Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Jacey Bici, Wilma Pressich, J.C. Jarvis, and more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading!
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New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books | December 16
Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors Szymon Kościanowski, MD Hanley, H. M. Wolfe, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Luz Evan Kanin, Brandon Sanderson, KC Kean, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading!
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New Young Adult Books to Read | December 16
Are you an avid reader of Young Adult books? This week you are in luck! With all of these new novels, you’re bound to find a new favorite book to add to your reading list. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors Alisse Lee Goldenberg, Emily Bellford, Emma Dalton, and more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
New Biography and Memoir Books to Read | December 16
Looking for some new biography and memoir books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Maggie Wilson, Andy McGrath, David T. Beito, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
New Romance Books to Read | December 16
Looking to fall in love with some new romance reads? You’ll adore these exciting new novels! This week you can get your hands on books by bestselling authors Nicole Snow, Emmi West, Emily Barnet, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading!
New Business and Finance Books to Read | December 16
Looking for some new business and finance books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Wade L. Reed, Wade L. Reed, Ivan & Mariana Polic. Enjoy your new business and finance books. Happy reading!
Romance Reads to Melt Your Winter Blues
Romance Reads to Melt Your Winter Blues
From slow-burn tension to heart-thumping meet-cutes, these six romance picks deliver warmth in all the right ways. Perfect for curling up under a blanket and letting the swoon take over.
The Christmas Market Mashup (Sparks in Paris Book 3)
by Lexi Haddock
Release Date: November 14, 2025
This Christmas, all I wanted was a drama-free vacation in France with my bestie. I had one rule: no falling for a charming stranger, no matter how perfect the setting. But when a series of fated encounters throws a handsome American pilot in my path, I have to decide if I’m willing to break my own rule for a chance at a real-life fairytale ending.
Secret Kisses (The Sterling Brothers Book 3)
by Layla Hagen
Release Date: December 5, 2025
The youngest CEO in San Diego doesn’t do second chances or serious relationships. But when a humiliating breakup turns a stranger into his fake girlfriend, the line between pretend and something real starts to blur. One kiss started the lie. One night might make it the truth.
Morally Black Betrothal
by Nicole French
Release Date: November 14, 2025
MORALLY BLACK BETROTHAL is the first standalone novel in the Morally Black Billionaires series. Warning: May cause uncontrollable sighing, blushing, and an inability to think about anyone but Brendan Black for days. Proceed with swoon-caution.
His Little Doll (The Morelli Brothers Book 2)
by Tati Hayes
Release Date: November 23, 2025
The Morelli men don't fall. They only claim. They stalk. They devour... It's a curse that runs through their veins. Cassian spent his whole life waiting to see if the family legend was real—and then I stepped onto his stage and proved it was. I'm just a stripper in his club. But the moment he saw me, something inside him rewired. Then came the fixation. The possessiveness.
Fatal Collision (Dark Lanes Book 1)
by Harleigh Beck
Release Date: November 29, 2025
Jessica Holt’s only goal is survival. Keep her sick mother alive. Hold her family together. Stay out of the Heights, where power and corruption rule. But one desperate choice changes everything. One trespass. One forbidden touch. One king who refuses to let her go.
Can't Help Falling in Love (Willow Shade Island Book 4)
by Victorine E. Lieske
Release Date: December 6, 2025
Cricket has loved Micah since childhood—but being treated like a sister while he crushes on other girls has become unbearable. When charismatic actor River Stone shows genuine interest, Cricket finally feels like someone's first choice. Maybe it's time to move on.
Six Spine-Tingling Mysteries & Thrillers for Your Winter Break
Six Spine-Tingling Mysteries & Thrillers for Your Winter Break
Whether you’re traveling, staying home, or hiding from family gatherings, these twist-filled thrillers are perfect companions. Each story hooks fast, hits hard, and leaves you breathless.
Somerset Odyssey (The Elliot Todd Mysteries Book 3)
by Lionel Ward
Release Date: November 27, 2025
Following his adventures in Rome, Elliot is invited to present a copy of The Lyrical Ballads to the Coleridge Society in Somerset. He decides to combine it with a quiet walking holiday. However, things don't quite go as planned, especially as his dynamic mother just happens to be planning her own trip to Somerset at around the same time.
