Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 7 Sep - 13 Sep 2025
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September 13, 2025
This week featuring new releases by M.L. Rio, E.M. Lindsey, Cora Rose, Pilar Quintana, Jenny Minton Quigley, Susan Coll, Lacey N. Dunham, Gianni Holmes, Samantha Browning Shea, Ron Rindo, S. Leigh and many more.
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Hot Wax by M.L. Rio
The highly anticipated new novel from M. L. Rio, bestselling author of If We Were Villains and Graveyard ShiftA nostalgic love-letter to the 90s rock and roll scene, Hot Wax follows a band of rocker misfits, rivals and trailblazers on the tour that could have catapulted them to super-stardom, if it all hadn't come crashing down... -
![Kiss-Fist by E.M. Lindsey, Cora Rose]()
Kiss-Fist by E.M. Lindsey, Cora Rose
Whoever convinced me to join the gym needs to be hung, drawn, and quartered. Or, at the very least, suffer with a pillow hot on both sides every night, because this? This is terrible.Running? No thank you.Lifting? Who needs biceps anyway.Now, I will say the eye-candy is nice. Especially my new personal trainer with the tattoos and dimples. But that’s all he can ever be: eye candy...romance · mlm · disability · contemporary · enemies-to-lovers · lgbtq · found-family · audiobook · forced-proximity · grumpy-sunshine -
![Noche negra by Pilar Quintana]()
Noche negra by Pilar Quintana
"Nunca había visto una madrugada tan negra y quieta, con la selva, las islas y el mar casi confundidos con la oscuridad. El mundo le pareció aterrador, como tomado por fuerzas ocultas".Rosa decide dejar su vida cómoda en la ciudad para irse con Gene, su pareja de origen irlandés, a construir con sus propias manos una casa en la selva a orillas del mar...horror · fiction · suspense · magical-realism · dark · literary-fiction · female-mc · contemporary · book · adult -
![The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners by Jenny Minton Quigley]()
The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners by Jenny Minton Quigley
The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers.Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Edward P... -
![The Literati by Susan Coll]()
The Literati by Susan Coll
An unexpected catastrophe of literary proportions . . .Aspirant, bookish, and close to broke, 26-year-old Clemi steps into her dream job at a prestigious literary nonprofit and finds herself in the bull's eye of a financial, legal, and existential calamity. The executive director has disappeared, leaving behind an inscrutable cat to which she is highly allergic... -
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![The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham]()
The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham
In this richly atmospheric, dark academia debut novel, a young woman with a secretive past will risk everything—including her life—to fit in. Belles never tell… It’s 1951 at the secluded Bellerton College, and Deena Williams is an outsider doing her best to blend in with her wealthy and perfectly groomed peers...north-america · usa · virginia · dark-academia · historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · gothic · historical · suspense -
![Nursing the Alpha by Gianni Holmes]()
Nursing the Alpha by Gianni Holmes
It started with a contract.I'd express my milk for what I thought was a family in need.No names. No questions. No strings.Just a big check.Then I found out the truth.The man buying my milk isn't a stranger.He's someone I know.Someone who's been doing things to me without my knowledge.And he doesn't just want my milk.He wants all of me...romance · omegaverse · mlm · paranormal · lgbtq · steamy · contemporary · stalking · billionaire · sexual-assault -
![Marrow by Samantha Browning Shea]()
Marrow by Samantha Browning Shea
A searing take on femininity and power, Marrow transports readers to a small island off the coast of Maine, where a coven has done the seemingly impossible.The day Oona was kicked out of her mother’s coven, she gave up on her dreams of harnessing the witchcraft that was her birthright...horror · fantasy · witches-wizards · fiction · paranormal · audiobook · parenthood · spooky · season-summer · supernatural -
![Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo]()
Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo
"With Life, and Death, and Giants, Ron Rindo has performed literary magic. This is a remarkable, profoundly moving novel." –Larry Watson, author of Montana 1948A heart too big for this world.A life that changes everyone.Gabriel Fisher was born an orphan, weighing eighteen pounds and measuring twenty-seven inches long. No one in Lakota, Wisconsin, knows what to make of him...north-america · usa · wisconsin · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · fantasy · magical-realism · book · adult -
![Rex: The Knightlye Brothers #1 by S. Leigh]()
Rex: The Knightlye Brothers #1 by S. Leigh
Dre has been missing for over a year. Rex is on a mission to find him and bring him home. Can Rex find the answers that have eluded everyone? Rex I need to end the mystery of what happened to Dre King. I'm determined to find him and bring him home. With the resources at my disposal, discovering what happened is easy. Getting Dre out of his current predicament is a different story... -
![The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russell]()
The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russell
An epic quest fantasy debut that is the Tlingit indigenous response to The Lord of the RingsWhen Elān trapped a salmon-stealing raven in his cupboard, he never expected it would hold the key to saving his people from the shapeshifting Koosh invaders plaguing their shores...fantasy · fiction · high-fantasy · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · nautical · action-adventure · myths · literary-fiction · paranormal
