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Publishing This Week: Freya Sampson, Stephen King, Martha Hall Kelly, and 28 more

Publishing This Week: Freya Sampson, Stephen King, Martha Hall Kelly, and 28 more

Discover new and notable books publishing this week!

May 25, 2025

Publishing This Week

Hello Readers,

This week, 29 new and notable books are hitting the shelves, including a cozy book club mystery.

In The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson, Sampson “has a knack for pulling together a ragtag, multigenerational crew of charming characters, and this time, she adds crime to the mix.” (Booklist)

You'll find brief information on 10 titles below, and descriptions and reviews for all of them in our New This Week section.

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This Week's New and Notable Books

There are too many books published each week for you to read about them all, let alone read them all. So we do the legwork for you, scouring the publishers' catalogs and the pre-publication reviews to pick out what we believe to be among the best and most interesting. You can see them all in our “What’s New” section.

More about how we pick and rate books.

The Busybody Book Club
by Freya Sampson

On sale May 27 from Berkley Books
Genre: Mysteries. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

They can't even agree on what to read, so how are they going to solve a murder?

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Consider Yourself Kissed: A Novel
by Jessica Stanley

On sale May 27 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

A literary love story told through ten years in the life of one woman as she tries to build a longed-for family without also losing herself — an entertaining portrayal of the true, grown-up meaning of "happily ever after."

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The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club: A Novel
by Martha Hall Kelly

On sale May 27 from Ballantine Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

Two sisters living on Martha's Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club for women—a spectacular novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls.

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The South: A Novel
by Tash Aw

On sale May 27 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer―about family, desire, and what we inherit.

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This Moth Saw Brightness
by A. A. Vacharat

Debut Author
On sale May 27 from Dutton for Young Readers
Genre: Literary Fiction (Young Adult). 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

A weird and revelatory debut that vividly captures the dislocation of growing up BIPOC and neurodivergent in a country awash in both conspiracy theories and genuine conspiracies.

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Never Flinch: A Novel
by Stephen King

On sale May 27 from Scribner
Genre: Thrillers. 448 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines—one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker—featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.

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The Stalker
by Paula Bomer

On sale May 27 from Soho Press
Genre: Thrillers. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

An Untalented Mr. Ripley, a Dumb American Psycho: A young man combines boundless self-confidence with perpetual failure and ineptitude as he tries to manipulate his way into a better life, preying on women in New York City in the early '90s.

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Come As You Are: A Novel
by Dahlia Adler

On sale May 27 from Wednesday Books
Genre: Romance (Young Adult). 320 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

In this opposites attract romance for fans of Begin Again and Better Than the Movies, a fresh start doesn't have to mean changing yourself.

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Harmattan Season: A Novel
by Tochi Onyebuchi

On sale May 27 from Tor Books
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 240 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5

Fortune always left whatever room I walked into, which is why I don't leave my place much these days...

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Maybe This Will Save Me: A Memoir of Art, Addiction and Transformation
by Tommy Dorfman

Debut Author
On sale May 27 from Hanover Square Press
Genre: Biography/Memoir. 272 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5

From filmmaker, writer, producer, and actor Tommy Dorfman—currently starring in Broadway's Romeo + Juliet—comes a beautifully written, bracingly original memoir, structured through the profound revelations of a single tarot card reading, chronicling her troubled teen years, the highs and lows of her creative career, and her journey to self-acceptance.

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