Best Books of 2025 (so far)

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of pl... Read more

The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series!Acclaimed actor Jefferson White, who starred in Paramount Network's Yellowstone as Jimmy Hurdstrom, brings his talent to the worldwide best-sell... Read more

After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies cl... Read more

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! • #1 Washington Post bestseller! • #1 Indie Bestseller! • USA Today Bestseller!John Green, acclaimed author and passionate advocate for global h... Read more

A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming up... Read more

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns wi... Read more

"Narrator Adam Lazarre-White masterfully voices a wide range of characters. Listeners will be captivated by the layered storytelling, morally complex characters, and the powerful interpretation of ... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A daring art heist on the eve of Molly’s wedding reveals long-buried secrets in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author... Read more

"Steven Pacey's performance brings the story to life. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats."—Booklist (starred review)"Full of easy banter, dry humor delivered with excellent comedic ... Read more

INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER For fans of Bunny and Yellowface, this razor-sharp debut thriller blends biting satire with chilling suspense, as a young woman steps into her deceased twin's influ... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE NEW NOVEL FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE “[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and expo... Read more

From the author of Oprah's Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller Nightcrawling, here isan astonishing new novel aboutthe joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a smal... Read more

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND #1 INDIE BESTSELLER!A Kids' Indie Next PickBookPage Most Anticipated YA Books of 2025 selectionGoodreads Most Anticipated Releases of 2025 selectionBrim... Read more

THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERRecommended by New York Times Book Review People NPR Rolling Stone Los Angeles Times Reader's Digest and more!"This one has it all." — George R.R. Martin ... Read more

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An “urgent [and] ingenious” (The New York Times Book Review) novel of rupture and repair in the digital age, delving into a hidden world deep under the o... Read more

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a pl... Read more

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Liliana's Invincible Summer, a dreamlike, genre-defying novel about a professor and detective seeking justice in a world suffused with gendered violence.&l... Read more

The most dramatic installment yet in the Nero Award–winning Pentecost and Parker series, as Will scrambles to solve a shocking murder before Lillian takes the fall for the crime.NEW YORK CITY... Read more

Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare a... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An absurdly laugh-out-loud funny picture book about the villainy of fish, illustrated by National Book Award-winning creator Dan Santat"A ribald and uproarious warning to... Read more

A darkly comic suspense in the vein of All's Well and Yellowface, She's a Lamb! is an edgy and incisive novel that marches toward showtime with a growing unease about the dangers of magical thinkin... Read more

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ∙ A radiant escape to the lake from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and This Summer Will Be DifferentAs featured in The New York T... Read more

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against... Read more

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Book of 2025: Goodreads • USA TODAY • Marie Claire • BookPage • Literary Lifestyle • Book Riot • Sunset Magazine &... Read more

This program features multicast narration.An ENTHRALLING new novel from the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves"This contemplative, heart-wrenching story is a... Read more

"Julia Whelan skillfully narrates Sabine's story of bloodlust and decay...Katie Leung's soft Scottish accent suits the grieving Alice...Lottie is portrayed by Marisa Calin, whose crisp English acce... Read more

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by The New York Times Book Review, AV Club, Variety, The Boston Globe, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Vulture, Men's Health, Book Riot, New York Post, Goodreads, ... Read more

In the first book of a sizzling dystopian romance series, psychic gifts are a death sentence and there are rules to survival: Trust no one. Lie to everyone. And whatever you do, don’t fall fo... Read more

READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY | AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“Dazzling. . . The Names is startlingly joyful. . . Knapp tirelessly and beautifully replicates not ... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two women haunted by their sisters’ unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the author of All Good People Here and host of the ... Read more

"The best thriller of 2025." —The Boston Globe * "Genius." —The Washington Post "A literary thriller of the highest order" (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The P... Read more

"Superb ... a perfect horror for our imperfect age.” – The New York TimesAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERThere’s power in a book…They call them wayward gi... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE•FromPulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestsellingauthor of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike ... Read more

The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar. Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on t... Read more

"The banter zings. The steam rises off the pages and the chemistry is sapphic rom-com perfection. These two not only steal each other’s hearts. They’ll steal yours too! Jasmine Guillory... Read more

