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Curious about what books will be released in the months ahead so you can pre-order or reserve them? Then click on the months below.

Please note we have not included every book that is coming out, but rather some that caught our eye --- and that we thought should catch yours as well.

September 2025

Hardcover

Framed in Death by J. D. Robb - Crime, Fiction, Mythology, Suspense, Thriller

St. Martin's Press | 9781250370822 | Published September 2, 2025

Death imitates art in the brand-new crime thriller starring homicide cop Eve Dallas from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author J.D. Robb. Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist's career with a wave of a hand. But one man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his. Come tomorrow, he vows, the city will be buzzing about his work. Indeed, before dawn, Lt. Eve Dallas is speeding toward the home of the two gallery owners whose doorway has been turned into a horrifying crime scene overnight. A lifeless young woman has been elaborately costumed and precisely posed to resemble the model of a long-ago Dutch master, and Dallas plunges into her investigation.

The Girl in the Green Dress: A Mystery Featuring Zelda Fitzgerald by Mariah Fredericks - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

Minotaur Books | 9781250367518 | Published September 2, 2025

Zelda Fitzgerald is bored. Although she’s newly married to the hottest writer in America, Zelda is at loose ends while Scott works on his next novel, The Beautiful and the Damned. Meanwhile, Atlanta journalist Morris Markey has arrived in New York and is lost in every way possible. When notorious man-about-town Joseph Elwell is found shot through the head, the fortunes of the two southerners collide when they realize they were both among the last to see him alive. Zelda encountered Elwell at the scandalous Midnight Frolic revue on the night of his death, and Markey saw him just hours before with a ravishing mystery woman dressed in green. Markey has his story. Zelda has her next adventure. Zelda sweeps Markey into her New York, the heady, gaudy Jazz Age of excess and abandon, as the lost generation takes its first giddy steps.

Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

William Morrow | 9780063338746 | Published September 2, 2025

In 1969, 23-year-old starlet Lori Lovely shocks the world by ditching a promising film career to take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as a Benedictine nun. Why would such a beautiful girl take the veil? Did it have anything to do with the tragic death of her costar, heartthrob singer Lucas Wesley? In 1990, Lu Tibbott is under the gun to complete her senior thesis in modern American history. Instead of spending weeks in dusty archives, Lu decides to dig into a true 20th-century mystery and write about her aunt Lori, now the Mother Abbess at a cloistered convent in rural New England. Mother Lori has refused all requests for interviews --- until Lu arrives at the abbey with a tape recorder in hand. To her delight, Mother Lori announces she’s finally ready to talk...but only if Lu is truly ready to listen.

All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan - Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller, Women's Fiction

Minotaur Books | 9781250349996 | Published September 9, 2025

Debut sensation Tessa Calloway is on a whirlwind book tour for her instant bestseller, All This Could Be Yours. In a different city every night, Tessa receives standing ovations from adoring fans while her husband Henry and their two children cheer her on from their brand-new dream house. But there's a chilling problem with Tessa's triumphant book tour --- she soon discovers she is being stalked by someone who's obsessed not only with sabotaging her career, but also with destroying her perfect family back home. Tessa fears the fallout from an impossible decision she once made --- what felt like a genuine deal with the devil --- appears to be coming due. And she’s realizing that every high-stakes bargain comes with a high-stakes price. If Tessa can't untangle who's threatening to expose her darkest secrets, she'll lose her career, her family --- and possibly her life.

Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer - Biography, History, Nonfiction, Political Science

St. Martin's Press | 9781250374042 | Published September 9, 2025

The concept of evil is universal, ancient and ever present today. The biblical book of Genesis clearly defines it when Cain kills his brother Abel out of jealousy. Evil is a choice to make another suffer. As long as human beings have walked, evil has been close by. CONFRONTING EVIL by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer recounts the deeds of the worst people in history: Genghis Khan. The Roman Emperor Caligula. Henry VIII. The collective evil of the 19th century slave traders and the 20th century robber barons. Stalin. Hitler. Mao. The Ayatollah Khomeini. Putin. The Mexican drug cartels. Collectively, these warlords, tyrants, businessmen and criminals are directly responsible for the death and misery of hundreds of millions of people.

Crooks: A Novel About Crime and Family by Lou Berney - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

William Morrow | 9780063445574 | Published September 9, 2025

For Buddy and Lillian, the criminal underworld is the only life they’ve ever known. When they’re forced to flee Las Vegas, they end up opening a club in Oklahoma City. Along for the ride are their five children, all of them raised into the family business of crime --- until the day comes when they each have a chance to make their own way in the world. Jeremy, the family’s Golden Boy, will throw himself into the drug-fueled Hollywood in the roaring 1980s. Tallulah, the daredevil, will find herself in the deadly Wild West of post-communist Moscow. Ray wants nothing more than to put down his gun, but following orders is all he’s ever known. Alicethe genius who renounced her life of crime long ago, now sees her law firm being blackmailed and must tap into old skills to save both the company and her own life. And Piggya civilian always on the outside looking in on his crime family, desperate to be part of the gang.

Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo - Fiction, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism

St. Martin's Press | 9781250375339 | Published September 9, 2025

Gabriel Fisher was born an orphan, weighing 18 pounds and measuring 27 inches long. No one in Lakota, Wisconsin, knows what to make of him. He walks at eight months, communicates with animals, and seems to possess extraordinary athletic talent. But when the older brother who has been caring for him dies, Gabriel is taken in by his devout Amish grandparents who disapprove of all the attention and hide him away from the English world. But it’s hard to hide forever when you’re nearly eight feet tall. At 17, Gabriel is spotted working in a hay field by the local football coach. What happens next transforms not only Gabriel’s life but the lives of everyone he meets. LIFE, AND DEATH, AND GIANTS is a moving story of faith, family, buried secrets and everyday miracles.

One of Them by Kitty Zeldis - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

Harper | 9780063352841 | Published September 9, 2025

Anne Bishop seems like a typical Vassar sophomore --- one of a popular group of privileged WASP friends. None of the girls in her circle has any idea that she’s Jewish, or that her real name is Miriam. Pretending to be a Gentile has made life easier --- as Anne, she no longer suffers the snubs, snide remarks, and daily restrictions Jews face --- after all, it's no longer directed at her. But her secret life is threatened when she becomes fascinated by Delia Goldhush. Delia is sophisticated, stylish, brilliant and unashamedly Jewish --- and seems not to care that she’s an outcast among the other students. Knowing that her growing closeness with Delia would be social suicide if it were discovered, Anne keeps their friendship quiet. Delia seems to understand --- until a cruelty on Anne’s part drives them apart and sends them scattering to other corners of the world, alone and together. 

Ripeness by Sarah Moss - Family Life, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 9780374609016 | Published September 9, 2025

Edith, just out of school, has been sent from her quiet English life to rural Italy. It is the 1960s, and her mother has issued strict instructions: tend to her sister, ballet dancer Lydia, in the final weeks of her scandalous pregnancy; help at the birth; make a phone call that will summon the nuns who will spirit the child away to a new home. Decades later, Edith has made a life of contentment and comfort in Ireland. Then her best friend Maebh receives a shocking phone call from an American man. He claims to be a brother she never knew existed: a child her mother gave up and never spoke of again. As Edith helps her friend reckon with this new idea of family and how it might change her life, her thoughts turn back to Lydia and her own fractured history. What did they give up when they sent him away? What kind of life has he been given? And how did it change their own lives?

The Elements by John Boyne - Crime, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Henry Holt and Co. | 9781250410368 | Published September 9, 2025

In THE ELEMENTS, acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne has created an epic saga that weaves together four interconnected narratives, each representing a different perspective on crime: the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator and the victim. The narrative follows a mother on the run from her past, a young soccer star facing a trial, a successful surgeon grappling with childhood trauma and a father on a transformative journey with his son. Each is somehow connected to the next, and as the story unfolds, their lives intersect in unimaginable ways. The story resonates on a deeply emotional level, challenging readers to confront their own conceptions of guilt and innocence at every step. Amid the wildly engrossing storytelling, the book ultimately asks: What would you do when faced with the unthinkable?

The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson - Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction

Harper Voyager | 9780063450868 | Published September 9, 2025

Art has always been an escape for Lewis Dixon. But no one has ever praised his work, so he is shocked when the British Museum shows an unusual interest in his art. Lewis soon learns he has not been invited to participate in a curated show, but rather a test: to see if the exhilaration he experiences when painting is actually magic, a power that allows him to enter nine very special paintings made by his great-grandfather. Spread across the globe, these paintings have unbelievable eldritch abilities, and there are those out there who would do anything to possess just one. And Lewis, upon passing the test, has been asked to destroy them all. Partnered with the alluring agent, Noah Rao, Lewis must travel to Japan, Australia, Nigeria --- and the past --- to save those unlucky enough to call any of the paintings their own --- or to free the world from those who would misuse the power of the paintings. 

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jónasson - Fiction, Mystery

Minotaur Books | 9781250408266 | Published September 9, 2025

The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jónasson, author of DEATH AT THE SANATORIUM and REYKJAVÍK. One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective Helgi to crack the case before its leaked to the press. As Helgi interviews the people closest to her --- a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge --- he realizes that Elín’s life wasn’t what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than the fiction she wrote. As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of the writer's very unexpected life.

