Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 30 Nov - 6 Dec 2025
Last updated:
December 6, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Tory Henwood Hoen, Lovell Holder, Matt Greene, Matthew Pearl, Margot Harrison, Janet Rich Edwards, E.V. Bancroft and many more.
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Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen
A funny, heartfelt, late coming-of-age story that examines the role of memory in holding us back—and in moving us forwardCall it inertia. Call it a quarter-life crisis. Whatever you call it, Cricket Campbell is stuck. Despite working at a zeitgeist-y wellness company, the twenty-six-year-old feels anything but well... -
![The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder]()
The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder
For fans of Survivor and Less, this fast-paced debut novel shines an unflinching light on the drama of reality TV when a gay man returns to the cut-throat show he won in his youth after his adult life begins to unravel...romance · fiction · contemporary · lgbtq · audiobook · mlm · drama · literary-fiction · family · friendship -
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The Definitions by Matt Greene
An elegant and haunting dystopian novel about a group of individuals gathered to relearn how to navigate the world after a mysterious illness strips them of their memoriesNestled in an idyllic locale beside the sea, The Center is a place of rehabilitation and rebuilding. Students arrive nameless, their memories and sense of identity wiped by a strange illness...fiction · sci-fi · dystopia · 21st-century · psychological · philosophical · social-commentary · friendship · literary-fiction · book -
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The Award by Matthew Pearl
The author of Save Our Souls and The Dante Club makes his eagerly awaited return to fiction with this irreverent and propulsive novel about a young writer trying to make his way through a cutthroat literary scene that turns deadly.David Trent is an aspiring novelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, trying to navigate his ambitions in a place that has writers around every corner...fiction · suspense · psychological · mystery · satire · literary-fiction · thriller · humor · dark-humor · book -
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The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison
When its librarian keeper mysteriously dies, two former classmates must race to locate a rare book from their college years that can foretell your future if you confess a secret from your past—but someone is intent on protecting what’s hidden inside.It can write the story of your future..fiction · fantasy · mystery · magical-realism · literary-fiction · family · magic · action-adventure · psychological · gothic -
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![Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards]()
Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards
Set in thirteenth-century Bruges, this debut novel follows a young woman’s explorations of faith, agency, and love among a community of fiercely independent women.Aleys is sixteen years old and serious, stubborn, prone to religious visions... -
![On the Edge of Uncertainty by E.V. Bancroft]()
On the Edge of Uncertainty by E.V. Bancroft
Florence Cooper has spent most of her life caring for her niece, Cam Langley. Now she shares a house with her niece and Cam's beautiful girlfriend, Gloria Edwards, but at fifty-five, arthritis is slowing Florrie's body and solitude is settling on her soul...romance · wlw · lgbtq · slow-burn · lesbian-mc · war · historical · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · 20th-century
