ma-2025

Motherland

U.S. national security, foreign policy and politics reporter Julia Ioffe makes her literary debut with Motherland, a book that seeks to show how Russia’s history is inextricably linked to its women. Ioffe, whose family escaped the Soviet Union and migrated to New York City when she was 7, puts her formidable journalism skills to use as she braids family memoir with history, illuminating how the country’s treatment of women paved the way to the rise of today’s authoritarian government.

Katabasis

By R.F. Kuang

After a quick little detour telling the publishing industry about itself (2023’s ferocious satire, Yellowface), R.F. Kuang is back to fantasy and working in the mode that she, as an accomplished scholar, absolutely dominates: dark academia. And this time, it’s a dark academia love story. Between two scholars who have to go to hell to save their adviser’s soul. We do not deserve her.

I’ll Be Right Here

By Amy Bloom

Amy Bloom’s books have always been deeply felt, and her 2022 memoir, In Love, plunged readers deeper than ever, relating her husband’s treatment for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and the end of his life. Her new novel, I’ll Be Right Here, sounds exceptional: a book that spans decades, celebrating “the lawlessness of love” through the story of four friends living in New York City who forge an enduring bond that transforms them into family.

King of Ashes

By S.A. Cosby

The lauded author of All the Sinners Bleed (our Best Mystery of 2023), S.A. Cosby has become one of the kings of Southern noir thanks to his fusion of genre thrills with matter-of-fact social commentary. His next novel, King of Ashes, is reportedly inspired by The Godfather, and there are few people better suited to provide a new take on that classic saga than Cosby, who understands that there are few things more American than crime.

The Listeners

By Maggie Stiefvater

The adored author of YA classics The Raven Cycle, The Scorpio Races and the Shiver Trilogy will finally make her adult debut with The Listeners, which seems of a piece with the dreamy, fabulist fantasy of The Raven Cycle. The Listeners will follow a midcentury hotel owner who is the only person who can “manage” the possibly/probably magical hot springs that have made the West Virginia hotel a luxury destination. However, it’s also 1942, and when the hotel owners make a deal with the State Department to house captured Axis diplomats, the beautiful environs are soon crawling with Nazis.

Disappoint Me

By Nicola Dinan

One of BookPage’s Best Books of 2023, Nicola Dinan’s debut, Bellies, was the real deal—a story of first love and heartbreak written with the exhilarating vulnerability of a Sally Rooney novel. We can’t wait to see what she does with the premise of her sophomore effort: A millennial trans woman begins dating a corporate lawyer in the hope that his highly traditional take on romance will fill the emotional void of her 30s.

Mark Twain

By Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton may have launched him into mainstream fame with the success of Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical adaptation, but the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer (for George Washington) is not resting on his laurels. Mark Twain is sure to illuminate the eponymous author’s life and times with delightfully excessive research and a brisk narrative pace. Fans of Twain and Chernow best set aside their TBR piles to indulge in this 1,200-page whopper from one of the eminent historians of our time.

Fever Beach

By Carl Hiaasen

The iconic writer (and inventor of what we like to call “Florida Guy Noir”) will return with his first novel for adults in four years, Fever Beach, a zany Sunshine State caper that begins with Dale Figgo, a man so stupid he was kicked out of the Proud Boys for being incompetent, picking up a hitchhiker. Things will, of course, soon spiral out of control in classic Hiaasen fashion, pulling in shady billionaires and dark money and skulduggery galore.

The Emperor of Gladness

By Ocean Vuong

It’s been six years since Ocean Vuong’s fiction debut, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, and although fans drank down his 2022 poetry offering, Time Is a Mother, anticipation for a second novel has been feverish and unrelenting. We can hardly believe it’s almost here! The Emperor of Gladness is set in Connecticut, and partially inspired by Vuong’s time spent working as a fast-food server.

Great Big Beautiful Life

By Emily Henry

After the joyfully messy, sexy joys of Funny Story, Emily Henry is returning to the meta, “books about book people” vibe of Book Lovers and Beach Read, featuring a grumpy/sunshine pairing. Great Big Beautiful Life will follow aspiring novelist Alice Scott (our sunshine) and acclaimed author Hayden Anderson (our grump) as they compete for the chance to write the life story of infamous heiress Margaret Ives.

The Cartoonists Club

By Raina Telgemeier, Illustrated by Scott McCloud

Raina Telgemeier has captured the hearts of countless readers and critics with her bestselling graphic memoirs, Smile, Sisters and Guts (she won Eisner Awards for the first two). Now she teams up with Scott McCloud, author of the bestselling Understanding Comics and member of the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame, for this new graphic series, which depicts a group of young comics creators as they learn more about the art form that has enthralled so many of Telgemeier and McCloud’s fans.

Everything Is Tuberculosis

By John Green

Apart from his literary accomplishments (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down), John Green is a notable philanthropist, having created a string of nonprofit charity projects and a foundation alongside his brother, Hank. Green is an advocate for health care equality and, most notably, has been using his platform to address policies and regulations regarding tuberculosis, a preventable and curable disease that is nonetheless a leading cause of death in Africa, especially among children. Everything Is Tuberculosis asks readers to join the fight to save them.

Sunrise on the Reaping

By Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins continued the legacy of the Hunger Games series through yet another smash hit with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Sunrise on the Reaping extends this young adult saga, which has received a rare outpouring of both critical and commercial acclaim. This prequel explores the tragic backstory of fan favorite Haymitch Abernathy during his own Hunger Games, years before the original series.

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