Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 2 Feb - 8 Feb 2025
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February 8, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Pam Jenoff, Eowyn Ivey, Ruth Hulbert, Christina Clancy, Allegra Goodman, Nickolas Butler, Adriana Herrera, Jessica Soffer, Brittany Newell, Erin Crosby Eckstine, Jenny Williamson and many more.
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Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam JenoffLondon, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop...historical-fiction · fiction · ww2 · historical · mystery · 20th-century · audiobook · literary-fiction · female-mc · romance -
Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey, Ruth Hulbert
An unforgettable reimagining of Beauty and the Beast that asks the question: can love save us from ourselves?Birdie’s keeping it together, of course she is. So she's a little hungover sometimes on her shifts, and she has to bring her daughter Emaleen to work while she waits tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but it's a tough town to be a single mother, and Emaleen never goes hungry... -
The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy
The Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their relationship at a crossroads.Kim and Grant are at a turning point...mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · contemporary · female-author · audiobook · female-mc · family · literary-fiction · breakup -
Isola by Allegra Goodman
An unforgettable epic saga of a French noblewoman deserted on an island where her survival will depend on the power of her faith and love—from the New York Times bestselling author of Sam.Heir to a chateau with its own village and lands, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility... -
A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler
From the critically acclaimed author of Shotgun Lovesongs comes an exquisitely written, small-town story about one couple's hard-won second chance at love, forty years after their divorce.Charlie and Vivian parted ways after just four years of marriage. Too many problems, too many struggles, even though the love didn't quite die...romance · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · family · aging · womens-fiction · female-mc · book · adult -
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A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera
Coming soon! A Tropical Rebel's Rules for Romance by Adriana Herrera will be available Nov 26, 2024...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · scotland · romance · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · poc-mc · enemies-to-lovers -
This Is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer
An intimate and lyrical celebration of great love, great art, and the sacrifices we make for bothFor fifty years Abe and Jane have been coming to Central Park, as starry-eyed young lovers, as frustrated and exhausted parents, as artists watching their careers take flight. They came alone when they needed to get away from each other, and together when they had something important to discuss... -
Soft Core by Brittany Newell
A young woman’s madcap search for her missing ex-boyfriend takes her into the sexual underground in Brittany Newell’s savage, tender Soft Core.Ruth is lost. She’s living in a drafty Victorian with her ex-boyfriend Dino, a ketamine dealer with a lingerie habit, overdosing on television and regretting her master’s degree... -
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms. Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet...historical-fiction · fantasy · magical-realism · historical · civil-war · fiction · ghosts · coming-of-age · poc-mc · paranormal -
Enemy of My Dreams by Jenny Williamson
In the last days of the Roman Empire a desperate princess and brutal Goth warlord forge a dangerous alliance. Julia, only daughter of the emperor of Rome, lives a life of excess and freedom. Wine, philosophy and scandal—she revels in hedonism. But when her father dies and her teenage brother takes the throne, he will stop at nothing to seize control of both the empire and his wayward sister... -
A Heart in Bloom by Deanna Lilly
When her life plans are uprooted, can a soldier's love help her heart bloom again?Callie Rodes never imagined she’d lose her flower shop just weeks before Valentine’s Day. Desperate to rebuild her business, she finds a new location in the quaint town of Hickory Falls...romance · female-mc · christian · religion · anthologies · literary-fiction · spirituality · fiction · young-adult -
Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher
An astounding multigenerational saga, Red Clay chronicles the interwoven lives of an enslaved Black family and their white owners as the Civil War ends and Reconstruction begins...historical-fiction · fiction · literary-fiction · historical · poc-author · black-mc · poc-mc · book · adult