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This post is auto-generated from RSS feed BOOK RIOT. Source: The Best New Book Releases Out August 12, 2025

Now here’s something I didn’t know: apparently, Gen Z loves Dostoyevsky. It’s always interesting to see which book trends emerge with the new generation, which are no doubt influenced by social media/BookTok.

In more surprising book news, the Obamas’ production company—which I didn’t even know existed—is set to executively produce a series adaptation of S.A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed. To say I am sat is an understatement.

As for new books, there’s the “haunting coming-of-age tale” What Hunger by Catherine Dang, Lucky Day, the newest horror by queer icon Chuck Tingle, and the Dominican Republic-set mystery The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera. For nonfiction, there’s The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers by Cheryl McKissack Daniel and Nick Chiles.

Finally, the new books below have elderly lady serial killers, essays by trans and non-binary authors of color, and sapphic Korean vampires. Everything you could ask for, in other words.

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Other Book Riot New Releases Resources:

• All the Books, our weekly new book releases podcast, where Liberty and a cast of co-hosts talk about eight books out that week that we’ve read and loved.
• The New Books Newsletter, where we send you an email of the books out this week that are getting buzz.
• Finally, if you want the real inside scoop on new releases, you have to check out Book Riot’s New Release Index! That’s where I find 90% of new releases, and you can filter by trending books, Rioters’ picks, and even LGBTQ new releases!

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