Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 14 Sep - 20 Sep 2025
Last updated:
September 20, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Elin Hilderbrand, Shelby Cunningham, Angela Flournoy, Felice Stevens, Nick Medina, Lauren Appelbaum, Sonora Reyes, Andie Burke, Emily Morgans, Jack Chandler and many more.
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The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand, Shelby Cunningham
#1 bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand teams up with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham, to deliver a dishy, page-turning novel following an intertwined cast of characters over the course of one drama-filled year at a New England boarding school...romance · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · mystery · young-adult · womens-fiction · dark-academia · season-autumn · drama -
![The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy]()
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
"Wonderfully ambitious.... Flournoy explores the complexity of friendship, family, and home in a voice that is expansive yet intimate, humorous yet devastating. I loved this book... -
![Not That Guy by Felice Stevens]()
Not That Guy by Felice Stevens
Not him.Not that guy, Weston Lively.The one I've hated since law school.The man who gets by on good looks, a fat bank account, and a powerful, political father.Our more-than-just-a-kiss one drunken night changes nothing between us.We’re both still straight.And we still hate each other.It doesn’t matter that we work for the same law firm.We’ve put what happened behind us.Except....oops...romance · enemies-to-lovers · mlm · contemporary · forced-proximity · lgbtq · workplace · legal · steamy · slow-burn -
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The Whistler by Nick Medina
A young man is haunted by a mythological specter bent on stealing everything he loves in this unsettling horror from the author of Indian Burial Ground and Sisters of the Lost Nation.For fear of summoning evil spirits, Native superstition says you should never, ever whistle at night.Henry Hotard was on the verge of fame, gaining a following and traction with his eerie ghost-hunting videos...horror · indigenous-mc · mystery · fiction · audiobook · disability · poc-mc · myths · poc-author · ghosts -
![An Introvert's Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Appelbaum]()
An Introvert's Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Appelbaum
Inheriting a seaside cottage comes with strings attached in this touching romance where an introverted remote worker must leave her city apartment and learn to connect with others—and find love—in real life. Mallory Rosen takes her remote tech job seriously. She values routine with predictability and minimum contact with others...romance · audiobook · contemporary · fiction · friends-to-lovers · womens-fiction · small-town · season-summer · slow-burn · friendship -
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![The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes]()
The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes
From bestselling author Sonora Reyes comes a poignant and searingly honest companion novel to the multi-award-winning The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, following beloved character Cesar Flores as he comes to terms with his sexuality, his new bipolar diagnosis, and more mistakes than he can count. Seventeen-year-old Cesar Flores is finally ready to win back his ex-boyfriend...young-adult · lgbtq · contemporary · disability · mental-illness · fiction · psychological · mlm · poc-author · literary-fiction -
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With Stars in Her Eyes by Andie Burke
WITH STARS IN HER EYES is break out author Andie Burke's (Fly with Me) next novel, a swoon-worthy sapphic romance about fresh starts and finding that one person who feels like home.After a catastrophic career debut, cellist Courtney Starling escapes to her happy place—her best friend’s bookshop in Kansas...romance · wlw · lgbtq · contemporary · fiction · lesbian-mc · young-adult · psychological · literary-fiction · humor -
![Kissing the Rake by Emily Morgans]()
Kissing the Rake by Emily Morgans
Lady Jessica Howerty has harboured a secret passion for her brother’s best friend since she was a girl. Now, all grown up, she knows a rake like Jacob Hurst is the last thing she should want, but after two tiresome seasons in London, she’s found no one else that affects her the way he does...romance · forced-proximity · industrial-era · regency · fiction · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · book · adult -
![The Higher Education of Matt Griffith by Jack Chandler]()
The Higher Education of Matt Griffith by Jack Chandler
When the guy he’s crushing on almost dies,Matt has to step up.He didn’t six years ago — and he’s been haunted by it ever since.He comes up with a plan — reckless, ridiculous, brilliantly stupid.He just needs help pulling it off.So he calls in people he can trust:One drag queen, two lesbians, and a pack of queer boys.There’s a guy to save and a score to settle...romance · mlm · lgbtq · contemporary · new-adult · fiction · steamy · literary-fiction · book · adult
