New for You - Contemporary Fiction - October 2025Like this list

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• This Is the Only Kingdom

  a Novel

  Díaz, Jaquira

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  An epic novel of a mother and daughter wrestling with the aftermath of a murder, set against the backdrop of a tightknit, working-class barrio in Puerto Rico.

• The Weekend Crashers

  Brenner, Jamie, 1971-

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  A knitting retreat gets knotty in this humorous and poignant novel about love, second chances, and the unyielding bonds between mothers and daughters.

• Bad Bad Girl

  a Novel

  Jen, Gish, 1955-

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  An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.

• Daddy Issues

  a Novel

  Goldbeck, Kate

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  A jaded twenty-something is stuck living at home, her life on pause, when a single dad becomes her new neighbour, and unexpectedly sets her life—and her heart—into motion in this modern love story from the bestselling author of You, Again.

• Island Calling

  Segal, Francesca, 1980-

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  The second book in a trilogy, this is a funny and moving story of mothers and daughters (and a tortoise called Gloria Gaynor) set on the wonderfully imagined island of Tuga. If you need to escape for a while this is the book for you.

• Pick a Color

  a Novel

  Thammavongsa, Souvankham, 1978-

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  An intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who don't even know her true name.

• Notes on Infinity

  Taylor, Austin, 1999-

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  The love story of two young Harvard students with a shared dream who are drawn into the vortex of American start-up culture.

• The Expansion Project

  Pester, Ben (Fiction writer)

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  Plans for the expansion of the Capmeadow Business Park are in full swing. Tom Crowley loses his daughter at 'bring your daughter to work day'. He raises the alarm, but it eventually transpires she was never there. A dizzying, satire of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stealing Dad

  Zinovieff, Sofka

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  When Iris' father dies, she is shocked to learn that she and her siblings are not allowed to attend his funeral. A tragi-comic story about a dispersed and dysfunctional family coming together.

• Muscle Man

  a Novel

  Castro, Jordan

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  A hilarious, suspenseful metaphysical tale following a day in the life of an English professor who would rather be lifting weights