Fiction Books Collection September 9, 2025

She walked away once—this time, he’s playing for keeps. Some moments never fade. Some hearts never forget. Her husband ran off with the PTA President—and her dignity. Now Kelcie Byron’s back in her hometown with a football-obsessed kid, a physical therapy license, and unresolved feelings for the man she never stopped loving.

The world’s most celebrated thriller writer and author of The Da Vinci Code returns with his most stunning novel yet—a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do.

Most Anticipated at Goodreads | Medium | LGBTQReads | Reactor | and more! The Maiden and Her Monster is a gorgeous, atmospheric debut fantasy rooted in history, folklore, and sapphic romance—perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Ava Reid, Hannah Whitten, and Naomi Novik.

From bestselling author John Boyne, a gripping and profound exploration of guilt, blame, trauma, and the human capacity for redemption.

When Titus Carneades is saved from a traffic death by a mysterious young woman who quickly vanishes—telling him, “It is not yet your time,” he finds himself drawn into a high-profile terrorist kidnapping of a Chinese businessman in which the same woman has interfered.

A page-turning, tenderhearted debut about a Black woman who is finally given a chance to pursue her dream of becoming a renowned choreographer, only to find that it comes at a tremendous personal cost.

In this charming debut rom-com, a young freelancer returns to her suburban hometown to uncover why her childhood next door neighbor’s bestselling book appears to be an epic love story about the two of them.

Hot Wax is “a propulsive father-daughter story” (Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad) and a journey of self-discovery that “captures the joy and danger of rock ’n’ roll” (Publishers Weekly) through one woman’s reckless mission to make sense of the events that shattered her childhood.

From the author of the “exciting, suspenseful, horrifying” (Stephen King) Fever House, a Vietnam veteran and his adopted niece hunt—and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family.

If crushing anxiety and an all-consuming drive to succeed rule your life, can there still be room for love?

Set in a stark landscape of cliffs and precipices high above the Argentine pampas, Mariana Travacio’s All That Dies in April follows the members of one small family as each makes a solitary journey out of their treacherous mountain home in search of a better life.

Mother and daughter mermaids navigate starting over and finding their place in the world in Lara Ehrlich’s debut novel.