Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 10 Aug - 16 Aug 2025
Last updated:
August 16, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Lina Wolff, Amy Taylor, Emily Adrian, Catherine Dang, Elise Camden, Chandra Blumberg, Cleyvis Natera, Phoenicia Rogerson, L.S. Pullen, Emma Sloley and many more.
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Liken vi begravde by Lina Wolff
– Det är byn, sa jag.– Vad menar du?– Narraktig och fasansfull samtidigt.– Så sant som det var sagt, Jolly. Någon borde skriva om den."Liken vi begravde" är berättelsen om systrarna Jolly och Peggy, som växer upp som fosterbarn i en by i mörkaste Skåne. Det är en plats som tar fram det bästa och sämsta inom människan, fylld av legender och sanningar, lika levande som olycksalig... -
![Ruins by Amy Taylor]()
Ruins by Amy Taylor
A simmering, provocative novel about a couple whose affair with a young Greek woman over the course of a summer in Athens threatens to crack their relationship wide open.At a crossroads in their lives, a couple arrives in Greece to house-sit for a friend...europe · south-east-europe · greece · romance · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · season-summer · audiobook · multi-pov -
![Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian]()
Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian
For fans of Conversations with Friends and Vladimir comes a magnetic, fresh take on marriage and when two married professors tiptoe toward infidelity, their transgressions are brought to light in a graduate student’s searing thesis project. Simone is the star of Edwards University’s creative writing renowned Woolf scholar, grief memoirist, and campus sex icon...romance · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · dark-academia · lgbtq · marriage · wlw · university -
![What Hunger by Catherine Dang]()
What Hunger by Catherine Dang
A haunting coming-of-age tale following the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Ronny Nyugen, as she grapples with the weight of generational trauma while navigating the violent power of teenage girlhood, for fans of Jennifer’s Body and Little Fires Everywhere.It's the summer before high school, and Ronny Nguyen finds herself too young for work, too old for cartoons...horror · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · mystery · season-summer · cannibalism · feminism · poc-mc · realistic -
![The Humiliated Wife: A Husband's Betrayal & Grovel by Elise Camden]()
The Humiliated Wife: A Husband's Betrayal & Grovel by Elise Camden
She thought he loved her. He made her the punchline.Fiona believed her marriage was built on love and respect. She was wrong.When she discovers her husband’s secret social media account mocking every detail of her life, the humiliation is brutal, public, and impossible to forget.Now Dean will do anything to win her back.He’ll beg. He’ll grovel.But words are cheap, and some betrayals cut too deep...romance · contemporary · marriage · betrayal · angst · cheating · domestic-drama · steamy · psychological · literary-fiction -
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![Love Is an Open Book by Chandra Blumberg]()
Love Is an Open Book by Chandra Blumberg
Blurring the line between fiction and reality...Mia Brady never imagined her romance novels would become bestsellers, much less inspire a hit TV show. However, after signing a deal to write the final book of the series, she’s struck by a serious case of writer’s block...romance · friends-to-lovers · contemporary · fiction · audiobook · womens-fiction · poc-mc · legal · literary-fiction · friendship -
![The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera]()
The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera
The Dominican Republic’s famed Grand Paloma Resort is the paradise of dreams. Here, you can have it all, and the staff is always eager to please—that is, until they are pushed to the brink.Vida is a curandera, a local healer, who has been called to the resort to attend to a crisis. A young guest lies unconscious due to negligent resort childcare...fiction · audiobook · suspense · thriller · season-summer · literary-fiction · poc-mc · psychological · female-mc · family -
![Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson]()
Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson
From the award-winning author of Herc, an enrapturing feminist tale that brilliantly reimagines the story of Aphrodite and how she transformed herself from a lowly outsider to the darling goddess of love, for readers of Madeline Miller and Jennifer Saint. Aphrodite saw the gods on Mount Olympus and decided she wanted a piece of what they had...myths · fantasy · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · retellings · audiobook · lgbtq · ancient-civilization · action-adventure -