"A compelling, gory, ghostly romp."—Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie"This is what it felt like to live in New York City during lockdown: haunted, absurd, terri... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup.“Wonderf... Read more

An Instant New York Times Bestseller“Excellent and deeply reported.” —Tim Wu, The New York Times“Startling and intensely researched . . . an essential account of how OpenAI ... Read more

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINDIE BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Martha Beck, a new path to overcoming anxiety by awakening the creativity withinWe live in an epidemic o... Read more

Inspired by true events, a thrilling Depression-era novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books about a woman's quest to uncover a mystery surrounding a local librarian and the Boxcar Li... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "You're going to get papercuts, you're going to turn the pages so fast." —Brad Thor, Today "If Tom Wolfe, Jay McInerney, and Margo Jefferson somehow collaborated, this mig... Read more

From the bestselling author of Underland and "the great nature writer . . . of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers—and life itself.... Read more

From the author of The Immortal King Rao, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a personal exploration of how technology companies have both fulfilled and exploited the human desire for understanding an... Read more

The instant New York Times bestseller • Oprah’s Book Club Pick • Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ours... Read more

#1 New York Times BestsellerA 2025 best book of the year so far by The New York Times, The Economist, NPR, and more"Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wyn... Read more

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge.In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she’s ready for... Read more

A shield maiden fights to break the shackles of prophecy—and to overcome the betrayal of the man who broke her heart—in this searing conclusion to the Norse-inspired fantasy romance duo... Read more

"Sarah Penner transported me to the sea-swept cliffs of Positano and introduced me to characters I'll never forget. A magical read!"—Emilia Hart, New York Times bestselling author of WeywardP... Read more

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A terrific book...Powerful and persuasive." —Fareed Zakaria "Spectacular...Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward..... Read more

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK #1 LibraryReads Pick Indie Next PickA spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway ... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ● READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ● From Laila Lalami—the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a “maestra of literary ... Read more

An instant New York Times bestseller, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 19... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of... Read more

A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick! Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of ... Read more

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the bestselling author of The British Are Coming, George Washington’s army fights on th... Read more

New York Times Bestseller The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis. A memoir by ... Read more

“One of the sharpest and most emotionally vulnerable novels on the complicated dynamic of dating cisgender straight men as a trans woman.”—Autostraddle (7 New Trans Novels to Read... Read more

A Vogue & Vulture Best Book of the Year (So Far)“Enigmatic, opalescent, so precise.” —Jia Tolentino “An investigation, an invocation, a mood.” —Becca Rothfel... Read more

From bestselling author of the Misewa Saga series David A. Robertson, this is the essential guide for all Canadians to understand how small and attainable acts towards reconciliation can make an en... Read more

""[A]n emotional roller coaster of a finale that will leave readers exhilarated."" —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)A MOST ANTICIPATED READ BY PASTE THE NERD DAILY BOOKBUB TODAY.COM &am... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating and eye-opening look at how American schools have helped build and reinforce an infrastructure of racial inequality . . . a must-read for every... Read more

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY: Time, USA Today, People, AARP, Today.com, BookRiot, Bustle, LitHub, BookPage, Our Culture, and VultureA surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue—... Read more

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!He's not like other dukes...Paris, 1889Physician Aurora Montalban Wright takes risks in her career, but never with her heart. Running an underground women's clinic e... Read more

From Vulture's "master of horror" Clay McLeod Chapman, a relentless and emotionally charged social horror novel about a family on the run from a demonic possession epidemic that spreads through med... Read more

From Eric LaRocca—Bram Stoker Award–nominated and Splatterpunk Award–winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke—comes At Dark, I Become Loathsome, a grim... Read more

Already a major international bestseller, Zeinab Badawi's sweeping and much-needed survey of African history traces the continent's extraordinary legacy from prehistory to the present from the Afri... Read more

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history.”—Jodi Picoult, auth... Read more

Nat Cassidy, author of the acclaimed horror Mary, returns with When the Wolf Comes Home, an unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality."This is the ... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding.“Wh... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the bestselling autho... Read more

In this “engrossing” (Los Angeles Times) novel that sweeps from present-day California to the Vietnam War and back, a grieving young man is drawn into the orbit of a charismatic cult le... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy “blends acerbic wit, shrewd insight and sharp-eyed observation [in this] bravura collection” (The Washi... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A long overdue reality check." —Oprah Daily "Honest, unapologetic, and brutally funny." —Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter A Most A... Read more

