Books by Emily Adrian
“And if you are interested in novels that play around with form, you might also be interested in Emily Adrian’s Seduction Theory, a sharp, gossipy campus novel about two married literature professors grappling with romantic temptation in the workplace. That sounds like a lot of fun to me.” Read more...
Notable New Novels of Summer 2025
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Interviews where books by Emily Adrian were recommended
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What We Can Know: A Novel
by Ian McEwan -
2
We Do Not Part
by Han Kang, translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris -
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Flashlight: A Novel
by Susan Choi -
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The Life of Violet
by Virginia Woolf -
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Dream Count
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -
6
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi
New Literary Fiction
New Literary Fiction
Keep up to date with the best new releases in literary fiction here on Five Books. Our deputy editor, Cal Flyn, an award-winning author herself, writes seasonal round-ups of the best new novels from ‘literary’ writers: from buzzed-about debuts to critics’ darlings, new work from the globally recognised greats and beloved sleeper hits from writers’ writers. We love it all here at Five Books.
Notable New Novels of Summer 2025, recommended by Cal Flyn
If you are looking for your next favourite read, why not try one of these five buzzed-about novels published in the summer of 2025? We’ve put together a summary of the new fiction books that have caught our eye this season, from the latest, brilliantly ambitious offering from Susan Choi to the most hotly anticipated debut novels.