New Book Releases: February 24th to March 2nd, 2025

It was a fabulous February for new books, and we’ve got a few more days of it, including a big Tuesday release day, before diving right into Magical March!

We have over 500 new books releasing this week, which is the most I’ve ever seen in a week. What an incredible week for new books.

Let’s do our best to narrow that list down to five to feature, and be sure to check out our podcast, which will feature 10 upcoming books of the week on Sunday.

Excellent news for fans of the Joe Pickett series, as the 25th novel by C.J. Box is out on Tuesday, titled Battle Mountain.

Outlaw falconer Nate Romanowski is off the grid and hunting revenge, while Joe Pickett searches for the governor’s missing son-in-law in the rugged Sierra Madre mountains. As Nate closes in on his prey and Joe tracks a trail gone cold, their separate missions collide on the treacherous slopes of Battle Mountain.

The New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger is releasing a new psychological thriller this week. This is a dark one, titled Close Your Eyes and Count to 10, and it is a standalone.

An extreme game of hide-and-seek on Falcao Island turns deadly when a storm traps the contestants and a sinister threat begins stalking them. As danger closes in, single mother Adele must outsmart both the storm and her ruthless competitors to survive—and make it home to her children.

A new domestic thriller is being released this week by Gillian McAllister and is already receiving rave reviews from early readers.

In Famous Last Words, Camilla returns to work after maternity leave. Her husband vanishes on the same day, leaving behind a cryptic note. Hours later, news breaks of a hostage situation in London, with police confirming the gunman is none other than her husband.

Now, with the note’s secret weighing heavily, Camilla must decide: protect the man she thought she knew or face the terrifying truth.

Let’s take a break from the thrillers! The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elle Kennedy releases the third novel in her much-heralded steamy and hilarious Campus Diaries series.

In The Charlie Method, college senior Charlotte Kingston juggles life as a perfect sorority girl by day and a thrill-seeking daredevil by night—until her secret online flirtation with two anonymous hotties turns into a steamy in-person encounter with hockey players Will and Beckett.

But with hidden desires, family pressures, and the risk of exposure piling up, lust might just turn into love—if their secrets don’t tear them apart first.

Or how about some alien invasion sci-fi action? The release date for this one does appear to be different from country to country. Still, various countries are lucky enough to be able to purchase Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky, releasing on February 27th. If you’re not in one of those countries……consider moving! It’ll be worth it.

Stranded on the hostile, pitch-black moon of Shroud after a catastrophic crash, Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne must navigate its crushing gravity, toxic air, and alien predators. But as they race to survive, they discover Shroud’s dominant species isn’t just watching—it’s learning.