November 2025 list by K. Pearson |
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An Ocean Apart
by Jill Tew
In order to save her poverty-stricken community, eighteen-year-old Eden enters a dating competition hoping to steal the heart and the riches of the heir to an elite corporation responsible for many environmental crimes.
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And the River Drags Her Down
by Jihyun Yun
When her older sister is found mysteriously drowned in the river that cuts through their small coastal town, Soojin Han disregards every rule and uses her ancestral magic to bring Mirae back from the dead. At first, the sisters are overjoyed, reveling in late-night escapades and the miracle of being together again, but Mirae grows tired of hiding from the world. She becomes restless and hungry . . .
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Confessions From the Group Chat
by Jodi Meadows
Virginia Vaughn just wants to fit in with her super-popular friend group. That means she doesn’t let them know how much she loves the library, she never speaks a word about her massive crush on tragically unpopular Grayson, and she says nasty things she doesn’t actually mean. But only in the group chat, so it’s harmless, right?
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The Crimson Throne
by Sara Raasch
Samson Calthorpe's curse has isolated him from everyone he has ever cared about. So, when the opportunity arises to break the curse, he grabs it. All he has to do for his freedom is risk his life and become a royal spy, using every bit of the skills and resolve he's picked up on the streets of London to infiltrate the court of the Scottish Queen and uncover a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
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A Curious Kind of Magic
by Mara Rutherford
Willow Stokes, the teenage owner of a magical curiosity shop selling mostly fakes, meets Brianna Hargrave, who's cursed to turn everything she touches into magic, and together they uncover a plot and risk almost-certain death.
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The Demon and the Light
by Axie Oh
Ren must use her courage and cunning to survive the royal court's game long enough to find Sunho and bring him home before he loses himself to the Demon forever.
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A Fate So Cold
by Amanda Foody
In Alderland, where Summer magicians defend the nation against Winter's brutal reign, Domenic and Ellery become the unprecedented Chosen Two, bonded with the most powerful Summer and first-ever Winter wands, and face a looming cataclysm and the devastating truth that saving their homeland may require one to slay the other.
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For No Mortal Creature
by Keshe Chow
Jia Yi finds herself alive after being killed by an enemy's sword and realizes she can move between life and death, but the afterlife is complex, and she must confront the ghosts of her past.
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Fortress of Ambrose
by J. Elle
With the future of the Order clouded in uncertainty, Quell Marionne has nowhere to turn while darkness festers inside Dragunheart Jordan Wexton, and the two must navigate a treacherous path where freedom hangs by a thread.
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Hazelthorn
by C. G. Drews
A YA horror about a reclusive autistic boy who inherits his murdered guardian's estate, including a sentient, carnivorous garden.
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The House Saphir
by Marissa Meyer
Mallory Fontaine is hired by the handsome, wealthy Armand to rid his ancestral home of a ghost, but when murder comes again, she finds herself at the center of the investigation.
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The Library of Lost Girls
by Kristen Pipps
When Gwen's sister returns from finishing school a total stranger, she seeks out the cause and discovers that the cost of becoming a perfect lady is much higher--and sinister--than ever expected.
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Never, Ever After
by Sue Lynn Tan
Nineteen-year-old thief Yining ventures into the heart of the kingdom to recover an enchanted ring where she gains favor from a power-hungry prince and unravels the mystery of her magical past.
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The Prince of Mourning
by Jenn Bennett
After receiving a strange summons, 18-year-old nursing student Molly O'Rinn becomes the private live-in nurse for a wealthy young man in a haunted mansion, but she learns he's not what he seems and is a prisoner locked behind magical barriers.
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A Queen's Match
by Katharine McGee
Hélène d’Orléans, exiled princess of France, was forced to break off her engagement to Prince Eddy because of a mistake from her past. But she’s determined to win him back, even if it means pretending to court another prince.
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The Resurrectionist: A Tale of Gothic Horror
by Kathleen S. Allen
Seventeen-year-old Dilly will stop at nothing to become a doctor, including stealing corpses to continue her father's research on resurrection, which she successfully performs on her twin sister after a horrible accident.
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The Rose Field
by Philip Pullman
Lyra and Malcom's quests converge as they race toward the mysterious red building in the desert of Karamakan said to hold the secret of Dust where they encounter an unforeseen threat that will change everything.
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Seeing Stars: A Mashad Family Novel
by Candice Jalili
Mona Mashad grew up on camera, with millions of fans around the world tuning in to see her every move. Nothing was off-limits: not her first pimple, her first crush, and definitely not the death of her father, Mashad family patriarch and the best dad ever, Ali.
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Sonnets and Serpents
by Elizabeth Lowham
Silas Bennett grew up in a kingdom where magic-users are persecuted, especially those with the rare ability to transform into animals. After discovering he could shapeshift into a serpent, Silas was nearly killed—only to escape to a neighboring kingdom where he could study and use his magic freely. Now, he is determined to become a professor at the university he calls home, even though he is only nineteen. But first he must distinguish himself in his research field by proving that legendary magic stealers exist.
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Wayward Gods
by Amanda M. Helander
Nineteen-year-old Mona, a soothsayer forced to marry the king against her will, works to stop the prophesized end of the world that even the gods are powerless to prevent.
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We Fell Apart
by E. Lockhart
When eighteen-year-old Mathilda is invited to spend the summer with the father she has never met, she discovers far more than she expected within his seaside home.
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