![Loved by Two by L.S. Pullen]()
Loved by Two by L.S. Pullen
Sequel to 'Saved by Two'When Jessica ran from her abusive ex, the last thing she ever could have envisioned was seeking refuge with two men whom her brother trusted implicitly.Not only did Caleb and Noah open up their home, they opened up their hearts. They’ve shown her what it’s like to love and to be loved in return... -
![The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley]()
The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley
A soaring, propulsive, and unforgettably poignant novel about two zookeepers at the last zoo in the world, in the vein of Téa Obreht and Charlotte McConaghyCamille has always preferred animals to people. The wild has nearly disappeared, but as a zookeeper at the last zoo in the world, on Alcatraz Island, she spends her days caring for playful chimpanzees, gentle tree frogs, and a restless jaguar... -
![Loved One by Aisha Muharrar]()
Loved One by Aisha Muharrar
When Julia’s first-love-turned-best-friend Gabe, a musician with a cultish following, dies unexpectedly at age twenty-nine, Julia launches herself into an intercontinental quest to recover the possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world. Along the way she encounters Elizabeth, Gabe’s effortlessly perfect and endlessly cool ex-girlfriend...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · grief · humor · female-mc · black-mc · coming-of-age · poc-mc · book -
![Impossible Match: a sapphic arranged marriage romance by Rochelle Wolf]()
Impossible Match: a sapphic arranged marriage romance by Rochelle Wolf
Two Torontonian socialites. One arranged marriage. What could go wrong?Cecilia Friedman is a rising tech star who has no time for relationships, let alone a wife, so she isn’t sure what to think when her grandmother tells her that she has found a spouse for her... -
![Love and Secrets in Dubai by Maryam Roble]()
Love and Secrets in Dubai by Maryam Roble
An old diary and a sand art bottle tell the story of a friendship that turned into enmity, spanning two continents and leaving its mark on several generations... -
![Dogs by C. Mallon]()
Dogs by C. Mallon
A singular, devastating debut novel, Dogs traces the fallout of one catastrophic night in the lives of five high school wrestlers, asking what can survive in the blast radius of latent trauma and violence. As night falls on the city of Carbon, Hal and his friends are cruising the backroads in their terrible car... -
![Reverse Tomboy by Auto Anon]()
Reverse Tomboy by Auto Anon
Naomi Soloveitchik has taken the first steps towards medical transition and with them, the womanhood she hopes to embody. However, she does not really understand what that means for her relationships, both to friends and lovers, but also to her own body...trans-mc · lgbtq · fiction · feminism · literary-fiction · contemporary · coming-of-age · family · book · adult -
![These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma]()
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma
For fans of Cloud Atlas and The Power, a hauntingly beautiful and profoundly prescient debut set in a future where China is the sole global superpower and citizens can record and transfer memories between minds.When I was a boy, my mother used to tell me stories of a world before memories could be shared between strangers…Decades from now, the world is run by an authoritarian state called Qin...sci-fi · fiction · mystery · dystopia · poc-author · horror · technology · supernatural · literary-fiction · crime -
![The Violet Hour by Victoria Benton Frank]()
The Violet Hour by Victoria Benton Frank
A heartwarming and empowering novel about thriving after tragedy, from the author of the “enchanting, hilarious, and insightful” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times author) My Magnolia Summer.Violet Adams is the perfect, youngest child in a family of loud, passionate women on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina...fiction · contemporary · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · female-mc · family · book · adult -
![The Way You Touched Me : Trust and Secrets 1 - Gay Romance by Luca Ray]()
The Way You Touched Me : Trust and Secrets 1 - Gay Romance by Luca Ray
A man with a past he can’t escape.A cop who breaks all his rules.And a truth that could destroy them both.JamesI live under a name that isn’t mine. In a place remote enough to stay unnoticed.This life wasn’t my choice, but I’ll do anything to protect it.When I stumble across a dead body in the woods, my secret is suddenly at risk.Sergeant Daniel Hart is assigned to the case...
