Spring's Most Anticipated Fiction
2025
My Friends
by Fredrik Backman

 An unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger's life twenty-five years later.  
Great Big Beautiful Life
by Emily Henry

Avery, eager to break free from her uptight ways, turns to notorious flirt Taylor for lessons in confidence, but as their connection deepens, both must face their growing feelings and the risks of falling for each other.
Fever Beach
by Carl Hiaasen

"The afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a man named Dale Figgo picked up a hitchhiker on Gus Grissom Boulevard in Tangelo Falls, Florida. The hitchhiker, who reminded Figgo of Danny DeVito, asked for a lift to the interstate. Figgo said he'd take him there after finishing an errand." Thus begins Fever Beach, with an errand that leads-in pure Hiaasen-style-into the depths of Florida at its most Floridian: a sun-soaked bastion of right-wing extremism, white power, greed, and corruption.  
Marble Hall Murders
by Anthony Horowitz

Back in England, editor Susan Ryeland is working on a continuation novel called Pünd's Last Case, in which writer Eliot Crace has concealed clues about his grandmother's death by poison, but when another murder follows, Susan becomes the number one suspect.
Say You'll Remember Me
by Abby Jimenez

There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close.  After one incredible and seemingly endless date, possibly the best in living history, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is nearly enough to forget that something between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life, and even a love, worth remembering.
Six Days in Bombay
by Alka Joshi

This sweeping novel follows young Anglo-Indian nurse Sona as she embarks on a journey from her home in Bombay, through Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover a mystery and prove her innocence after famous painter Mira Novak dies in her care.
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club
by Martha Hall Kelly

In 2016, grieving Mari Starwood visits Martha's Vineyard and uncovers a surprising connection to the Smith sisters, who, during World War II, balanced family struggles, romance, and whispers of espionage while running a farm and forming a transformative book club.
The River Is Waiting
by Wally Lamb

Corby Ledbetter, grappling with addiction, prison life, and the tragedy that shattered his family, finds unexpected kindness and connection behind bars, as he seeks redemption and hopes for forgiveness from those he's hurt the most.
Twist
by Colum McCann

Irish journalist Anthony Fennell investigates the human cost of fiber-optic cable repair on Africa's west coast, joining a mysterious engineer and freediver as their mission at sea reveals personal and global fractures, forcing them to confront love, loss and the fragile connections that bind them.
Where the Rivers Merge
by Mary Alice Monroe

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe, comes her highly anticipated epic and triumphant new novel-a celebration of the land and spirit of the early twentieth-century Lowcountry.
The Maid's Secret : A Maid Novel
by Nita Prose

Head maid Molly Gray's discovery of a priceless artifact sparks a media frenzy, a daring heist, and revelations from her grandmother's hidden diary, intertwining a present-day mystery with a long-lost tale of forbidden love and family secrets.
The Emperor of Gladness
by Ocean Vuong

In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory, and resilience on the margins of society.