As the fall 2025 publishing season kicks off, readers can look forward to an exciting array of new books from bestselling and award-winning authors.
Below is a list of 15 highly anticipated English-language titles scheduled for release in September 2025, spanning a mix of genres – fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, romance, thriller, sci-fi, historical fiction, memoir, and young adult – each with buzzworthy author names and intriguing premises.
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#15 The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
Mystery/Crime – Release Date: September 2, 2025
In the eighth Cormoran Strike novel, private investigators Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott take on one of their grisliest cases yet: a dismembered corpse found locked in a silversmith’s vault. Police insist the remains belong to a known ex-con, but the client swears it’s her missing boyfriend – leading the detective duo into a complex web of secrets. Meanwhile, Robin’s growing bond with another man forces Strike to confront his true feelings for her amidst the investigation’s twists.
#14 Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
Contemporary Romance – Release Date: September 2, 2025
In this witty modern romance, 28-year-old Kiki Banjo has built a brand as a confident love guru – she hosts a hit podcast doling out dating advice – but her own love life is floundering. Years after being ghosted by her charming ex-boyfriend Malakai (who left to chase a Hollywood career), Kiki still isn’t over him. When they suddenly reunite as maid of honor and best man at a friend’s wedding, the old spark between them is undeniable. Kiki struggles to ignore the chemistry and protect her heart, but that proves easier said than done with Malakai back in the picture.
#13 Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
Young Adult – Release Date: September 2, 2025
YA readers are eagerly awaiting this new novel from Angeline Boulley, author of the hit Firekeeper’s Daughter. Seventeen-year-old Lucy has been living on the run ever since her father’s death, determined to avoid being swept into the foster care system. When a persistent case worker finally finds Lucy, she brings an elderly Ojibwe woman who reveals that Lucy has a family she never knew – a sister and grandparents who are eager to take her in. Skeptical but desperate for belonging, Lucy cautiously enters their world on an Ojibwe reservation. She must decide whether to trust this newfound family and put down roots, or if the traumas of her past will sabotage her chance at stability and love.
#12 Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
Memoir – Release Date: September 2, 2025
Renowned novelist Arundhati Roy (author of The God of Small Things) makes her memoir debut, reflecting on her tumultuous upbringing with her mother, Mary Roy. Mary was a force of nature – an influential educator and fiery women’s rights activist in Kerala, India – whom Arundhati describes as both “a terror and a wonder to behold.” At 18, young Arundhati fled her mother’s volatile household “to be able to continue to love her” from a distance. In Mother Mary Comes to Me, Roy candidly examines the powerful, complicated shadow her late mother cast over her life, work, and memories. This memoir promises an intimate look at the family and formative experiences behind one of India’s most celebrated writers.
#11 The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
Thriller – Release Date: September 9, 2025
The creator of Robert Langdon returns with another globe-trotting thriller. This time, Langdon heads to Prague for a conference where his new girlfriend’s groundbreaking research threatens to upend what we know about human consciousness. When a brutal murder occurs and the researcher disappears along with her manuscript, Langdon must race to track her down – uncovering a secret project that could forever change humanity’s understanding of the mind.
#10 All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
Memoir – Release Date: September 9, 2025
Nearly two decades after Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert offers a profoundly intimate memoir about love, loss, and self-recovery. This fourth memoir from Gilbert centers on her relationship with Rayya Elias – her best friend, and later romantic partner – whose terminal cancer diagnosis transformed their bond. Gilbert recounts how she and Elias, both struggling with different addictions (love/sex addiction for Gilbert, substance addiction for Elias), fell in love and confronted illness and mortality together. Presented as a collection of personal stories, journal entries, poems, and drawings, All the Way to the River serves as both a tribute to Elias and an unflinching look at grief and finding identity on the other side of heartbreak and recovery.
#9 Replaceable You by Mary Roach
Nonfiction – Science – Release Date: September 16, 2025
Mary Roach, known for her funny and informative science writing (Stiff, Gulp), takes readers on a fascinating tour of the cutting-edge world of regenerative medicine. In her eighth nonfiction book, Roach explores the science of “replacement parts” for the human body – from early experiments in cell repair and tissue engineering to modern advances in lab-grown organs. She visits hospitals and research labs, interviewing surgeons, medical pioneers, and even patients to investigate how far we’ve come in repairing or regrowing human body parts. Expect Roach’s trademark curiosity and wit as she tackles the ethical and scientific puzzles of rebuilding the human body.