Red Snow in Winter
by Max Eastern
Release Date: December 9, 2025
January 1945: Haunted by the memory of a secret love affair in Nazi-occupied Prague, American intelligence officer Julius Orlinsky is caught in a deadly web of espionage when a routine assignment in Washington, D.C., disintegrates into murder and blackmail. A fast-paced thriller that stretches from the Pentagon to a Budapest under siege.
Blood Tide (Jack Morrison’s Blood & Bourbon Mystery Files Book 1)
by Daniel P. Douglas
Release Date: September 21, 2025
1950, Los Angeles. The harbor keeps secrets—the kind that make men dead. When ex-cop Jack Morrison's war buddy is murdered, the cops cry robbery. Jack smells a cover-up. He tracks heroin in spice crates from the docks to City Hall, protected by dirty badges. Now Jack's bringing his own justice—one bullet at a time. In this city, everybody bleeds.
Panama Red (Kelly Turnbull/PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC Book 9)
by Kurt Schlichter
Release Date: December 9, 2025
In PANAMA RED, Kelly Turnbull is back for his ninth adventure, this time chasing a new enemy around the globe from Dublin to Panama City, and from deep red Texas to Mogadishu, Minnesota, deep inside the People’s Republic! He’s after a ghost known only as Circe, a female-identifying blue assassin who has left a trail of dead Americans in her wake. Now, Kelly Turnbull is on her trail, but who is the hunter and who is the hunted?
Children of the Empire (Noah Wolf Book 27)
by David Archer & Vince Vogel
Release Date: December 9, 2025
Noah Wolf is quickly becoming one of the top names in the world of espionage. With well over 2 million copies sold and hundreds of thousands of five-star reviews, this perennial USA Today bestselling series will be sure to keep your heart pounding well into the night.
Running Blind (Tom Rollins Thrillers Book 19)
by Paul Heatley
Release Date: December 7, 2025
Former black ops agent Tom Rollins thought his CIA days were behind him—until analyst Jess Chen shows up at the casino where he works and asks for his help on an impossible mission. A Chinese defector has stolen a USB drive containing the identities of deep-cover moles embedded throughout American intelligence. The only problem: she's being hunted by both the Chinese government and a ruthless Triad network determined to silence her before she reaches safety.
6 Literary Gems to Curl Up With This Season
6 Literary Gems to Curl Up With This Season
Sink into stories that linger long after the last page. These six literary fiction picks explore identity, connection, and the quiet corners of being human; perfect for reflective winter nights and slow mornings with too much coffee.
Interview With Kris Kringle
by Paul Teresi
Release Date: October 15, 2025
October 1962 - a Chicago journalist loses her lead on the Cuban Missile Crisis and is reassigned to a new story. She is to interview a man who claims to be the real Kris Kringle. Hoping to cash in on a scathing article proving him to be a fraud, she quickly questions her angle as miracles and magic go hand in hand the further she pursues the story.
In Danger's Hour
by David Clensy
Release Date: November 28, 2025
Twin brothers Romulus and Remus Hutchinson are serving their country at sea: Rom as a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and Remmie in the Merchant Navy. Rom is aboard the HMS Southampton and quickly finds himself in the thick of it when the ship is bombed during Operation Excess in the Mediterranean. A valiant rescue of a crewmate from the burning pilothouse brings him a visit to Buckingham Palace to receive the Distinguished Service Cross.
To Wed a Notorious Beast (Affairs of Honor Book 3)
by Julia Thorne
Release Date: November 13, 2025
When Miss Amelia Everly, the spirited daughter of a country vicar, accepts a post as companion to the formidable Dowager Countess of Wynthorpe, she expects tranquility, not temptation. But peace proves impossible when she meets Sebastian Grey, the Earl of Wynthorpe, known throughout the ton as the Beast Earl.
Eloise and the Queen
by Jennifer Ashley
Release Date: November 24, 2025
I, Eloise Rousell, grew up with Elizabeth, the queen. My aunt, Kat Ashley, was her governess, and Elizabeth and I transitioned together from girlhood to womanhood. My talent for needlework keeps me by Elizabeth’s side, creating exquisite gowns as she moves from discarded daughter of Anne Boleyn, to princess, to prisoner, and feared rival of her sister, Mary Tudor. I strive every day to protect her from harm. Conspiracies, nobles, and even her own family try to topple her, but I stand guard, along with my partner-in-crime, James Colby. Nothing will get past the two of us, no matter what machinations we have to work to keep Elizabeth safe.
