Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2025
Last updated:
September 6, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Rabih Alameddine, Eliana Ramage, Joan Silber, Sarah McCoy, Lydia Sandgren, Lisa Greenwald, Patrick Ryan, Simon Doyle, Elizabeth Bass Parman, K.N. Wilder and many more.
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The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine
In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and “the neighborhood homosexual,” Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son’s desire for privacy as a personal affront...asia · west-asia · lebanon · fiction · lgbtq · literary-fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · contemporary · family -
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To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage
One young woman’s relentless quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut will irrevocably alter the fates of the people she loves most in this tour de force of a debut about ambition, belonging, and family. My mother took my sister and me, and she drove through the night to a place she felt a claim to, a place on earth she thought we might be safe. I stopped asking questions...fiction · contemporary · indigenous-mc · literary-fiction · lgbtq · space · audiobook · historical-fiction · wlw · poc-mc -
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Mercy by Joan Silber
The rich and nuanced story of a moment of fear and abandonment that reverberates across decades and changes the course of many lives, by beloved PEN/Faulkner and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Joan SilberIn the gritty East Village of 1970s New York, Ivan and his best friend, Eddie, a popular local bartender, are dabbling in drugs following a short tour of Europe... -
![Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy]()
Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy
In 1969 twenty-three-year-old starlet Lori Lovely, the apple of Hollywood’s eye, shocks the world by ditching a promising film career to take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Benedictine nun. Gossip columnists and scandal sheets can’t get enough of the story... -
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Artens överlevnad by Lydia Sandgren
Hösten 2021 får läraren och författaren Karl Hillberg ett oväntat erbjudande om att skriva en biografi över en omsusad italiensk dirigent. Uppdragsgivare är dennes änka. Karl, som dittills enbart ägnat sig åt fiktionen, dras in i ett både uppburet och dimhöljt liv i musikens tjänst... -
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![You'll Find It All Still Here by Lisa Greenwald]()
You'll Find It All Still Here by Lisa Greenwald
An emotional trip down memory lane, author Lisa Greenwald’s playful second-chance romance is perfect for anyone who grew up reading her middle-grade books or spent fervent summers away at camp.Successful event planner Mira Erdman never expected to see Brush Hill Camp again...romance · fiction · season-summer · womens-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · friendship · literary-fiction · humor · female-mc -
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Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
“Wise and heartbreaking” (Ann Napolitano), this captivating epic weaves the intimate lives of two Midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · literary-fiction · 20th-century · ww2 · family · book · adult -
![The Sound of You by Simon Doyle]()
The Sound of You by Simon Doyle
Sometimes silence is louder.Sixteen-year-old Owen Kelly is grieving. Since his grandfather died, he’s retreated into sketchbooks and shadows, where the world can’t touch him—and he doesn’t have to explain why he’s falling apart.But then Jun-ho Lee crashes into his life. Literally.Jun is Deaf, half-Korean, and new to Dublin...romance · young-adult · lgbtq · mlm · friends-to-lovers · fiction · coming-of-age · contemporary · poc-mc · sad -
![Bees in June by Elizabeth Bass Parman]()
Bees in June by Elizabeth Bass Parman
Set against the optimism and excitement of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969, a feat many said was impossible, one woman struggles to achieve something she thinks is impossible--living a happy and fulfilling life.Rennie King's world isn't at all what she expected when she married the hotshot baseball player from her small town of Spark, Tennessee...romance · historical-fiction · magical-realism · audiobook · fiction · family · fantasy · magic · womens-fiction · cozy -
![X Marks The Stalker: A Dark Romantic Comedy by K.N. Wilder]()
X Marks The Stalker: A Dark Romantic Comedy by K.N. Wilder
She hunts killers. He is one. Opposites attract has never been so literal.Crime journalist Oakley Novak has built her career exposing Boston’s darkest secrets, but she never expected a serial killer to turn the tables and stalk her...romance · stalking · steamy · serial-killers · revenge · found-family · fiction · multi-pov · killer · suspense -
![The Dating Prohibition: A Novel by Taj McCoy]()
The Dating Prohibition: A Novel by Taj McCoy
“Taj McCoy’s writing positively crackles with energy, wit and humor.” —Jayci Lee, author of Booked on a FeelingIn this spicy new rom-com, an ambitious entrepreneur working to get her speakeasy supper club off the ground is pushed off balance when her childhood crush turns up, hotter than ever––then tells her she's off-limits...romance · audiobook · contemporary · family · fiction · friends-to-lovers · steamy · poc-mc · womens-fiction · slow-burn -
![Why A Complicated Love by Daniel Kemp]()
Why A Complicated Love by Daniel Kemp
Why? Is a story set in a web of despair, sex, unreachable emotion and love.One man's crippling injuries, caused by an unprovoked, vicious attack, ruins the lives of everyone around him. This includes Terry Meadows, a nineteen-year-old boy who falls in love with the main character's daughter Laura, twenty-seven years before the opening of the story...
