Upcoming Releases – 10/21/25

Check out these noteworthy upcoming releases for your shelves—arriving October 21st!

A CURIOUS KIND OF MAGIC by Mara Rutherford
9781250359889 | 10/21/25

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE meets LITTLE THIEVES in this cozy fantasy about the teenage owner of a (mostly fake) magical curiosity shop and a girl cursed to turn everything she touches into magic.

WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by Wen-yi Lee
9781250369451 | 10/21/25

Wen-yi Lee’s fierce, glamorous adult debut reads like Silvia Moreno-Garcia meets Fonda Lee, with the feverish intensity of R. F. Kuang’s Poppy War trilogy.

ISN’T IT OBVIOUS? by Rachel Runya Katz
9781250369970 | 10/21/25

After a meet-disaster, a podcaster and her producer fall in love over email without realizing they know (and hate) each other in real life.

BALANCING ACT by Paula Chase
9781250809391 | 10/21/25

A SWEET VALLEY HIGH for a new generation, a dishy, dazzling YA drama set against the backdrop of an elite charter school where stars are made—or fade.

GIRL DINNER by Olivie Blake
9781250883452 | 10/21/25

From the New York Times bestselling author of THE ATLAS SIX, GIRL DINNER is a darkly fun novel about power, lust, and eating your fill, as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend . . .

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE by Eden Royce
9781250330963 | 10/21/25

Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Eden Royce pens a Southern Gothic historical fantasy story of a contentious funeral.

PRIDE AND PLEASURE: THE SCHUYLER SISTERS IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION by Amanda Vaill
9780374254377 | 10/21/25

America’s Founding Era reconsidered through the lives of two women as formidable as, and in some respects stronger than, the men they loved, married, and mothered.

HUNTSMAN by Naima Simone
9781250352941 | 10/21/25

Welcome to the dark world of The Hunted Kingdom where the daughters of modern-day mob families are reimagined fairytale princesses like you’ve never seen before. In HUNTSMAN, family is power . . . and power is everything.

CRAWL by Max Delsohn
9781644453612 | 10/21/25

A darkly comic, introspective debut collection that looks beneath the surface of trans life in 2010s Seattle.

THE THINGS GODS BREAK by Abigail Owen
9781649378538 | 10/21/25

The gods want her dead . . . Hades will bury them.