November 2025 list by Angie R. |
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Battlefield Earth
by L. Ron Hubbard
Jonnie Goodboy Tyler ventures out of the tiny community of humans barely surviving in the Rocky Mountain refuge and finds himself challenging the Psychlos, the malignant and oppressive alien conquerors of Earth.
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Before You Break
by Kyla Stone
Eight years after tragedy shattered their family, the McKenna sisters are still broken. Responsible Lyra hides her past - and her heart - behind her camera lens, while reckless Lux escapes into a world of pills, parties, and dangerous boys. Anything to forget the darkness trapped inside her own head. When their father suffers a massive heart attack, Lyra is compelled to return to a house haunted by resentment, secrets, and lies. Coming home also means facing her former crush—handsome, charming Ethan, now a single father. Lyra glimpses a future that includes a love she never expected, or believed she deserved.
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The Dustin Experiment
by J. L. D'Amato
It's fall 1985, and Dustin Henderson is starting his freshman year at Hawkins High School. After the tragedy at the Starcourt Mall, he's ready for life to return to normal, but things feel different. Some friends have moved away. Others are still in town but growing distant. Dustin thinks entering a science competition will make everything like it used to be, but will Lucas and Mike join him? Or will he have to rely on a charismatic metalhead named Eddie?"
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Cupid's match
by Lauren Palphreyman
Lila Black discovers that a matchmaking service is run by cupids when she is matched with the actual mythological god, who, while being irresistibly hot, is also incredibly dangerous.
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Destiny
by M. L. Fergus
On the heels of a tragic discovery, Persephone was all but torn from Azriel’s waiting arms. She now finds herself desperately alone, in terrible danger and burdened by responsibilities she would do almost anything to escape.
But some responsibilities are inescapable, and Persephone is not the girl she once was. Knowing that the clans are in mortal peril and that the realm is descending into chaos, she is fiercely determined to defeat Mordesius and set things to right for all people.
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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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Gasp
by Lisa McMann
After narrowly surviving two harrowing tragedies, Jules now fully understands the importance of the visions that she and people around her are experiencing, and that it is on Jules and Sawyer and their friends to once again prevent disaster.
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Hollow
by Taylor Grothe
While navigating a recent Autism diagnosis, teenage Cassie gets separated from her friends on a camping trip and meets a mysterious wood carver who brings her to his artists' compound where she feels an eerie sense of belonging.
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My Mother, the Mermaid Chaser
by Jamie Jo Hoang
Told in alternating voices, sixteen-year-old Paul travels to Vietnam where he searches for more information about his mother, who made the difficult decision to leave her children after a long struggle with grief and an abusive marriage.
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The Resurrectionist
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 Scammer
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Jordyn Monroe is ready to kill it in prelaw at a prestigious, historically Black university in Washington, D.C., but when her roommate's ex-convict brother moves into their dorm, she senses something sinister beneath his friendly advice.
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Showstopper
by Lily Anderson
Seventeen-year-old Faye and her friends find themselves thrust into a real-life horror show when a series of murderous attacks plague their theater camp's cast and crew.
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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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Write Me for You
by Tillie Cole
Seventeen-year-old June Scott has always dreamed of becoming a novelist and writing the greatest love story ever told. One that would fill hearts and souls with happiness and joy. However, June has never been in love, and when she receives some devastating news, it doesn't feel as if there's much time left for her own beautiful love story.
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