#8 The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham
Contemporary Drama – Release Date: September 16, 2025
Beloved “beach read” author Elin Hilderbrand partners with her daughter, Shelby, to co-write this juicy boarding school drama. The Academy is set at an elite New England boarding school named Tiffin, which prides itself on tradition and excellence – until a new anonymous campus app starts broadcasting the faculty’s and students’ deepest secrets. As scandalous revelations ripple through the dorms and classrooms, a cast of characters – including the school’s queen bee student, a beleaguered history teacher, a mysterious transfer student, and even the straight-laced admissions director – find their lives upended by the gossip web. With a mix of family intrigue and academic high society drama, this collaboration is drawing attention as one of the fall’s most entertaining page-turners.
#7 107 Days by Kamala Harris
Memoir/Political – Release Date: September 23, 2025
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris provides a behind-the-scenes account of the whirlwind 107 days when she unexpectedly became a presidential candidate. Codenamed “Pioneer” by the Secret Service as the first woman VP, Harris found herself thrust into the 2024 presidential race after a disastrous debate performance by Donald Trump led President Joe Biden to announce he wouldn’t seek re-election. Harris recounts the intense pressure, critical decisions, and personal reflections from that high-stakes period, offering insight into her leadership and the hurdles of breaking barriers on the campaign trail.
#6 Circle of Days by Ken Follett
Historical Fiction – Release Date: September 23, 2025
Follett’s latest historical epic transports readers to prehistoric Britain for the origin story of Stonehenge. A young flint miner named Seft journeys to a Midsummer Fair seeking his beloved, Neen. There, he becomes entangled in an ambitious vision led by Neen’s sister, Joja – a priestess determined to build an immense stone monument. Seft dedicates his life to this bold endeavor, even as droughts, wars, and hardships threaten to derail the monumental project. Fans of The Pillars of the Earth can anticipate another grand tale of human ambition and ancient engineering.
#5 What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Speculative Fiction – Release Date: September 23, 2025
The award-winning author ventures into speculative territory with a story spanning two timelines. In 2014, a poet shares a mysterious poem titled A Corona for Vivien at a dinner, then the poem is lost to history. Over a century later in 2119, Thomas, a scholar in a flooded, post-nuclear future, becomes obsessed with uncovering that poem’s contents. His research leads him to a decades-old crime that shatters everything he thought he understood about the people involved. Blending literary fiction with sci-fi elements, McEwan’s novel promises a meditation on memory, truth, and the enduring impact of art.
#4 The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Fantasy – Release Date: September 23, 2025
The wildly popular Blood and Ash saga continues with this sixth installment, the penultimate volume of the series. Poppy and Casteel, now married and ruling as Queen and King of Atlantia, face their most perilous challenges yet as ancient enemies stir and primordial powers awaken. Bound by love but driven by destiny, the duo must navigate a world on the brink of devastation. With their bond tested and the future of their realm hanging in the balance, the fate of entire kingdoms rests on the strength of their hearts and the mysterious power of the gods.
#3 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Romantic Literary Fiction – Release Date: September 23, 2025
Booker Prize–winner Kiran Desai returns after a long hiatus with a sweeping cross-continental love story. Sonia, a lonesome aspiring novelist, leaves Vermont after college and returns to her family home in India. En route she meets Sunny, a struggling New York journalist whom her grandparents had once wanted her to date. Though they never met back then, an overnight train ride now brings Sonia and Sunny together and reveals an unexpected understanding between them. Both are desperate to escape the confines of their current lives. A chance encounter sparks a connection that will alter the course of their lives forever.
#2 Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood
Literary Fiction – Release Date: September 23, 2025
The author of the acclaimed No One Is Talking About This returns with a surreal and semi-autobiographical novel that emerged from Lockwood’s own experience with severe COVID-19 illness. The story centers on an unnamed female author suffering from a bizarre neurological syndrome that disconnects her from reality. Plagued by disorientation, memory lapses, and paranoid delusions amid a global catastrophe, the protagonist descends into a kind of rabbit hole of altered consciousness. Lockwood’s second novel promises a mind-bending journey as this woman struggles to reclaim her identity and sanity.
#1 Heart the Lover by Lily King
Contemporary Fiction/Drama – Release Date: September 30, 2025
Bestselling novelist Lily King (Writers & Lovers, Euphoria) delivers a poignant story of love, regret, and coming to terms with the past. The novel follows Jordan, an English major in her senior year of college, who falls into a complicated love triangle. Jordan’s boyfriend Sam is an arrogant intellectual who introduces her to his charismatic best friend, Yash – and Jordan and Yash’s immediate chemistry leads to a whirlwind affair that abruptly ends in heartbreak and guilt. Decades later, a chance reunion with Yash forces Jordan to confront the consequences of the decisions she made in her youth and to seek closure for a long-festering regret.
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