Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 17 Aug - 23 Aug 2025
Last updated:
August 23, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Addie E. Citchens, Melissa Pace, Charlie Jane Anders, Ally Zetterberg and many more.
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Dominion by Addie E. Citchens
The sins of a favorite son rock a small Mississippi town in this taut Southern family drama.Reverend Sabre Winfrey, shepherd of the Seven Seals Baptist Church, believes in God, his own privilege, and enterprise. Besides the barbershop and radio station he owns, he has an iron hand on every aspect of Dominion, Mississippi, society...north-america · usa · mississippi · fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · contemporary · family · religion -
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The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace
Dark Matter meets Girl, Interrupted in this spellbinding psychological thriller about a young woman teetering between two realities.Virginia November 12th, 1954: A young woman wakes, agitated and confused, on a patient transport bus arriving at Hanover State Psychiatric Hospital...north-america · usa · virginia · urban · sci-fi · fiction · horror · mystery · time-travel · historical-fiction -
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Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
In the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own All the Birds in the Sky comes a novel full of love, disaster, and magic.A young witch teaches her mother how to do magic--with very unexpected results--in this relatable, resonant novel about family, identity, and the power of love...fantasy · fiction · lgbtq · witches-wizards · dark-academia · magic · contemporary · urban-fantasy · grief · wlw -
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The Second Chance Bus Stop by Ally Zetterberg
They say life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. Edith has Alzheimer’s. The idea that she will someday forget her son, her life, even her self, plagues her constantly...