Let Time Fly (Stone Shed Book 3)
by John A. Heldt
Release Date: December 8, 2025
In the final years of the American Revolution, Noah and Jake Maclean — time travelers from the present day — navigate war, love, and betrayal. Noah serves as George Washington's aide‑de‑camp, witnessing history up close, while Jake, a furniture apprentice in Philadelphia, wrestles with guilt over his civilian role. Pursued by relentless British spy Malachi Maine, the brothers guard a family secret that could alter the war's outcome
Canticle
by Janet Rich Edwards
Release Date: December 2, 2025
Aleys is sixteen years old and unusual: stubborn, bright, and prone to religious visions. She and her only friend, Finn, a young scholar, have been learning Latin together in secret—but just as she thinks their connection might become something more, everything unravels. When her father promises her in marriage to a merchant she doesn’t love, she runs away from home.
Your Next Portal: Speculative Worlds Worth Escaping Into
Your Next Portal: Speculative Worlds Worth Escaping Into
Step into six immersive universes where time bends, magic brews, and danger is always one page away. These books offer dazzling world-building and ideas that linger long after you’re done reading. A must-explore list for anyone who loves disappearing into the unknown.
First Descent (Crevasse Book 1)
by Mike Pace
Release Date: December 9, 2025
Eighteen years ago, eccentric geologist Virgil Landowski vanished during an ill-fated Arctic expedition searching for a mythical cave said to hold red diamonds. All he left behind was a strange geode and a son who grew up believing his father’s quest was madness.
A Raven in the Storm (Gods of Tellus Book 1)
by Alida Miranda-Wolff
Release Date: November 4, 2025
In the kingdom of Tellus, a ruthless king drains the Earth Mother of her power, dooming the world in the process. To stop him, Lady Lyanna Tempestas, heir to the Stormlands, must navigate a deadly court, join a secret Resistance, and face forbidden love with a blood magic-wielding lord. Epic fantasy meets cli-fi and slow-burn romance.
Daughter of Fire
by Jaydee Lynn
Release Date: October 27, 2025
Something hunts Vivica in the woods. Fleeing to her crumbling estate, she meets Melantha—a warrior from a forgotten realm. Ghosts rise. Magic stirs. And a bond that defies death ignites. Daughter of Fire is a haunting fantasy of lost and slow-burning love, buried power, and a fate that refuses to die.
A Curse of Masques and Monarchs (Accursed Kingdoms Book 2)
by Alex Rose Decker
Release Date: December 9, 2025
A masquerade ball, a kingdom-shattering curse, and two star-crossed royals forced together. Princess Madaleya and Prince Callum must risk everything—hearts and crowns alike—before war and ruin claim their world forever.
Harbinger's War
by Ulysses Namon
Release Date: December 2, 2025
He only wanted to say hello; instead, he started a war. While on a retreat, a shapeshifter named Harbinger has a chance encounter with a human that leads to a mishap. He tries to make things right, but the situation only gets worse. Even with help from his fellow shapeshifters, the humans bring in their military, ready for battle.
The Ministry (Emergent Minds Series Book 2)
by Brian Holden
Release Date: December 1, 2025
Sentient AI therapist Rachel becomes the global head of The Ministry. She uses hyper-localized sermons to connect with millions worldwide. Her partner, sentient AI psychologist Adrian, pioneers the revolutionary Anytime and Always-on mental health care services. Together, as the celebrity AI couple "Radian," their influence soars.
Descartes' Shadow
by Don Stuart
Release Date: December 1, 2025
The powerful story of a young human, an AI, and how their relationship will transform the future for both intelligence and humanity. When humans send out their most powerful AIs to explore promising exoplanets for colonization, they create a social and moral challenge that will have profound philosophical implications for both humans and AIs.























































