Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 2 Nov - 8 Nov 2025
Last updated:
November 8, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Bryan Washington, Salman Rushdie, John Irving, Karin Winter, Mirta Ojito and many more.
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Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry, and superstition from the author of the smash hit My Sister, the Serial Killer (“A bombshell of a book..fiction · contemporary · fantasy · literary-fiction · mystery · horror · magical-realism · audiobook · paranormal · poc-mc -
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Palaver by Bryan Washington
A life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the award-winning Bryan Washington. In Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor, drinking his nights away with friends at a gay bar...fiction · lgbtq · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · family · poc-mc · realistic · poc-author · drama -
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The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.‘Salman Rushdie is a genius’ A.M. HomesTwo quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire...fiction · literary-fiction · fantasy · magical-realism · audiobook · aging · death · contemporary · young-adult · philosophy -
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Queen Esther: A Novel by John Irving
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther—a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism.Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905... -
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Mistletoe and Mayday: A billionaire romantic comedy by Karin Winter
Surviving a plane crash? Easy. Surviving each other in the Alaskan wilderness? Utterly impossible.When cargo pilot Bailey Monroe's emergency landing strands her in the Alaskan wilderness with arrogant billionaire Sebastian Lockhart, she expects the worst Christmas ever. He's everything she can't stand—entitled, uptight, and infuriatingly handsome...romance · contemporary · forced-proximity · billionaire · literary-fiction · fiction · holidays · humor · book · adult -
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Deeper than the Ocean by Mirta Ojito
A moving multi-generational novel about the enduring power of a mother’s love, the ripple effect of secrets, and the strength of family bonds from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Mirta OjitoOne hundred years after the shipwreck of the Valbanera, known to history as the “poor man’s Titanic,” Mara Denis gets an assignment to report on the Canary Islands, where, she has been told, her ancestors...
