The Greatest Books of 2025 - Honorable Mention

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This is honorable mention lists of greatest books of 2025. The original list of the top 100 is here: https://thegreatestbooks.org/lists/1088. This list are the books ranked 101 and after. This list is ranked

This list was originally published in 2025 and was added to this site 7 months ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
12597 Greyhound Joanna Pocock Unknown English
12599 Dear Writer Maggie Smith American English
12601 Changeover Giri Nathan Unknown English
12602 The Art Of Jacques Pépin Jacques Pépin American English
12604 Strata Laura Poppick 2025 Unknown English
12605 Last Seen Judith Giesberg American English
12606 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12607 Our Lake Angie Kang Unknown English
12609 After Life Gayle Forman 2025 American English
12610 If You Love It, Let It Kill You Hannah Pittard 2025 American English
12611 Too Soon Betty Shamieh 2025 American English
12612 Whale Eyes James Robinson, Brian Rea 2025 Unknown English
12066 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
12615 The Very Heart Of It Thomas Mallon 2025 American English
12616 The Expert Of Subtle Revisions Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 American English
12617 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
12618 The History Of We Nikkolas Smith American English
12619 We Computers Hamid Ismailov, Shelley Fairweather-Vega 2025 Unknown English
12620 The Ephemerata Carol Tyler American English
12622 Unshrunk Laura Delano 2025 American English
12623 People Of Means Nancy Johnson 2025 Unknown English
7182 When The Going Was Good Graydon Carter, James Fox 1946 Canadian English
12624 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12625 Change The Recipe José Andrés, Richard Wolffe American English
7187 The Village Beyond The Mist Sachiko Kashiwaba, Miho Satake, Avery Fischer Udagawa 1975 Japanese Japanese
12306 The Seers Sulaiman Addonia 2024 British English
12307 The Midwatch Institute For Wayward Girls Judith Rossell 2024 Australian English
12627 Don't Trust Fish Dan Santat, Neil Sharpson 2025 American English
12628 Recipes From The American South Michael W. Twitty American English
8312 Medicine River Mary Annette Pember 1989 Unknown English
12630 The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman 2025 British English
12632 Lin Manuel Miranda Daniel Pollack-Pelzner American English
12633 Shattered Lands Sam Dalrymple Unknown English
12634 A New New Me Helen Oyeyemi 2025 British English
12635 Casanova 20 Davey Davis Unknown English
12319 Muybridge Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, Rob Aspinall 2024 Unknown French
12636 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12637 Kwéyòl Creole Nina Compton, Osayi Endolyn Saint Lucian English
12638 Once Upon A Time In Dollywood Ashley Jordan 2025 American English
12639 Animal Instinct Amy Shearn 2025 American English
12640 Murder Ballads Katy Horan Unknown English
12641 Dream School Jeffrey Selingo American English
12106 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12644 Pakistan Maryam Jillani Unknown English
12645 J Vs. K Kwame Alexander, Jerry Craft American English
12646 Daikon Samuel Hawley Unknown English
12647 Save Me, Stranger Erika Krouse 2025 American English
12648 The War Of Art Lauren O'Neill-Butler Unknown English
12649 The Gathering Table Antwan Eady, London Ladd American English
12651 The Trouble Up North Travis Mulhauser American English
12652 Desi Arnaz Todd S. Purdum 2025 American English
12654 On Muscle Bonnie Tsui 2025 American English
12679 The Secret History Of The Rape Kit Pagan Kennedy 2025 American English
12680 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12681 Theater Kid Jeffrey Seller American English
12682 Umma Sarah Ahn, Nam Soon Ahn Unknown English
12684 The History Of We Bee Wilson British English
12685 The Other Love Henri Cole American English
12686 Friends To Lovers Sally Blakely 2025 Unknown English
12687 Fireblooms Alexandra Villasante 2025 American English
12688 A Book Of Maps For You Lourdes Heuer, Maxwell Eaton III Unknown English
12689 This Beautiful, Ridiculous City Kay Sohini 2025 Unknown English
12690 Florenzer Phil Melanson 2025 Unknown English
12692 Wanting Claire Jia Unknown English
12693 Origin Stories Corinna Vallianatos Unknown English
12694 Scarlet Morning ND Stevenson 2025 American English
12695 You Didn't Hear This From Me Kelsey McKinney 2025 American English
12696 She's Under Here Karen Palmer Unknown English
12698 The Devil Reached Toward The Sky Garrett M. Graff 2025 American English
12700 The Interpreter Monica Arnaldo, Olivia Abtahi, Avery Fischer Udagawa Unknown Unknown
12701 How To Say Goodbye In Cuban Daniel Miyares American English
12704 Actress Of A Certain Age Jeff Hiller 2025 American English
11198 Woodworking Emily St. James 2025 Unknown English
12705 The Weight Melissa Mendes Unknown English
12706 By Heart Hailee Catalano Unknown English
12707 Self Sabotage Jeffery Self American English
11803 Culture Creep Alice Bolin 2021 American English
12709 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12710 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12711 The Compound Aisling Rawle 2025 Unknown English
12712 Persiana Easy Sabrina Ghayour British English
12713 Brave Weshoyot Alvitre American English
12714 The Feather Detective Chris Sweeney British English
12715 The Princess And The P.I. Nikki Payne 2025 Canadian English
12716 Oasis Guojing 2025 Chinese English
12718 The Door On The Sea Caskey Russell 2025 American English
12719 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12720 Celebrate Paul Hollywood British English
12721 Notes To John Joan Didion 2025 American English
12722 Tomorrow Is Yesterday Hussein Agha, Robert Malley 2025 American English
12724 Tuck Me In! Nathan W. Pyle American English
12730 Island Storm Brian Floca, Sydney Smith American English
12731 Waiting On The Moon Peter Wolf Unknown English
12732 The New Economy Gabrielle Calvocoressi American English
12733 The Intentions Of Thunder Patricia Smith Unknown English
12737 Alabama Village J. Malcolm Garcia Unknown English
12738 Dorie's Anytime Cakes Dorie Greenspan, Nancy Pappas American English
12744 Unfit Parent Jessica Slice Unknown English
12745 Last Chance Live! Helena Haywoode Henry 2025 Unknown English
12746 The Seeds Cecily Parks Unknown English
12748 A Rare Find Joanna Lowell 2025 Unknown English
12750 The Naming Of The Birds Paraic O'Donnell 2025 Irish English
12751 Words For My Comrades Dean Van Nguyen Australian English
12753 Lay Your Armor Down Michael Smith Unknown English
12754 Great Disasters Grady Chambers Unknown English
12756 On Guard! Cassidy Wasserman 2025 Unknown English
12757 Crumble Meredith McClaren, Andrea Bell 2025 Unknown English
12758 All The Other Mothers Hate Me Sarah Harman 2025 Unknown English
12759 The Other Wife Jackie Thomas-Kennedy Unknown English
12760 Sundust Zeke Peña American English
12761 Defiant Rob Edwards, Sean Damien Hill, Alex Paterson, Nikolas Draper-Ivey Unknown English
11220 The Teacher Of Nomad Land Daniel Nayeri American English
12762 Tall Is Her Body Robert de la Chevotière Unknown Unknown
12763 How To Share An Egg Bonny Reichert 2025 Unknown English
12765 The Summer Of The Bone Horses Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Steph Littlebird American English
12766 The Appalachian Sea Steve Scafidi 2025 American English
12767 The Art Spy Michelle Young 2025 Unknown English
12769 Black Arms To Hold You Up Ben Passmore 2025 American English
12770 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12771 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English