Get ready to fall head over heels for the best book releases hitting shelves this February 2025! Whether you’re looking for a thrilling page-turner, a heartwarming romance, or a deep dive into fascinating non-fiction, there’s a perfect read waiting for you. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, these fresh picks are sure to steal your heart and keep you hooked from cover to cover. So, curl up with a cozy blanket, grab your favorite beverage, and discover your next literary love affair this month!
Dream Girl Drama
Tessa Bailey
Feb. 4, 2025
A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can’t seem to forget about takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged—in an all-new rom-com by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.
This is a Love Story
Jessica Soffer
Feb. 4, 2025
An homage to New York City, to romance, and even to loss, This Is a Love Story tenderly and suspensefully captures deep truths about life and marriage in radiant prose. It is about love that endures despite what life throws at us, or perhaps even because of it.
Memorial Days: A Memoir
Geraldine Brooks
Feb. 4, 2025
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse. 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.
Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
Feb. 4, 2025
A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.
Open Season
Jonathan Kellerman
Feb. 4, 2025
Psychologist Alex Delaware and Homicide Detective Milo Sturgis race against time to find a twisted killer in this riveting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling “master of suspense” (Los Angeles Times).
Isola
Allegra Goodman
Feb. 4, 2025
A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this breathtaking saga from the bestselling author of Sam. An epic story of love, faith, and defiance
The Bones Beneath My Skin
T.J. Klune
Feb. 4, 2025
A spine-tingling standalone novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune―a supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government.
We All Live Here
JoJo Moyes
Feb. 11, 2025
Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad—a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago—suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.
Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood
Feb. 11, 2025
Shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, a novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be good, from the award-winning author of The Weekend. Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.
Queens of Crime
Marie Benedict
Feb. 11, 2025
The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie’s legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of friendship among women.
Three Days in June
Anne Tyler
Feb. 11, 2025
A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding. Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.
First-Time Caller
B.K. Borison
Feb. 11, 2025
A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle–inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison. Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending…even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final decision between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett
Feb. 11, 2025
The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves
Hungerstone
Kat Dunn
Feb. 18, 2025
A compulsive feminist reworking of Carmilla, the queer novella that inspired Dracula. A thrilling and seductive sapphic vampire romance
Rebel Witch
Kristen Ciccarelli
Feb. 18, 2025
In Kristen Ciccarelli's Rebel Witch, the exciting conclusion to The Crimson Moth duology, love has never been so deadly.
Famous Last Words
Gillian McAllister
Feb. 25, 2025
From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an addictive thriller about a new mother’s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know the man she loves? And what danger does she face if her entire life has been built on a lie?
Close Your Eyes and Count to Ten
Lisa Unger
Feb. 25, 2025
Charismatic daredevil and extreme adventurer Maverick Dillan invites you to the ultimate game of hide-and-seek. But as the players gather on Falcao Island, the event quickly spirals into a chilling test of survival. A storm rages as a deadly threat stalks the contestants, turning the challenge into something far more sinister than the social media stunt it was intended to be.
Mornings Without Mii
Mayumi Inaba
Feb. 25, 2025
"Mornings Without Mii" is a heartwarming tale showcasing the unique power pets have in transforming solitude into a deeply meaningful experience. In this beautiful new translation of a contemporary Japanese classic, author Mayumi Inabi shares the poignant story of rescuing a tiny, abandoned kitten she finds struggling to survive on a fence by Tokyo's Tamagawa River. She names the little one Mii, and together, they form a bond that spans two decades. Throughout their years together, Mii becomes more than just a pet — the mysterious cat becomes a source of inspiration, a trusted companion, and a silent witness to Inabi's creative path.
Show Don't Tell: Stories
Curtis Sittenfeld
Feb. 25, 2025
In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she’s as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned.
Swordheart
T. Kingfisher
Feb. 25, 2025
The delightful charm of The Princess Bride meets the delicious bodyguard romance of From Blood and Ashin this cozy fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher.
The Dark Mirror
Samantha Shannon
Feb. 25, 2025
The highly anticipated fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Bone Season series-an epic and spellbinding fantasy from the author of The Priory of the Orange Tree. Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade-but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory.
