Top new sci-fi books out this week: 9 Nov - 15 Nov 2025
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November 15, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Alessandra Hazard, Laura Griffin, Emma Hamm, Nichelle Giraldes, Zile Elliven, E.M. Denning, Lola Malone, Amie McNee, Rascal Hartley, Grace Walker and many more.
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Undone by Alessandra Hazard
Alphas don’t submit. They can’t. It’s a fundamental fact of life. But when Anthony Blake’s rut turns deadly, Michael Terlaine has an impossible choice: Do the unthinkable and submit, or watch his best friend die. The act should have been degrading. Instead, it awakens a part of Michael that shouldn’t exist. Desire. Craving. Obsession... -
Innocence Road by Laura Griffin
A detective struggling to overcome her father’s professional legacy uncovers a serial killer whose crime spree spans two decades in the high Texas desert from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin.Leanne Everhart left her hometown, and she planned to never look back at those fractured relationships...mystery · fiction · romance · law-enforcement · contemporary · suspense · serial-killers · police-procedural · cozy · crime -
A Light So Blinding by Emma Hamm
She was the offering. He became the sanctuary.Astrid has survived her entire life by staying silent. As a veiled priestess, she advises a nobleman who makes every decision for her. But when a letter arrives claiming her long-lost sister is alive and captured by the trolls, Astrid is ready to risk everything.What she didn’t expect? Her nobleman is in debt. And he’s decided to pay it with her body...romance · fantasy · monsters · mythical-creatures · magic · fiction · sci-fi · paranormal · book · adult -
The Forest of Missing Girls by Nichelle Giraldes
The forest is hungry, and her family's secrets are tangled in the trees…Lia Gregg always hoped to outgrow her fear of the woods surrounding her childhood home. The dark, menacing trees have long been the site of whispered legends and disappearances of girls like her. But after a breakup sends her back to live with her family, the woods feel more sinister than ever...horror · mystery · fiction · suspense · audiobook · sci-fi · contemporary · spooky · cosmic-horror · psychological -
Killer of the Bells: It's about Christmas, but everyone hates it. by Zile Elliven
A classic tale where two suicidal people meet, fall in love, and try to keep each other from killing themselves, but, like, in a funny way.Echo:“Well-adjusted considering what you’ve been through.” That’s what my therapist likes to tell me.If well-adjusted means following dangerous people to secluded areas in the hopes they'll off me, then yes. I am the picture of mental health... -
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Fembot by E.M. Denning
Winston Lowe is trying to make it through his senior year of college so he can put school—and his mostly absent father—behind him. All he’s ever wanted was a dad who shows up and instead he got one who tries to buy Winston's love with extravagant gifts. A car. An off-campus house. An unlimited allowance. Nothing Winston wants, but he's used to that...romance · mlm · lgbtq · sci-fi · friends-to-lovers · contemporary · university · urban-fantasy · fiction · fantasy -
Burning Ice by Lola Malone
The Imperials of Helion are burning from the inside out.Mirel Fandi is a ghost.Forgotten by the Empire, he survives among the graves, half-frozen and half-awake, until a single act of mercy exposes the power in his blood. The frost obeys him. The fire hunts him. When an Imperial prince catches him instead of killing him, Mirel learns that survival may be the cruelest mercy of all... -
To Kill a Queen by Amie McNee
Enter a shadowy world of crime in Elizabethan London with this twisty historical mystery featuring a queer sleuth and a dash of romance! When Queen Elizabeth I is nearly assassinated, the rebellious heir to a criminal legacy seizes an opportunity for a better life. London, 1579...mystery · historical-fiction · fantasy · fiction · lgbtq · historical · female-author · sci-fi · crime · female-mc -
Dear Stupid Penpal by Rascal Hartley
Atticus “Finch” Davani does not want to be an astronaut. He hates space, he hates the ship, and he strongly dislikes his fellow crew members. He makes that painfully clear in his letters to Aku, his corporate-assigned penpal back on Earth. Soon, Aku becomes much more than a penpal...horror · sci-fi · fiction · gothic · lgbtq · psychological · cosmic-horror · supernatural · romance · exploration -
The Merge by Grace Walker
A thrilling and ominously prophetic debut set in a world when Earth and its resources have been pushed to breaking point, giving rise to a revolutionary—and highly controversial—procedure in which two people’s consciousness can be combined to exist in one body. How far would you go to never say goodbye? Laurie is sixty-five and living with Alzheimer’s...sci-fi · dystopia · fiction · politics · family · anthologies · post-apocalyptic · crime · literary-fiction · female-mc