For 2025, I’m especially drawn to love stories, novels surrounding art, and authors who have swept me away in the past. I’ve assembled a mix of contemporary plotlines, historical fiction, and of course, the occasional dual timeline. I’ve already started digging in! Here, I begin with my #1 most anticipated read for this year . . . and then I proceed with a list of books in order of publication date. Enjoy!

 

Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid

June 3

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & the Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

 

 

 

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis

January 7

New York City’s most glamorous party, Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, two women whose lives are changed forever after one fateful night . . .

 I already read this one and loved it!

 

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

January 28

The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick.

Reading now and can’t wait to see how it ends!

 

This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer

February 4

An intimate and lyrical celebration of great love, great art, and the sacrifices we make for both.

 

Come Fly With Me by Camille Di Maio

February 18

It’s 1962, the dawn of the jet-set era. Hope takes flight for two Pan Am stewardesses navigating an adventurous new life in a novel about love, friendship, and escape by the bestselling author of The Memory of Us and Until We Meet.

 

We are Made of Stars Rochelle Weinstein

February 25

Secrets, lies, and second chances are served up beneath the stars at a picturesque mountain getaway in this powerful novel about love and family by the bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends.

 

The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry

March 18

Inspired by a true literary mystery, the New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter’s search for them both.

 

The Love We Found by Jill Santopolo

March 18

The long-awaited follow-up to the Reese’s Book Club pick and New York Times bestselling global phenomenon The Light We Lost: a thrilling love story about the roles fate and choice play in shaping a life.

 

Saltwater: A Novel by Katy Hays

March 25

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters comes an electrifying thriller about an opulent family retreat to Italy that’s shattered by the resurfacing of a decades-old crime.

 

The Library of Lost Doll Houses by Elise Hooper

April 1

When a young librarian discovers historic dollhouses in a hidden room, she embarks on an unexpected journey that reveals surprising secrets about the lost miniatures.

 

Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

April 8

A woman learns the astonishing truth of her family’s ties to a vanished American Kingdom in this riveting new novel from the New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of Take My Hand.

 

The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner

April 29

Powerful witchcraft. A hunt for sunken treasure. Forbidden love on the high seas. Beware the Amalfi Curse…

 

It’s a Love Story Annabel Monaghan

May 27

From the author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV punch line who has left her awkwardness in the rearview mirror thanks to a fake-it-till-you-make-it mantra that has her on the cusp of success, until she tells a lie that sets her on a crash course with her past, spending a week on Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love.

 

The English Masterpiece by Katherine Reay

June 10

Set in the art world of 1970s London, this is a fast-paced read to the end, full of glamour and secrets, tensions and lies, as one young woman races against the clock to uncover the truth about a Picasso masterpiece.

 

A Promise to Arlette by Serena Burdick

June 17

With the scope of a saga and the heart of a thriller, this is an evocative historical novel following a married couple whose idyllic 1950s suburban life is threatened by the promises they made during World War II.

 

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel

June 17

An electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.

 

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton

July 1

A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day unites three women in this unforgettable novel

 

The Women of Arlington Hall by Jane Healey

July 8

A female codebreaker puts her future and her heart on the line in a stirring novel about love, loyalty, betrayal, and Cold War spy games by the bestselling author of The Secret Stealers.

 

BONUS: My favorite novel of 2024

This story captivated me, and the writing is so gorgeous that I had to read the book in hardcover and then listen in audio!

The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

A “razor-sharp, perfectly plotted” (The Sunday Times, London) tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.