets, lush world-building, and addictive romance, The Last Wish of Bristol Keats is the unforgettable conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Mary E. Pearson’s first adult series.

The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers

Release Date: November 18, 2025

Below the streets of London, a secret network of magical bookshops has existed for millennia. But they’re slowly disappearing, and no one knows why. Only one dishonored bookseller can uncover the truth and rewrite her story.

The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu by Mindy Hung

Release Date: November 18, 2025

A seemingly inexplicable magic takes over the lives of three generations of women in this gripping and romantically steamy novel sure to captivate readers of At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities and The Change.

I, Medusa by Ayana Gray

Release Date: November 18, 2025

A new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine.

Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel

Release Date: November 4, 2025

A heart-achingly moving novel, Lightbreakers plumbs the mysteries of human connection, and explores how to love in a world where time is both a healer and a thief.

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.

The Merge by Grace Walker

Release Date: November 11, 2025

A thrilling and ominously prophetic debut set in a world when Earth and its resources have been pushed to breaking point, giving rise to a revolutionary—and highly controversial—procedure in which two people’s consciousness can be combined to exist in one body.

Slow Gods by Claire North

Release Date: November18, 2025

Slow Gods is the galaxy-spanning tale ​of one man’s impossible life charted against the fate of humanity amongst the stars.