All the Best Books
Coming Out in 2025
The Perfect Home
Daniel Kenitz
The beloved reality TV couple Dawn & Wyatt seemed to have it all: celebrity and money. When an infertility treatment has unexpected side effects, Wyatt is transformed into a man so malicious he’s unrecognizable. Behind Dawn’s back, he’s doing everything to make her look like the one with the issues to their loyal audience. With the public turning against her, how will she escape?
January 7th
Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney
Talking to his wife on the phone, Grady hears her stop and get out of the car. Then silence. A year after her sudden disappearance, he’s still consumed by grief. Traveling to a small Scottish island to write his next book, he sees a woman who looks so much like his missing wife, it could be her…
January 14th
Clever Little Thing
Helena Echlin
After the death of her beloved babysitter Blanka, Stella’s personality has completely changed. She’s adopted Blanka’s mannerisms, even her accent. Struggling through her second pregnancy, Charlotte is convinced the nanny somehow possessed her daughter. A novel in the same vein as The Push.
January 14th
The Crash
Freida McFadden
Leaving her life behind for a fresh start, 8 month pregnant Tegan finds herself in a sinister trap. Surrounded by a blizzard, her car has broken down and she’s sprained her ankle. Tegan is on the verge of giving up when a couple rescues her, bringing her to their cabin. But their hospitality is not at all what it seems.
January 28th
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
Eric Larocca
Ashley is a man struggling with suicidal ideation. He’s invented an unusual ritual to help with his urges. He’s found it so useful, he’s started sharing it with others in an attempt to ease their suffering. When a prospective candidate, Jinx shares his own story, it sets off “an ever tightening spiral of painful revelations, streaming into the light.”
January 28th
Famous Last Words
Gillian McAllister
It was supposed to be Camilla’s first day back to work after maternity leave, but when she wakes up her husband is not where he should be. He’s left a confusing note on his pillow. A gunman has taken hostages in London. Every news outlet is reporting on her husband’s act of desperation. So Camilla does the only thing she can do. She listens to the note and lies to the police.
January 30th
The Lamb
Lucy Rose
In this gothic coming-of-age, a young Margot lives at the edge of the forest with her mother. They spend most of their time waiting for “strays” to come to their cottage. Mama offers them warmth and wine. “Then she satisfies her burning appetite by picking apart their bodies.”
February 4th
Close Your Eyes and Count to 10
Lisa Unger
A competitive game of hide and seek on a private island quickly deteriorates from a social media stunt to a deadly game of survival. Entering the contest to give her children a better life, Adele finds herself fighting for more than just the prize money. (Squid Game meets Survivor)
February 18th
Hungerstone
Kat Dunn
Trapped in an increasingly estranged marriage, Lenore moves with her ambitious husband to the countryside. As Henry is preparing to host a hunting party, a carriage accident leads to the arrival of Carmilla: a mysterious woman who is sickly during the day and lively at night. A sapphic retelling of the story that inspired Dracula.
February 25th
Sunrise on the Reaping
Suzanne Collins
It’s the 50th annual Reaping, and as tradition dictates it’s a Quarter Quell. Twice as many tributes will be chosen, Haymitch Abernathy among them. (I love everything Suzanne Collins has ever written.)
March 18th
This Book Will Bury Me
Ashley Winstead
Jane becomes obsessed with internet sleuthing as a way to cope with the grief of her father’s death. When three girls in Idaho fall victim, Jane wants all the glory of solving the murder first. The police are uncooperative and the evidence scarce. By investigating this case, has Jane marked herself as a target for the killer?
March 25th
The Perfect Divorce
Jeneva Rose
Eleven years ago, Sarah was her ex-husbands defense attorney when he was charged with murdering his mistress. She believed she had left all the criminal debauchery behind. Until she walks in on her current husband, Bob and his one night stand. At the same time she’s filing for divorce, she’s dragged back into Adam’s case. Investigators found new DNA evidence. As if things weren’t problematic enough, the woman Bob was sleeping with has gone missing. The riveting sequel to The Perfect Marriage.
April 15th
Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry
Two authors compete for the chance to write an enigmatic woman’s biography. Alice is working toward her first big break. Hayden is a well-established Pulitzer Prize winner. During their one month trial, Margaret Price is telling each of them only parts of her story, which ironclad NDA’s prevent them from comparing.
April 22
Immaculate Conception
Ling Ling Huang
Two women in the competitive art world grow so close their friendship becomes borderline codependent. When Matilde’s career takes off, it puts a strain on her relationship with Enka, who grows increasingly desperate to remain close. She finds the “perfect” solution through a revolutionary technology that allows the user to enter someone else’s mind. A haunting exploration of advancing technology and obsession.
May 13th
Slags
Emma Jane Unsworth
Juliette is celebrating her 41st birthday with a road trip through Scotland. Accompanied by her sister, Sarah and copious amounts of whiskey, she revisits the demons of her past. Written by the author of one of my favorite books, Grown Ups, I am counting down the days to this book’s release.
May 15th
We Live Here Now
Sarah Pinborough
She barely survived a horrific accident, but that’s all in the past. Emily and her husband move to the remote countryside for a fresh start. But soon after their arrival she suspects something is very wrong. Odd things begin happening around the house. There’s a disturbing prescence in the room on the third floor. Her marriage deteriorated. Is Emily being haunted by the victim or a horrified murder?
May 20th
Kill Creatures
Rory Power
A year after three girls vanished in Saltcedar Canyon, their closest loved ones stage a memorial. Their ceremony is interrupted when one of the girls stumbles out, still alive. Everyone is absolutely shocked, but not quite as shocked as Nan who believed she killed them all.
June 3rd
Don't Let Him In
Lisa Jewell
You thought he loved you. He was your soulmate. He moved in with you and everything was just as you’d always imagined. But then he starts to leave for long stretches of time. Where is he going? Who is he with? Lisa Jewell never disappoints.
June 24th
Not Quite Dead Yet
Holly Jackson
Following a brutal attack, Jet is suffering from a severe head injury. Her doctor assures her she will be dead from an aneurysm by the end of the week. Can she solve her own murder before her time runs out. From the bestselling author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
July 17th
Katabasis
R.F. Kuang
One of my favorite authors returns with a new book featuring two academics who travel to the underworld to save their advisor. Inspired by the Ancient Greek myths, I can’t wait to pre-order this book.
August 26th