New Stories for Book Club To Read in 2025

A searing, exquisite new story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations of the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power.

A biting examination of millennial adulthood, the often fraught conversations around fertility and reproduction, and the painful quest to forge an identity. A darkly funny, vertiginous novel about the dilemmas of procreation, pregnancy, and parenting, Goddess Complex is a twist-filled psychological thriller and a feminist satire of our age of GirlBosses turned self-care influencers, optimization cults, internet mommy gurus, egg freezing, and much more.

An unforgettable story of hardship and hope, courage and resilience, that follows one young woman’s journey through war-torn Italy. A remarkable tale of friendship, motherhood, and survival, One Good Thing is a tender reminder that love for another person, even amidst darkness and uncertainty, can be reason to keep going.

An astonishing memoir that explores how far we will go to protect ourselves, and the healing made possible when we face our secrets and begin to share our stories. With hope, heart, and relentless honesty, Amy Griffin points a way forward for all of us, revealing the power of radical truth-telling to deepen our connections — with others and ourselves.

A spare and profoundly moving memoir that joins the classics of the genre, Memorial Days is a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between souls that exquisitely captures the joy, agony, and mystery of life.

A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this breathtaking saga, an epic story of love, faith, and defiance. Inspired by the real life of a 16th-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival.

A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare.

An epic and intimate tale of one couple across 60 years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland.

To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession. An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice.

In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman. A riveting tale of self-discovery and love from one of the most masterful storytellers of our time, My Name Is Emilia del Valle introduces a character who will never let hold of your heart.

A captivating and sizzling new queer romance by bestselling author Jasmine Guillory. “A will-they-won’t-they cat-and-mouse romp about challenging yourself to become the fullest — and most fulfilled — possible version of you. Add in a sun-baked setting, lovable sidekicks, and smoldering tension … a perfect addition to the Guillory-verse” (Julia Whelan, author of Thank You for Listening).

The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom. In this sweeping, evocative novel, Charmaine Wilkerson brings to life a multi-generational epic that examines how the past informs our present.

Published in the US for the first time, Fearless and Free is the memoir of the fabulous, rule-breaking, one-of-a-kind Josephine Baker, the iconic dancer, singer, spy, and Civil Rights activist. At last we can hear Josephine in her own voice: Charming, passionate, and brave. Her words are thrilling and intimate, like she’s talking with her friends over after-show drinks in her dressing room. Through her own telling, we come to know a woman who danced to the top of the world and left her unforgettable mark on it.

Tina Knowles, the mother of iconic singer-songwriters Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles, and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world over as a Matriarch with a capital M: A determined, self-possessed, self-aware, and wise woman who raised and inspired some of the great artists of our time. But this story is about so much more than that. A glorious chronicle of a life like none other — enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering — and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood.

Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, she’s most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. But when she finds herself at the lake she spent the summer at when she was a teenager — alongside her crush, Charlie Florek — she feels 17 again. But Alice sees people — that’s why she is so good at what she does — but she’s never met someone who looks and sees her right back.