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October 7, 2025

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published October 7, 2025. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in October 2025.

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Sonnets and Serpents

by Jeana Jorgensen

A headstrong princess and an exiled scholar join forces to search for missing people in Elizabeth Lowham’s exciting fantasy novel "Sonnets and Serpents". Eliza, the second-born princess of Loegria, follows her beloved knight Henry... Read More

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The Salvage

by Isabella Zhou

In Anbara Salam’s chilling novel "The Salvage", a marine archaeologist hunts down lost artifacts and ghosts in frigid waters. On the cusp of 1963, Marta performs a dive in remote Cairnroch to photograph local hero Captain James’s... Read More

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The Extremities!

by Karen Rigby

Chronic pain and psychosomatic maladies jar a reporter in Samantha Kimmey’s brooding novel "The Extremities!" While Kim, a journalist, reports on a wildfire whose smoke permeates her coastal town, her hands throb with pain, limiting... Read More

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The Life of Violet

by Bella Moses

The interconnected early stories in Virginia Woolf’s "The Life of Violet" have radical perspectives on women’s friendships, independence, and places in society. Violet, a giantess inspired by Woolf’s lifelong friend Violet... Read More

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Who Killed One the Gun?

by Ho Lin

Gigi Little’s novel "Who Killed One the Gun?" is both a hard-boiled detective story and a whimsical, existential meditation on destiny, self-determination, and forgiveness. One the Gun is a private eye tasked with finding the killer of... Read More

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Flora and the Jazzers

by Danielle Ballantyne

Gorgeous watercolor illustrations and a motley band of creatures hit all the right notes in this Jazz Age take on a Cinderella story. Flora is a scullery maid in a grand hotel; she loves music, but can’t afford to attend the concerts... Read More

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