25 Books Releasing in 2025
- brynn hyn
- Jan 10
- 4 min read
2025 will be full of some great book releases! Whether you're a mythological fantasy fan or a translated fiction reader, there will be something for everyone. Here are just 25 books that will hit the shelves this year.
Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan
A young ruler fights to protect her kingdom and faces a dangerous bond with the immortal War God. This romantic fantasy intertwines forbidden magic and political intrigue.
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
The story of three vampire women, spanning from Spain to Boston to London and beyond.
Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang
A legendary dragon hunter must woo the queen of an elusive and fiercely independent nation to uncover their secrets.
Katabasis by R.F Kuang
Two rival graduate students journey through Hell to rescue their magician professor’s soul and acquire a recommendation letter.
Water Moon by Samantha Yambao
A woman inherits a pawnshop disguised as a ramen restaurant where people sell their regrets. When she finds the most precious artifact has been stolen, she travels through a mystical world to uncover it and her father.
Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
A dark historical fantasy set in 18th-century France where a woman rescues a drowning man and is thrown into a world of glittery balls and faerie magic.
A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang
The Wind Walkers can command and control the wind, unlike the humans who rule over them. The eldest princess must become the next bride to the human king to keep her land, people, and culture safe; however, she plans to end the marriages once and for all.
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
A healer must track down the source of the poison killing Princess Snow. Along the way, she discovers a strange alternate world inside a magic mirror.
Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
After eight years behind bars in an icy prison planet, a woman is offered early parole by the very person who betrayed her. They must complete one last heist in order to stop a tech god.
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
For the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, twice as many tributes will be taken for the Quarter Quell. Haymitch’s games are unveiled.
The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li
The first Chinese actress to win an Oscar dies and leaves behind her crumbling mansion, which two families fight viciously over. Spanning over three generations, this story uncovers dark truths, betrayals, romance, and sacrifice.
Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee
Sixteen-year-old Jun must prove himself in the Guardian’s Tournament, a competition held every six years to find a new protector for the magical Scroll of Earth.
Oathbound by Tracey Deonn
The third and final installment of the Legendborn Cycle series which reinvents the legend of King Arthur.
The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley
A reimagining of the story of Dionysus– the Greek God of revelry and madness.
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
In a near future where even dreams are constantly under surveillance, a woman is arrested for a crime against her husband that she may commit in the future. She’s transferred to a center full of other women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes.
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
An author becomes famous overnight after she writes an AI-centered science fiction book unlike any other. But as her life changes, the line between fiction and reality blurs.
A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young
A woman returns to her small town to investigate the sudden death of her twin brother. Here, she uncovers the strange and haunting truths of not only her brother’s final days but also her past.
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
A story that follows separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese history. Their story starts with a childhood friendship in Shanghai and picks up with a reunion at a market in Los Angeles.
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
A nineteen-year-old boy is ready to jump off of a bridge when he is convinced by an elderly widower succumbing to dementia to take another path. He becomes her caretaker, and they form an unlikely but strong bond within a year.
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In the summer of 1980, a professor becomes one of the first women to join NASA’s Space Shuttle program. She begins training alongside a group of exceptional and life-changing people.
Isola by Allegra Goodman
When a French noblewoman is caught with her servant lover, her guardian abandons them both on a small, deserted island. Without shelter or food, she must learn to survive.
We Do Not Part by Han Kang
Originally published in 2021, this book showcases deep friendship and love in the face of unspeakable violence. A woman must go to Jeju Island in the 1940s to save her friend’s beloved bird.
Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza
A literary professor and a detective must solve a string of murders that are somehow connected with poetry. This literary fiction novel was originally published in 2007 and explores justice, gendered violence, and traditional crime narrative.
The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida
A 2020 novel about the unexpected treasure of a 24/7 convenience store in a small seaside town.
My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende
A young writer turns to journalism in an effort to be recognized and is sent to Chile amid a brewing civil war. It is there that she uncovers the truth about her father and the country in which she originates.
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