Last updated on May 31st, 2025 at 04:49 pm
Find the most anticipated May 2025 book releases, from bestselling authors of Fantasy to Fiction, Thriller to Romance. Find your next favorite book in this must-see list!
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Best May 2025 Book Releases!
1. One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
Genre: Romance | My Rating: 5.0 | Release Date: May 6, 2025
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune is a story of a burned-out photographer, a flirtatious hunky man, and one magical summer at the lake? You get One Golden Summer—the love story.
But wait—if two people who tell they don’t want a relationship survive a summer where everything feels suspiciously like one? And seriously, is Charlie ever not charming?
Read Book Review: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
“Alice spent just one summer at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen—it’s where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, the image that changed her life.”
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2. The Tenant by Freida McFadden
Genre: Mystery Thriller | My Rating: 4.00 | Release Date: May 6, 2025
Blake and Krista who rent out a room in their NYC brownstone. A tenant then came & changes everything. Is this a trap?
But then… plot twist! He gets fired a week later for allegedly leaking client strategies to a competitor. Cue financial ruin, awkward dinners, and desperate Craigslist listings.
Read Book Review: The Tenant by Freida McFadden
“Because something isn’t quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets…”
3. The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North
Genre: Thriller | My Rating: 4.00 | Release Date: May 13, 2025
Dan Garvie, haunted ex-islander and professional profiler of psychopaths, thinks he left his trauma back in his teenage years—specifically the time he almost witnessed a murder by a smoke-like serial killer.
Spoiler: he ran. And it’s haunted him ever since.
Read Book Review: The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North
“Dan who has a tragic past as a child— escaping an encounter with a serial killer revisits his small island community, determined to uncover the truth about his dad’s death. Is it possible that the monster he remembers from his childhood nightmares?”
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4. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Genre: Fiction | My Rating: 4.0 | Release Date: May 13, 2025
Nineteen-year-old Hai is ready to be done. A college dropout, painkiller addict, and all-around ghost of a boy, he climbs up a bridge in East Gladness, Connecticut—ready to step out of life’s frame entirely.
Enter Grazina: 82 years old, slipping into dementia, and somehow still sharp enough to talk him down with a story about escaping Stalin. Does she know where (or when) she is? Not really. But she knows Hai shouldn’t jump.
Read Book Review: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
“An elderly widow succumbing to dementia, convinces him to take another path. Out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. The unlikely pair develops a nice bond, Hai’s relationship to his family, and a community at the brink.”
5. Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde
Genre: Romance | My Rating: 5.0 | Release Date: May 20, 2025
We’ve been looking for Rio’s story since book one, and Liz Tomforde delivered a nice, comfy and emotional romantic man who could melt anyone’s heart with a single heartfelt line. Seriously—who gave him permission?
Read Book Review: Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde
“When I was sixteen, we fell for each other then broke up..
years later, I’ve joined an internship with a interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one he plays hockey for.”
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