In the tradition of The Hare with Amber Eyes, this "profound...comic...[and] unconventional" (The New York Times) family memoir investigates the dark legacy of the author's great-grandfather, a tal... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religiou... Read more

“Danan’s one of the best at breaking your heart with a single sentence...Because as romance readers we want to feel just as shattered — and just as redeemed — as the people ... Read more

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things, a sparkling and funny new novel of entertainment, ambition, art, and love.A TODAY SHOW SPRING PICK"Sweet, sexy, sad, articulate, an... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism ... Read more

From "world-class writer" (The Washington Post) and three-time Booker finalist Anita Desai, an exquisitely written stunning exploration of love, place, memory, history, and the secrets between a mo... Read more

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER“A tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thriller."—NPR“Bold, stark, genre-bending, Audition will haunt your dreams.”—T... Read more

The paths of four family members diverge drastically when the U.S. government begins detaining Vietnamese Americans, in this “rich, gripping novel that lands squarely as a mirror of our conte... Read more

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives...but it's also a masterful... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Culinary icon, founder of the Kogi food truck, New York Times bestselling author of L.A. Son, and star of Netflix's The Chef Show shares 100 flavor-packed recipes that em... Read more

Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.…Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. F... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An intimate memoir about the importance of community and care in a world that can feel impossibly broken—and a story about accidentally going viral while tend... Read more

The James Beard Award–winning author of the New York Times bestseller Mi Cocina is back with a guide to the brightest dish in any Mexican meal, snack-filled afternoon, or sun-drenched b... Read more

“Searing… rigorously researched but never stuffy… Gilbert has compiled perhaps the first comprehensive examination of turn-of-the-millennium mainstream, cool-kid trends and ephe... Read more

The second in a witty, USA Today bestselling series following author Eleanor Dash as she goes from wedding guest to murder mystery investigator at her best friend's wedding on Catalina Island.Atten... Read more

An Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our m... Read more

National Bestseller""A warm, funny, loving novel. . . . It's an American original.""—Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake""Who better to give us the latest version of a... Read more

A NEW YORK TIMES “BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)”“Compelling, haunting, and beautifully written . . . a clever, page-turning modern mystery as well as a thoughtful exploration... Read more

“Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent.” —Washington Post“Michael Lewis has this incredible ability to zoom in on one person's story, and fr... Read more

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For fans of Rupi Kaur and Cleo Wade, this first collection of poetry from the viral TikTok poet Josie Balka evokes themes of nostalgia, love, envy, and hope, speak... Read more

Take the plunge into this interactive picture book spin-off of the bestselling Narwhal and Jelly series starring everyone’s favorite anxious jellyfish. Help Jelly attempt to safely navigate t... Read more

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKIn this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic—of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life—holds the power to transf... Read more

From the founder of Money with Katie, a leveled-up finance guide for ambitious women everywhere—and a rallying cry for a new money movementWomen experience money differently than men do. In t... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLearn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in your own kitchen with over 100 creative, seasonal recipes from Hailee CatalanoGrowing up cooking the Sunday gravy, mea... Read more

From the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker longlisted author Belinda Bauer comes this sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained... Read more

"Dylan makes me laugh and makes me brave. I love Paper Doll, and I love this woman."—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed Actress and content creator Dylan Mulvaney'... Read more

For fans of Elif Batuman and Sally Rooney, a beguiling debut novel about finding oneself after heartbreak.After suffering her first big heartbreak two years earlier, Penelope Lin has built a quiet ... Read more

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Advance copies of Ray Dalio's new book about how countries go broke have become a hot read in Washington." —The New York Times "This book is a gift to humanity..... Read more

Spaceships aren't programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception.Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately... Read more

"A delightful debut. Readers will be eager to spend more time with Glory in future installments." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Glory Broussard is a character for the ages." - New York Times... Read more

A new reign is coming ... Romance, magic, adventure, and horror collide in the start to this lush, epic, Ancient Egyptian inspired trilogy perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J. Maas. Princ... Read more

"I'm in your blood, and you are in mine . . ."The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old... Read more