The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
Best known for her internationally bestselling YA fantasy series The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater brings the same level of magical mystery to this genre-bending debut adult novel set in a larger-than-life mountain hotel during World War II. While the guests' secrets start unravelling, there's more at stake than they realise.
The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien
Nearly a decade after her Booker Prize–shortlisted novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing, Madeleine Thien returns with a story of colliding worlds and profound questions of time, home and the role of fate in shaping history.
Fierceland by Omar Musa
Multi-disciplinary artist Omar Musa returns to fiction after his Miles Franklin Literary Award–longlisted Here Come the Dogs with a story of inheritance, secrecy and brothers. In Fierceland, Roz and Harun have to reckon with the ill-gotten gains of their palm-oil baron father and a haunting past that stretches back before their time.
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The sophomore novel from Oyinkan Braithwaite takes on similar themes of unsettling forces and family bonds as My Sister, the Serial Killer. Eniiyi's family may be cursed but she is determined to break a long line of heartbreak with the boy she saved from drowning.
Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
If you were particularly distracted by the news last year, you may have missed one of the most hotly anticipated rom-coms of 2025. Three years after their infamous break-up, a couple can't escape each other, and their memories, at a mutual friend's wedding. A sweet and spicy situation, indeed.
The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
For fans of sweeping family epics like The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese or The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri follows three sisters over decades from the US to Tunis and Sweden.
