Best Adult Fiction Books of 2025

Updated December 11, 2025
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Victorian psycho : a novel
Feito, Virginia
Paper Book
Virginia Feito's Mrs. March was hailed as "a brilliant debut . . . [by] a writer who keeps pace with the grandees she invokes" (Sarah Ditum, Guardian)--from Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson to Patricia Highsmith. Now, Feito returns with her "silver-polish sentences and her eerie psychological...

"When Winifred Notty accepts the position of governess to two children, the whole family is about to be served their just desserts at the holiday dinner. A darkly humorous and quirky holiday tale that is not for the faint of heart."

Elyssa (Adult Librarian, Trafalgar Branch)

When the moon hits your eye
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the Moon Hits Your Eye The moon has turned into cheese. Now humanity has to deal with it. For some it's an opportunity. For...

"A alternately funny and poignant series of vignettes of the first full lunar cycle after the moon turns to cheese, showing its impact on astronauts, politicians, clergy, cheese shop employees, high school kids, and a billionaire who really wants to land on the cheese moon."

Andrea (Shelver, White River Branch)


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