Top new literary-fiction books in November 2025
Last updated:
November 30, 2025
November 2025 featuring new releases by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Bryan Washington, Salman Rushdie, John Irving, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Chloe Seager, Daryl Banner, Karin Winter, Mirta Ojito, Amy Rose and many more.
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Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
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 (“A bombshell of a book..fiction · contemporary · fantasy · literary-fiction · mystery · horror · magical-realism · audiobook · paranormal · poc-mc -
![Palaver by Bryan Washington]()
Palaver by Bryan Washington
A life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the award-winning Bryan Washington. In Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor, drinking his nights away with friends at a gay bar...fiction · lgbtq · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · family · poc-mc · realistic · poc-author · drama -
![The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie]()
The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.‘Salman Rushdie is a genius’ A.M. HomesTwo quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire...fiction · literary-fiction · fantasy · magical-realism · audiobook · aging · death · contemporary · young-adult · philosophy -
![Queen Esther: A Novel by John Irving]()
Queen Esther: A Novel by John Irving
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther—a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism.Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905... -
![At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming]()
At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
New York Times bestseller Julia Spencer-Fleming returns to her beloved Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery seriesIt’s Christmas time in Millers Kill, and Reverend Clare Fergusson and her husband Russ van Alstyne - newly resigned from his position as chief of police – plan to enjoy it with their baby boy. On their visiting Santa, decorating the tree, and attending the church Christmas pageant...mystery · fiction · young-adult · suspense · psychological · literary-fiction · crime · law-enforcement · season-winter · female-author -
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![P.S. You're the Worst by Chloe Seager]()
P.S. You're the Worst by Chloe Seager
An effervescent millennial coming-of-age novel about a woman who spirals after she pulls the death card during a tarot reading and writes cringe-worthy confessional letters to her closest friends and family in anticipation of her imminent demise…only she doesn’t die.Everyone knows the death card in a tarot reading isn’t a literal death sentence. Well, everyone except Becky.Becky is not doing well...romance · fiction · contemporary · womens-fiction · audiobook · humor · comedy · realistic · literary-fiction · friendship -
![Hate To Love You: A Fairview/Spruce Texas Romance by Daryl Banner]()
Hate To Love You: A Fairview/Spruce Texas Romance by Daryl Banner
Sometimes the person you hate to loveis the one you were meant to fall for.Liam has one goal for the get through it.Then he'll be back on campus where life makes sense.No drama. No summer job at Gary's Grocers.And definitely no dating.Until he matches with a mysterious guy on a new app.Someone funny, thoughtful, and easy to talk to... -
![Mistletoe and Mayday: A billionaire romantic comedy by Karin Winter]()
Mistletoe and Mayday: A billionaire romantic comedy by Karin Winter
Surviving a plane crash? Easy. Surviving each other in the Alaskan wilderness? Utterly impossible.When cargo pilot Bailey Monroe's emergency landing strands her in the Alaskan wilderness with arrogant billionaire Sebastian Lockhart, she expects the worst Christmas ever. He's everything she can't stand—entitled, uptight, and infuriatingly handsome...romance · contemporary · forced-proximity · billionaire · literary-fiction · fiction · holidays · humor · book · adult -
![Deeper than the Ocean by Mirta Ojito]()
Deeper than the Ocean by Mirta Ojito
A moving multi-generational novel about the enduring power of a mother’s love, the ripple effect of secrets, and the strength of family bonds from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Mirta OjitoOne hundred years after the shipwreck of the Valbanera, known to history as the “poor man’s Titanic,” Mara Denis gets an assignment to report on the Canary Islands, where, she has been told, her ancestors... -
![Broken Secrets by Amy Rose]()
Broken Secrets by Amy Rose
18 years later...Eighteen year old Olivia has her California life down to an art. Soccer championships, sneaking glances at the cute goalkeeper, hanging out with her best friends, and the perfect bond with her mom.Well, almost perfect. She’s learned to avoid the topic of her dad - the man whose name makes her mom’s smile fade every time he’s mentioned...romance · betrayal · new-adult · literary-fiction · fiction · contemporary · female-mc · book · adult -
![As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel]()
As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel
For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, an inventive and romantic speculative novel about two women—a witch and an immortal demon—who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes.1592. Cybil Harding is a First Daughter...romance · fantasy · wlw · lgbtq · gothic · historical · witches-wizards · lesbian-mc · historical-fiction · 21st-century -
![Lucky Girl by Allie Tagle-Dokus]()
Lucky Girl by Allie Tagle-Dokus
An exhilarating, darkly funny debut novel about the absurd and fleeting nature of childhood fame, and the ever-evolving desire for family and forgiveness. Lucy Gardiner felt like she was put on earth to dance.Amid the chaos of her Massachusetts upbringing—her loving, erratic brothers; her overburdened mother—twelve-year-old Lucy is discovered and cast on a new dance reality show... -
![Lucky Seed by Justinian Huang]()
Lucky Seed by Justinian Huang
The billionaire Sun Clan of Greater Los Angeles is your typical American family, with power-struggling aunties, emasculated uncles, scheming cousins, scandalous secrets and a fortune teller on retainer. But at the end of each combative day, the Suns are chained together with golden handcuffs, whether they like it or not. Yet strange storms are a-brewing...fiction · contemporary · lgbtq · audiobook · humor · family · literary-fiction · romance · book · adult -
![The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu by Mindy Hung]()
The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu by Mindy Hung
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.Leeann Wu’s hands have started glowing at the most inconvenient times, and the single mother and midwife doesn’t know why...romance · fantasy · magical-realism · fiction · contemporary · urban-fantasy · audiobook · literary-fiction · low-fantasy · poc-author -
![The Merge by Grace Walker]()
The Merge by Grace Walker
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. How far would you go to never say goodbye? Laurie is sixty-five and living with Alzheimer’s...sci-fi · dystopia · fiction · politics · family · anthologies · post-apocalyptic · crime · literary-fiction · female-mc -
![Blood Riders by Gary Oldman, Douglas Urbanski]()
Blood Riders by Gary Oldman, Douglas Urbanski
A profoundly creepy and highly original vampire story set in the Wild West from internationally acclaimed actor Gary Oldman and award-winning producer Douglas Urbanski.Once a prosperous and lively town, now, in 1882, Echo Basin’s best days are behind it...adult · book · contemporary · dark · fiction · historical-fiction · horror · industrial-era · literary-fiction · monsters