The Righteous by Ronald H. Balson - Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Holocaust, Jewish Interest

St. Martin's Press | 9781250373083 | Published September 9, 2025

By the end of 1943, nearly all of Europe’s Jewish population had fled, been deported, captured or killed by Hitler. Only Hungary, and its almost 900,000 Jews, remained free from Hitler’s subjugation. That changed in March 1944, after Hitler conquered Hungary and declared his plan for mass extermination of the Jewish people. Theresa Weissbach, a professor at the University of Michigan, hasn’t heard from her parents in Budapest for over a year. Her best friend, Julia Powers, recently awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for her OSS service in occupied Holland, joins with her to locate and rescue Theresa’s family. Their skills and connections in the complex networks of public and secret diplomacy enable Julia, Theresa, and others to take enormous risks in an effort to save thousands of innocent lives.

Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon - Coming of Age, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Fiction

Bloomsbury Publishing | 9781639736010 | Published September 16, 2025

With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, AAMONG THE BURNING FLOWERS sees the first sparks of danger that threatened to consume the world in THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE. Yscalin, land of sunshine and lavender, will soon be ablaze. It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind. Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world. A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries. And now the great wyrm Fýredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall...

Brady vs. Belichick: The Dynasty Debate by Gary Myers - Biography, Nonfiction, Sports

St. Martin's Press | 9781250381194 | Published September 16, 2025

The greatest dynasty in NFL history stood on two pillars --- Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Together they forged a working relationship that provided thrilling results that would change the NFL forever. But what was the nature of that relationship? How did it function? How and when did it falter? How did these two figures come together on a national --- and global --- stage and create the most dominant team in NFL history? Brady vs. Belichick: Who deserves the credit for nine Super Bowl appearances and six Super Bowl championships? Veteran NFL insider and New York Times bestselling author Gary Myers draws on his unique and unparalleled access to Belichick and Brady over the course of the two decades, but also to the myriad players, coaches, personnel and family, to get to the bottom of this argument and resolve it once and for all.

Surviving Paris: A Memoir of Healing in the City of Light by Robin Allison Davis - Memoir, Nonfiction

Amistad | 9780063353138 | Published September 16, 2025

After more than a decade as a journalist and television producer, Robin Allison Davis decided to shake up her life and move to France. But it wasn’t quite the life she expected. When she was just 34, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. SURVIVING PARIS recounts her journey from diagnosis through multiple surgeries to surviving the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns, only to be told her cancer had come back --- and how she got to finding herself healthy again, including all the detours in between. While this book is about cancer, it’s not just about survival. It's a love story about cancer. It's a story about Robin's love of adventure, her love of love, and her love for herself. 

The Final Score by Don Winslow - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

William Morrow | 9780063450424 | Published September 16, 2025

The multi-million-dollar casino heist is impossible. That’s what makes it irresistible to a legendary robber facing life in prison for his “Final Score.” A college-bound teenager has a side job delivering illegal booze to “The Sunday List” until a crooked cop, a seductive customer, and a fake guru threaten to end his dreams. Two wise guys tell each other a “True Story” over breakfast at a diner. It's all fun until someone else has to pick up the check. An honest patrolman has to choose between his loyalty to the job and his love for a cousin in “The North Wing.” The substance-addicted movie star that Boone Daniels and his crew are hired to babysit in “The Lunch Break” has a problem --- someone wants her dead. Finally, a terrible mistake that a devoted family man makes sends him to prison and on a “Collision” course between the man he wants to be and the killer he’s forced to become.

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Mariner Books | 9780063318779 | Published September 16, 2025

Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique and Nakia are in their early 20s, and together, they are finding their way through the wilderness, that period of life when the reality of contemporary adulthood swoops in. Desiree and Danielle, sisters whose shared history has done little to prevent their estrangement, nurse bitter family wounds in different ways. January has a relationship with a “good” man she feels ambivalent about, even after her surprise pregnancy. Monique, a librarian and aspiring blogger, finds unexpected online fame after calling out the university where she works for its plans to whitewash history. And Nakia is trying to get her restaurant off the ground, without relying on her upper-middle-class family. These friends must also figure out what they mean to one another --- amid political upheaval, economic and environmental instability, and the increasing volatility of modern American life.

The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival by Anne Sebba - Biography, History, Holocaust, Jewish Interest, Music, Nonfiction, World History

St. Martin's Press | 9781250287595 | Published September 16, 2025


In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra be formed among the female prisoners. Almost 50 women and girls from 11 nations were drafted into a band that would play in all weathers marching music to other inmates. They were also made to give weekly concerts for Nazi officers, and individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances. For almost all of the musicians chosen to take part, being in the orchestra saved their lives. But at what cost? Sebba draws on meticulous archival research and exclusive first-hand accounts to tell the full and astonishing story of the orchestra, its members, and the response of other prisoners for the first time.

