Saddle up for a booktastic month
November is serving up a feast for book lovers, and we’re not just talking about cosy reads by the fireplace. This month brings a tantalising concoction of rugged cowboys, deadly romance and dark Fae worlds that will have you cancelling plans and diving headfirst into your TBR pile.
From the final gallop through Black Springs Ranch to the return of beloved authors who’ve left us in reading slumps, November 2025 is packed with releases that promise heart-pounding tension, swoon-worthy heroes and heroines who refuse to play it safe.
Whether you’re craving small-town romance, military mayhem, or politically charged fantasy, these books are about to dominate your reading list. Saddle up, sharpen your weapons, and prepare your emotions—November is going to be unforgettable.
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The most anticipated books to read in November 2025:
Fallen City
Adrienne Young
Kicking off strong, November is bringing us a well-developed fantasy world that will leave imprints throughout the season and beyond. In the walled city of Isara, Luca Matius, a legionnaire bound by family duty, and Maris Casoeria, a Magistrate’s daughter trained in stolen magic, meet just as a century-old rebellion ignites around them. Their connection sets off a fated chain of events that could reshape their corrupt city’s future, but when a public execution transforms Luca into an unwilling symbol of rebellion, the lovers are thrown onto opposite sides of a holy war. As they become pawns in a divine story written by the gods themselves, they must navigate political turmoil, ancient magic and their own diverging destinies—knowing that even if they find their way back to each other, their world may already be destroyed.
Release Date: 4 November
Love You, Mean It
Laura Pavlov
If you want a love that could whisk you away into a blissful bubble, then Laura Pavlov’s newest romance book will hit the right spot. When wedding planner Violet floods her home, her grumpy landlord and best contractor in town, Charlie Huxley, offers her his guesthouse, which leads to a casual hookup that quickly becomes anything but. Both carrying heavy baggage from their pasts—her absent father and dysfunctional family, his foster care upbringing and solo parenting—they find unexpected solace in each other. As Charlie makes her feel like she finally belongs, and she envisions a real family for the first time, she must decide if she’s strong enough to set boundaries and commit to a relationship that could give her everything she’s never had.
Release Date: 4 November
The House of Saphir
Marissa Meyer
Ghostly and mysterious, Marris Meyer’s book will have your adrenaline pumping. A Bluebeard retelling, the book follows Mallory Fontaine, a fake witch from a family of con artists who can only see ghosts—a talent she uses to sell bogus spells and conduct tours of the mansion where Count Bastien Saphir (“Monsieur Le Bleu”) murdered three wives over a century ago. When Bastien’s wealthy descendant Armand hires her to exorcise his ancestor’s ghost from the family estate for a hefty sum, Mallory sees an easy payday, but a new murder rocks the manor, and she finds herself at the centre of the investigation. To claim her payment and clear her name, Mallory must solve a modern murder, banish an ancient ghost, maintain her fraudulent witch persona, and navigate her growing feelings for Armand—all while suspecting that the man she’s falling for might be a killer himself.
Release Date: 4 November
Coldwire
Chloe Gong
If you love dystopian fiction, then Chloe Gong’s latest book will tickle your fancy. In a dystopian future where most of humanity has fled to virtual reality “upcountry” to escape a dying world, two Medan orphans—Eirale, a soldier framed for assassination and forced to cooperate with an anarchist, and Lia, a determined military academy student paired with her rival on a dangerous infiltration mission—find themselves racing through different planes of reality in the nation of Medaluo. As they navigate a cold war between two powerful nations and uncover a larger conspiracy, their separate missions begin to converge, threatening to shatter the already fragile divide between the virtual and physical worlds. Both must rely on unlikely allies to survive in a society where being an orphan means serving as a soldier or being branded a spy.
Release Date: 4 November
After The Rain
Amber Palmer
Saddle up, we’re headed to the ranch. In the final installment of Black Springs Ranch series, we see Cleo Hayes returning to her parents’ ranch after a painful divorce, only to find that her high school sweetheart, Grady Wilde, is back in town. So, instead of no drama and no distractions, she gets pulled into an emotional pickle when Grady decides to do everything he can to prove that their love doesn’t just fade away.
