These are the Australian books being released in September 2025 that we know about. There is no one central place to find out about book releases so we rely on authors reporting to us and also on the publishers who have added us to their mailing lists for advance notice of releases (as opposed to newsletters). We hope these episodes help you find a great new book!
**NB: This is a Soph-alone episode**
Contemporary YA
Title: Summer, in Between
Author: Holly Cardamone
Publisher: Hawkeye Publishing
‘Looking for Alibrandi meets Puberty Blues'
Thriller/crime
Title: The Vanishing Place
Author: Zoe Rankin
Publisher: Moa Press/Hachette ANZ and Berkley US
A twisty and daring thriller about how those close to you can be even more dangerous than the deadliest wilderness.
Title: The Stolen
Author: Vikki Petraitis
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
An unputdownable crime thriller featuring Detective Antigone Pollard from the bestselling author of The Unbelieved.
Title: The Farm
Author: Jessica Mansour-Nahra
Publisher: Hachette
An eerie psychological thriller, rippling with the Gothic undertones of Rebecca, from a startling new Australian talent. The Farm enthrals from the very first page.
Romantasy
Title: A King's Fate
Author: Anneka-Rose Burrell
Genre: Epic romantasy
Self-pubbed
Dual POV with a strong FMC and reluctant hero MMC
Romance
Title: The Swiss Chocolatier: European Tycoons
Author: Leanne Lovegrove
Publisher: Indie
A chance of a lifetime that could make her career. Or break her heart …
General fiction
Title: Very Impressive For Your Age
Author: Eleanor Kirk
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
A profoundly relatable debut novel about chasing your dreams and losing your ambition from a stunning new Australian voice.
Title: Tenderfoot
Author: Toni Jordan
Publisher: Hachette
By the bestselling, award-winning author of Addition, an exhilarating novel about coming of age in 1970s Australia.
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