Literary Fiction Picks for Slow, Immersive Reading

28 Dec 2025

Literary Fiction Picks for Slow, Immersive Reading

Ideal for readers who enjoy savoring every page, these novels reward patience and attention. Expect thoughtful pacing, rich language, and stories that unfold with care.

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Sanctuary Row

by Lamar D. Vine

Release Date: December 1, 2025

Nevada, 1983. Teen Joe escapes a dysfunctional family—an abusive mom, a distant dad, and a bullying stepbrother—by working at Sanctuary Row, a vintage head shop. Amid rock anthems, coke lines, weed, and wild nights, he chases girls, freedom, and highs. But home’s toxicity deepens with manipulation and betrayal, forcing desperate choices.

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Bound to the Blind Duke (Dukes of Comfort Book 1)

by Tiffany Baton

Release Date: December 11, 2025

Trapped in the countryside, Joan has only one goal: help the local children. To do that, she needs the help of a beastly Duke… who demands something in return… After an accident leaves him temporarily blind, Duke Laurence needs someone he can trust with his accounts. And the bold spitfire who storms into his dark estate seems like the perfect choice.

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Gwyneth Becoming

by Reg Quist

Release Date: December 9, 2025

In the wild heart of frontier Colorado, Gwyneth longs for something more. Trained as a nurse but yearning to become a doctor, her ambition must be shelved when she meets Trent, a spirited cowboy with a rancher’s dream. They marry, build a life, and face the raw edges of pioneer life together.

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Love in Time (Hollow Creek Book 3)

by Penny Zeller

Release Date: December 16, 2025

After a long and debilitating illness that leaves Arrosa Chapman with severe weakness necessitating the use of a cane and the threat of future health issues, she determines to make a new life as a nanny for Thad and Emilie Evanson in Hollow Creek, Montana.

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Problematic (Vol. 1)

by Ladii Nesha

Release Date: December 10, 2025

Tyler’s childhood ends the night her mother makes a selfish decision that changes the trajectory of both of their lives. The blood, the screaming, and the helplessness shape Tyler into a defensive adult full of open wounds that she refuses to face. By twenty-five, she’s a rising singer with a voice that melts hearts like butter and an addiction that she hides behind attitude and chaos.

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Conn (Conn Sullivan Book 1)

by John Deacon

Release Date: December 5, 2025

Twin brothers Conn and Cole Sullivan couldn’t have been closer. They worked, fought, and dreamed side by side until a bitter dispute set them on separate paths. Cole built a homestead and married a good woman. Conn drifted west and earned a reputation as a gunman. Hearing of Cole’s marriage, Conn rides that way, planning to apologize, hang up his guns, and start fresh alongside the brother he misses. But it’s too late. Someone burned the homestead, murdered Cole, and left his young widow reeling. Now, Conn must pick up the pieces… and the guns he swore to lay down. Because in killing a man of mercy, they unleashed a man of vengeance. Conn is another classic John Deacon Western with a touch of romance.

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