Literary Fiction Picks for You

01 Aug 2025

Beautiful, Broken, Real: Literary Fiction Picks for You

These books aren’t afraid of life’s sharp edges. They dive deep into the mess; grief, shame, quiet revelations—and emerge with something tender and true. For readers who crave fiction that feels honest, raw, and unforgettable.

Unconditional: A Story of Fatherhood, Lost Love, and Lifelong Friendship

by Stephen Kogon

Release Date: July 9, 2025

Matthew, an indecisive bachelor, never imagined parenthood. But when his brother’s sudden death leaves a newborn daughter stranded, he faces an impossible choice: walk away or become a father overnight. Meeting baby Allie changes everything. He wants to be her father. Over eighteen years, life throws enormous challenges their way. Will their unconditional love be enough to guide them through?

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The Green Grass Remembers

by Livia Huntingdon-Jones

Release Date: July 4, 2025

DCI Ellie Blackwell trusts the certainties of history, the clean lines of a 17th-century map. Her life is a fortress of order built against the chaos of her job. But when she’s called to the scene of a wealthy developer’s apparent suicide, the clues are a maddening mess of contradictions. At the heart of it all: a three-line Japanese poem that feels like a key to the wrong lock.

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The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth

by Barbara O’Neal

Release Date: July 29, 2025

Recently and abruptly divorced, Veronica Barrington is anxious for a new direction when she answers a listing for a travel companion. It’s from Mariah Ellsworth, a young woman adjusting to an injury that ended her Olympic career. She’s also grieving her mother, Rachel, a lauded food writer, and Mariah aims to trace the steps of her mother’s final, unfinished project so she can heal and also honor the woman she misses

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Absolution (Infidelty#3)

by T.B. Violet

Release Date: July 19, 2025

We had our ups and downs, sure. But we held on. Even after losing a child. Even through the long nights in hospitals with our sick son. Even while raising two beautiful girls who made it all worth it. We weren’t perfect. But we were happy. Or so I thought. Then I found out the truth. About the lies. The betrayal. And suddenly, everything I believed in was shattered.

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Mean Moms

by Emma Rosenblum

Release Date: July 29, 2025

Meet Frost, Morgan, and Belle—a wealthy, gorgeous group of New York City moms, the queen bees of downtown Manhattan. Their children attend Atherton Academy, the top private school in the city, and their social lives revolve around elaborate themed parties. On the first day of school, the arrival of a new mom and mysterious beauty from Miami, Sofia, shakes up their world. When Sofia quickly integrates herself into their clique, inexplicably bad things start to happen to the women. Is someone at school out to get them?

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Best Kept Vows

by Maya Alden

Release Date: July 3, 2025

I’m Sebastian Boone, and my life is a lesson in how to destroy a marriage. For twenty-two years, Lia was my partner, my anchor, the steady force behind our family. While I worked, she raised our children, ran our home, and supported me without question. I didn’t see how much I was taking for granted.

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