26 Sep 2025
Literary Fiction Novels That Linger Like Half-Remembered Dreams
Atmospheric, haunting, and layered with meaning, these stories blur the line between memory and imagination. Perfect for readers who want fiction that stays mysterious yet deeply moving. Each book casts a spell you can’t shake. They’re not read once they’re lived and relived.
When Things Go Missing
by Deborah Brasket
Release Date: September 22, 2025
When a mother mysteriously disappears, her family falls apart. Kay mourns her mother’s absence and blames her brother’s heroin addiction for driving her away. Cal is torn by guilt and rage at being abandoned, and Walter tracks his wife’s travels across South America before heading to Alaska. How they mend what’s broken forms the heart of this novel.
Hamlet: A Gothic Retelling in Prose
by E. Hartt
Release Date: August 30, 2025
When Prince Hamlet encounters his father’s ghost on the fog-shrouded battlements of Elsinore, a chain of events unfolds that will shake the very foundations of the Danish kingdom. In this masterfully crafted retelling, Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece is transformed into accessible, atmospheric prose that captures every nuance of the original’s psychological depth and dramatic power while breathing new life into this immortal tale of revenge, madness, and moral decay.
Wild Atlantic
by Cillian Dunne
Release Date: August 30, 2025
A lighthouse. A storm. A body on the shore. Sarah thought life on the wild Atlantic coast would be a fresh start. Instead, she is stranded in a decaying lighthouse with Fergal, isolated from everything she once knew. Then the body of an American man washes ashore. A man with the same last name as Fergal. A man was last seen with his family the night before in New York.
Of Saints and Rivers
by Jim Logan
Release Date: September 16, 2025
From the wild frontier days of the late 1800s to the post-war reckoning of the 1950s, this award-winning novel follows three generations of the McClellan family through the eyes of the youngest son. Growing up in the shadow of his celebrated father and brother, Jordan is more into books than farmwork or sports. But when tragedy strikes, guilt drives him spiraling down a path with dire consequences.
The River is Waiting
by Eunice Trotter
Release Date: September 11, 2025
Some rivers lead us home, others test our hearts. The River is Waiting is a captivating story of mystery, family secrets, and the unexpected turns that change lives forever. Eunice Totter invites you on a journey where every choice matters and every moment counts. Will you find the strength to follow the river—or resist its pull?
Where the Light Flickers
by Ryan Burden
Release Date: September 8, 2025
In the fog-shrouded valleys and scarred mountaintops of Appalachian coal country, two families orbit each other in a dance that will ultimately consume them both. Hem Barry, a disgraced veterinarian whose drinking cost him his Providence practice, has dragged his family to isolated Shokten seeking redemption.
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