Standalones & Palate Cleansers to Read in 2025

Dead Man's Walk

Larry McMurtry

Black Mouth

Ronald Malfi

The Stress of Her Regard

Tim Powers

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Wraiths of a Broken Land

S. Craig Zahler

Speaker For The Dead

Orson Scott Card

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman

To Ride Hell's Chasm

Janny Wurts