Release Date: 11 November
Between Two Kings
Lindsay Straube
The story goes a bit like this: Temperance Venus, a half-human and half basilisk, must decide between two kings—Caspen, the serpent king who connects with her basilisk side or Leo, the sweet man who’d do anything to get her. But whoever she chooses determines how her people will live when there’s a political rift between the basilisk and the humans. Not for the faint of heart, the second book of the Split or Swallow series will have even more ardour, spicy and political drama.
Release Date: 11 November
Freeing The Wild
Paisley Hope
It’s another wild, wild west, and we’re ready to ride until dawn! If you need a cowboy in your imagination, then Freeing The Wild is your best bet. This small town romance follows a country music star, Cassie Spencer, who visits her sister Ivy after a tragedy strikes during her tour. All is well until she meets a ruggedly handsome cowboy, Haden Westrbook, the charming heartthrob of Laurel Creek. But, being from two different worlds, their love story seems to be unattainable.
Release Date: 11 November
Your Knife, My Heart
K.M. Moronova
If you need some endorphin release, then this deadly, chaotic and irresistible military dark romance fits the bill. Set in a military boot camp, Emery Maves must sharpen her claws and protect her life after being forced to be in the violent world of military operations. But, when she’s assigned to Cameron Mortem—a ruthless, clinically insane and most lethal asset in the Dark Forces, she must resist the pull of him. What she doesn’t know is that Cameron always kills his partner, and his goal this time around is not to kill her.
Release Date: 11 November
Hollow
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Have you been in a reading slump since finishing Zodiac Academy or Ruthless Boys of The Zodiac? We certainly feel your woe. But, don’t fret, the twisted sisters are back with a brand new series titled Crown of Hearts and Chaos and its debut book is coming out soon. Set in the world of Fae and monsters, brimming with ruthless heroines, dark humour and a black hearted love interest, this will be reminiscent of their other well-loved stories.
Release Date: 18 November
Brimstone
Callie Hart
The second book in the Fae & Alchemy series is finally here, and it’s dripping with more blood, darkness and crowning glories. After being crowned queen of the Blood Court, Saeris finds herself burdened with this new vulnerability and a weight on her shoulders. But the transformation has made it impossible for her to travel back home. So she must send someone to her place. Enter Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate and the smuggler Carrion Swift—who simply won’t shut up.
Release Date: 18 November
Daddy Issues
Kate Goldbeck
Not everyone’s cup of tea, but if a single-dad does it for you, then we think you should stick around. From the bestselling author of You, Again. Daddy Issues sees jaded 26-year-old, Sam Pulaski figuring out life—trying to get out of debt, clinging to dreams of a PhD program and staying far away from her toxic situationship. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Nick, her mom’s new neighbor—a divorced, almost-40 single dad who’s traded adventure for stability to prioritise his nine-year-old daughter, Kira. Despite having nothing in common and Sam’s aversion to both dependable men and children, the thin wall between their condos isn’t enough to keep them apart, and Sam soon finds herself falling for someone whose grounded, settled life is the complete opposite of her chaotic, on-hold existence.
Release Date: 18 November
Fallen Stars
Imani Erriu
Fallen Stars by Imani Erriu follows Elara, a vengeful, disgraced queen whose lover Enzo lies trapped in a death-like sleep between realms after her enemy vanished—taking with him Enzo’s only link to consciousness. Thrust into an unwanted life and struggling with uncontrollable new powers, Elara embarks on a perilous quest to wake Enzo by seeking aid from the Titans, ancient gods who predate the ruling Stars. However, a sinister force lurks in the shadows, one feared even by Ariete, King of the Stars himself, and with enemies surrounding her at every turn, Elara must navigate treacherous paths to save her soulmate and fulfil her promise: that every Star will fall.
