Upcoming 2025 Releases
This post is more for my future reference than anything else. I've just been reading the latest Publisher's Weekly newsletter, which contains their selections for "the most noteworthy" books releasing between February and June next year. These are the ones that stand out to me as things I'd like to read.
The Antidote
Karen Russell. March 11. Literary fiction.
A witch and a photographer feature among the cast of Russell’s first novel since Swamplandia!, which traces a dust storm’s impact on a Nebraska town during the Great Depression.
Death Takes Me
Cristina Rivera Garza, trans. by Robin Myers and Sarah Booker. February 25. Literary fiction.
A professor aids investigators in hunting for a poetry-obsessed serial killer, prompting her to reflect on the relationship between gender, literature, and violence.
Flashlight
Susan Choi. June 3. Literary fiction.
National Book Award winner Choi’s first novel since Trust Exercise revolves around a father’s mysterious disappearance and his 10-year-old daughter’s near-drowning during their trip to Japan.
So Far Gone
Jess Walter. June 10. Literary fiction.
Edgar Award winner Walter’s contemporary western follows a reclusive man who attempts to rescue his grandchildren from a Christian nationalist militia.
Twist
Colum McCann. March 25. Literary fiction.
A journalist embeds with an engineer and deep-sea diver off the west coast of Africa to report on underwater communication cables and those who repair them.
Deep Cuts
Holly Brickley. February 25. Literary fiction.
The muse of a successful songwriter chafes at playing second fiddle in Brickley’s debut about the early 2000s indie music scene.
Room on the Sea: Three Novellas
André Aciman. June 24. Literary fiction.
Each entry in Aciman’s triptych of friendship and love traces the entanglements between strangers after they meet.
Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy. March 4. Literary fiction.*
In her third family drama concerning nature and science, McConaghy zooms in on the caretakers of an Antarctic island and their dark secrets.
Dissolution
Nicholas Binge. March 25. Mystery & thriller.*
A woman learns that someone is stealing her husband’s memories. With the help of a stranger, she hacks into her husband’s mind, and stumbles on a world-threatening conspiracy.
Coram House
Bailey Seybolt. April 15. Mystery & thriller.
While working on a book about an unsolved disappearance at a Vermont orphanage, a journalist discovers another body in a nearby lake. Despite pushback from the police, she grows convinced the cases are connected.
Parents Weekend
Alex Finlay. May 6. Mystery & thriller.
Five college students disappear from their Northern California campus while their families are visiting, prompting a media storm that illuminates their class differences and the sins of their parents.
Kill Your Darlings
Peter Swanson. June 10. Mystery & thriller.
Told in reverse, this unconventional domestic thriller explains why a poet develops a plan to murder her English professor husband.
The Good Liar
Denise Mina. June 3. Mystery & thriller.
As a doctor prepares to deliver a speech about the faulty evidence she gave in a high-profile murder case, flashbacks reveal how she and her colleagues pieced together the inaccurate testimony.
The Bewitching
Silvia Moreno-Garcia. July 15. Horror.
A grad student researching an obscure female horror novelist unearths a decades-old mystery with eerie connections to her own great-grandmother.
The River Has Roots
Amal El-Mohtar. March 4. Fantasy & SF.
El-Mohtar, cowinner of the Hugo Award for This Is How You Lose the Time War, makes her solo debut with the story of two sisters who live on the edge of fairyland.