Thought-Provoking Literary Fiction About Identity, History, and Change
If you love character-driven stories, this list delivers. These novels explore identity, family, and history through intimate moments and quiet transformation.
Tou-Pac-A-Lous!
by Sylas Graham
Release Date: November 25, 2025
Tou-Pac-A-Lous! is a fun and lighthearted look at the literary devices employed by Tupac Shakur. His love of Shakespeare sets the foundation for comparing the works of both masters.
Buy on AmazonThe Codex Arcanum 1888 (The Alchemical Chronicles Book 1)
by Tasmin Turner
Release Date: December 30, 2025
In fog-bound Victorian London, British Museum clerk Clara Whitmore receives an anonymous codex of arcane symbols and lost languages. Her search for answers draws her into occult circles, forbidden histories, and a truth some would kill to keep hidden. The Codex Arcanum 1888 begins The Alchemical Chronicles.
Buy on AmazonThe Christmas Break
by Elise Camden
Release Date: December 10, 2025
Lauren Barrett is done being belittled. Done being the “tacky” wife. Done hiding her homemade crafts because her husband is embarrassed by glitter and Christmas lights. Too late, Tom finally understands that his wife doesn’t need to be toned down; she needs to burn even brighter. Now he’s scrambling, desperate to do whatever it takes to win her back.
Buy on AmazonNew Beginnings at Rookery House
by Rosie Hendry
Release Date: December 28, 2025
Great Plumstead is buzzing with news that the American GIs have arrived on the nearby aerodrome. However, when a serious accident forces Thea to step back from her work, she must focus her full attention on Rookery House.
Buy on AmazonThe Pursuit (The Monika Ritter Series Book 9)
by Eoin Dempsey
Release Date: December 30, 2025
Monika’s cousin, Sarah Graf, is alone in Salzburg, where Julius Prester, the Gestapo officer who arrested her, interrogates her one last time before sending her to Mauthausen concentration camp. Once there, she will face the infamous stairs of death and have to summon every ounce of her inner strength to survive.
Buy on AmazonYours for the Season
by Uzma Jalaluddin
Release Date: December 1, 2025
For an ambitious attorney and a rising-star chef, a cross-cultural fake romance takes an unexpected detour in a heartwarming and funny novel by the author of Much Ado About Nada and Ayesha at Last.
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