Release Week: 9 September 2025
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Release Week: 9 September 2025
Posted on 2025-09-09 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
(in progress)
NON-FICTION WATCH:
All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert, read by the author for Books On Tape -- "A landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love—or to any other passion, substance, or craving – and who yearns, at long last, for liberation."
Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories by Lee Child, read by the author for HighBridge -- "After making his debut in The Killing Floor, Jack Reacher has quickly become one of the most popular―and most enduring―fictional heroes to emerge in the past half century. Now, his creator tells the stories behind the stories."
MORE SCI-FI and FANTASY:
- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison, read by Alex Finke and Natasha Soudek for Books On Tape -- "A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel."
SERIES WATCH:
The Cruel Dawn: The Last One, Book 2 by Rachel Howzell Hall, read by Tamika Katon-Donegal for Recorded Books -- "Kaivara Megidrail was once worshipped as the Grand Defender of Vallendor—until betrayal, punishment, and exile left her Diminished. Now, the realm she abandoned teeters on the edge of collapse. Monsters roam free. Gods whisper in shadows. And one man—Jadon Wake, prince, blacksmith, liar—may be the key to her salvation ... or her final ruin."
The Secret of Secrets: Robert Langdon, Book 6 by Dan Brown, read by Paul Michael for Books On Tape -- "Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon—a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript."
Clown Town: Slough House, Book 9 by Mick Herron, read by Gerard Doyle for Recorded Books -- "Jackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle between MI5's secret past and its murky future."
The Iron Storm: Clive Cussler's Isaac Bell, Book 15 by Jack Du Brul, read by Scott Brick for Books On Tape -- "Detective Isaac Bell faces the horrors of the Great War while battling a mysterious anarchist group intent on bringing brutality to the shores of America."
MOST MISSING:
- House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson (Titan Books) -- "Angelina Yves is a struggling singer/songwriter offered the chance of a lifetime to join the experimental luxury compound sponsored by the most famous band in the world, Black Idyll. With her every need accommodated, she finally has the time and space to perfect her music. Her muse? Reclusive rock star Jesper Idyll, who lives up to her every high school daydream. But this paradise has a haunted underbelly heralded by screaming horses, mysterious figures in the night, and dreams too twisted to be real. When people start to disappear and Jesper's ex turns up dead and hideously mutilated, Angelina begins to suspect that something malevolent lurks behind the cult that's grown around the band."