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Best new fiction books October 2025
Your guide to the best new fiction published in October 2025.

Best new fiction books September 2025
Your guide to the best new fiction published in September 2025.

Book review: Rewitched, Lucy Jane Wood
An aesthetically pleasing cosy fantasy about discovering your powers and finding community.Â

Book review: Dusk, Robbie Arnott
Robbie Arnott's fourth book tracks predator and prey in the Tasmanian highlands.

Book review: Skysong, C A Wright
A reimagining of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairytale.

Book review: The Burrow, Melanie Cheng
A new pet rabbit becomes the focal point for a grieving family.

Book review: A Sorceress Comes to Call, T Kingfisher
A clever interpretation of a sinister fairy tale that examines the human side of terrifying magic.Â

Book review: The Temperature, Katerina Gibson
Six characters whose lives intersect in a novel that takes the pulse of the times.

Book review: Woo Woo, Ella Baxter
An unsettling book about art and creativity ... and being stalked.

Book review: Mural, Stephen Downes
A charming psychopath beguiles with his anecdotes.