Unmissable New Literary Fiction to Read This Week

10 Jan 2025

Unmissable New Literary Fiction to Read This Week

Looking for your next unforgettable read? This week’s literary fiction releases are brimming with powerful stories, unforgettable characters, and thought-provoking prose. From emotionally charged dramas to inventive narratives, these new novels promise to captivate and linger in your mind long after the last page. Get ready to discover your next favorite book!

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Damned Yankees

by Ray Deptula

Release Date: September 3 2024

Those who fight for their nation often have little choice. The world is complex and driven by self-interest. While times may change, human nature remains constant. Jack Halliday seeks belonging and security, relying on his fighting spirit despite his kind nature, as he navigates a world where his choices define his existence.

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Homeseeking

by Karissa Chen

Release Date: January 7 2025

Homeseeking follows the separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese history as war, famine, and opportunity take them separately to the song halls of Hong Kong, the military encampments of Taiwan, the bustling streets of New York, and sunny California, telling Haiwen’s story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi’s from her childhood to the present, meeting in the crucible of their lives.

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The Granddaughter

by Bernhard Schlink

Release Date: January 7 2025

It is only after the sudden death of his wife, Birgit, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east.

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Maybe in this Lifetime

by Asia Monique

Release Date: January 5 2025

When I woke from my induced coma asking for my wife, only to learn I’d never been married, I was devastated. And when Clementine walked into my hospital room—just as beautiful as she had been in my dreams—wearing an engagement ring another man had given to her, my entire world stopped.

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This One Life

by Amanda Prowse

Release Date: January 7 2025

Faced with the promise of her new life, and the pull of her old, she has to ask herself some tough questions: was what she did then right for her family? How do you know when it’s okay to put yourself first? And what’s the cost of happiness?

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Mothers and Sons

by Adam Haslett

Release Date: January 7 2025

A mother and son, estranged for years, must grapple with the shared secret that drove their lives apart in this enthralling story about family, forgiveness, and how a fleeting act of violence can change a life forever, by “one of the country’s most talented writers” (Wall Street Journal)

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