To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth - Contemporary Fiction, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Fiction

Tor Books | 9781250855503 | Published September 16, 2025

#1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth pulls from Slavic folklore to explore family, duty and what it means to be a monster in this sequel to the USA Today bestselling novella WHEN AMONG THE CROWS. A funeral. A heist. A desperate mission. When Dymitr is called back to the old country for the Empty Night, a funeral rite intended to keep evil at bay, it's the perfect opportunity for him to get his hands on his family's most guarded relic --- a book of curses that could satisfy the debt he owes legendary witch Baba Jaga. But first he'll have to survive a night with his dangerous, monster-hunting kin. As the sun sets, the line between enemies and allies becomes razor-thin, and Dymitr’s new loyalties are pushed to their breaking point. Family gatherings can be brutal. Dymitr’s might just be fatal.

A Dark and Deadly Journey: An Evelyne Redfern Mystery by Julia Kelly - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Holocaust, Mystery

Minotaur Books | 9781250865540 | Published September 23, 2025

Evelyne Redfern is ready for her next assignment with Britain’s secretive Special Investigations Unit. When a British Intelligence informant in Portugal mysteriously disappears just after hinting that he has vital information about German plans that could tip the balance of World War Two, Evelyne and her dashingly irksome partner, David Poole, are sent headed to Lisbon to find him. Once they land, Evelyne and David aren't even able to leave the airport, before she discovers one of their fellow aeroplane passengers murdered. Evelyne and David fight to keep their cover intact as they descend deeper into the shadows that surround Lisbon’s glittering collection of wealthy expats and dangerous spies. This case will test Evelyne and David’s training, charm, and wit --- and their growing attraction for one another.

A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories by Jonathan Lethem - Fiction, Short Stories

Ecco | 9780063388840 | Published September 23, 2025

This dazzling, genre-defying collection from Jonathan Lethem features seven major stories published since his last collection, along with his best work spanning more than three decades. “The Red Sun School of Thoughts" follows a teenage boy coming to terms with figures of authority and power --- those in both his biological family and in the family he creates for himself. Elsewhere we meet “Super Goat Man,” a down-at-heels bohemian superhero; “The Porn Critic,” whose accidental expertise wrecks his own romantic aspirations; and “Sleepy People,” who pose interpersonal conundrums without ever rousing from their slumber. A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION is a container bursting with life and death, couples in trouble, talking animals, and technologies on the fritz. Through it all are people longing to be seen and to connect; to thrive, love and be forgiven.

A Killer Wedding by Joan O'Leary - Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Women's Fiction

William Morrow | 9780063432215 | Published September 23, 2025

Christine can’t believe her luck. Gloria Beaufort, founder of the billion-dollar beauty empire Glo, has personally chosen her to cover her grandson’s wedding for Bespoke, the cult fashion magazine that every A-list bride dreams of being featured in. However, Gloria is found dead on the very first morning of the celebratory weekend, and her entire family wants to keep her death a secret and for the wedding to march on. Because of this, she can’t help but wonder if one of them is guilty. There’s the son who’s hiding a damaging lawsuit; the resentful daughter-in-law; the grandson who’s had a few too many run-ins with the law; his ambitious wife who’s hiding more than one secret; and Gloria’s favorite grandchild, the picture-perfect groom. As Christine navigates a world where glamour masks grimy secrets and everyone she meets is a suspect, she realizes that among this glitzy elite, nothing is as it seems.

Beings by Ilana Masad - Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction

Bloomsbury Publishing | 9781639737000 | Published September 23, 2025

In 1961, an interracial couple drove through the dark mountains of New Hampshire when a mysterious light began to follow them. Years later, through hypnosis, they recalled an unbelievable brush with extraterrestrial life. In Ilana Masad's BEINGS, the couple's experience serves as one part of a trio of intertwined threads: Masad explores the pair's trauma and its aftermath and questions what it means to accept the impossible. In the second thread, letters penned by a budding science-fiction writer, Phyllis, to her beloved, Rosa, expose the raw ache of queer yearning, loneliness and alienation in the repressive 1960s. In the present day, a reclusive and chronically ill Archivist attempts to understand a strange forgotten childhood encounter while descending into obsession over both Phyllis's letters and the testimony of the first alien abductees.

End Game by Jeffrey Archer - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

HarperCollins | 9780008640286 | Published September 23, 2025

London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games. But the glare of the spotlight makes London a target for some of the most dangerous people on earth. And the moment the bid is won, an international conspiracy is set in motion to unleash a devastating attack that will leave the world in chaos.​ One man stands between triumph and disaster: Commander William Warwick, heading up Scotland Yard's elite team. But as he pursues the shadowy organization, he sets off a deadly game of cat and mouse which will take him from the bustling streets of London to the hidden corridors of power. Can Warwick stop the assassin before the greatest show on earth becomes a catastrophe.