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
12598 Greyhound Joanna Pocock Unknown English
12600 Dear Writer Maggie Smith American English
12602 Changeover Giri Nathan Unknown English
12603 The Art Of Jacques Pépin Jacques Pépin American English
12605 Strata Laura Poppick 2025 Unknown English
12606 Last Seen Judith Giesberg American English
12607 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12608 Our Lake Angie Kang Unknown English
12610 After Life Gayle Forman 2025 American English
12611 If You Love It, Let It Kill You Hannah Pittard 2025 American English
12612 Too Soon Betty Shamieh 2025 American English
12613 Whale Eyes James Robinson, Brian Rea 2025 Unknown English
12067 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
12616 The Very Heart Of It Thomas Mallon 2025 American English
12617 The Expert Of Subtle Revisions Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 American English
12618 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
12619 The History Of We Nikkolas Smith American English
12620 We Computers Hamid Ismailov, Shelley Fairweather-Vega 2025 Unknown English
12621 The Ephemerata Carol Tyler American English
12623 Unshrunk Laura Delano 2025 American English
12624 People Of Means Nancy Johnson 2025 Unknown English
7183 When The Going Was Good Graydon Carter, James Fox 1946 Canadian English
12625 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12626 Change The Recipe José Andrés, Richard Wolffe American English
7188 The Village Beyond The Mist Sachiko Kashiwaba, Miho Satake, Avery Fischer Udagawa 1975 Japanese Japanese
12307 The Seers Sulaiman Addonia 2024 British English
12308 The Midwatch Institute For Wayward Girls Judith Rossell 2024 Australian English
12628 Don't Trust Fish Dan Santat, Neil Sharpson 2025 American English
12629 Recipes From The American South Michael W. Twitty American English
8313 Medicine River Mary Annette Pember 1989 Unknown English
12631 The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman 2025 British English
12633 Lin Manuel Miranda Daniel Pollack-Pelzner American English
12634 Shattered Lands Sam Dalrymple Unknown English
12635 A New New Me Helen Oyeyemi 2025 British English
12636 Casanova 20 Davey Davis Unknown English
12320 Muybridge Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, Rob Aspinall 2024 Unknown French
12637 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12638 Kwéyòl Creole Nina Compton, Osayi Endolyn Saint Lucian English
12639 Once Upon A Time In Dollywood Ashley Jordan 2025 American English
12640 Animal Instinct Amy Shearn 2025 American English
12641 Murder Ballads Katy Horan Unknown English
12642 Dream School Jeffrey Selingo American English
12107 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12645 Pakistan Maryam Jillani Unknown English
12646 J Vs. K Kwame Alexander, Jerry Craft American English
12647 Daikon Samuel Hawley Unknown English
12648 Save Me, Stranger Erika Krouse 2025 American English
12649 The War Of Art Lauren O'Neill-Butler Unknown English
12650 The Gathering Table Antwan Eady, London Ladd American English
12652 The Trouble Up North Travis Mulhauser American English
12653 Desi Arnaz Todd S. Purdum 2025 American English
12655 On Muscle Bonnie Tsui 2025 American English
12680 The Secret History Of The Rape Kit Pagan Kennedy 2025 American English
12681 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12682 Theater Kid Jeffrey Seller American English
12683 Umma Sarah Ahn, Nam Soon Ahn Unknown English
12685 The History Of We Bee Wilson British English
12686 The Other Love Henri Cole American English
12687 Friends To Lovers Sally Blakely 2025 Unknown English
12688 Fireblooms Alexandra Villasante 2025 American English
12689 A Book Of Maps For You Lourdes Heuer, Maxwell Eaton III Unknown English
12690 This Beautiful, Ridiculous City Kay Sohini 2025 Unknown English
12691 Florenzer Phil Melanson 2025 Unknown English
12693 Wanting Claire Jia Unknown English
12694 Origin Stories Corinna Vallianatos Unknown English
12695 Scarlet Morning ND Stevenson 2025 American English
12696 You Didn't Hear This From Me Kelsey McKinney 2025 American English
12697 She's Under Here Karen Palmer Unknown English
12699 The Devil Reached Toward The Sky Garrett M. Graff 2025 American English
12701 The Interpreter Monica Arnaldo, Olivia Abtahi, Avery Fischer Udagawa Unknown Unknown
12702 How To Say Goodbye In Cuban Daniel Miyares American English
12705 Actress Of A Certain Age Jeff Hiller 2025 American English
11202 Woodworking Emily St. James 2025 Unknown English
12706 The Weight Melissa Mendes Unknown English
12707 By Heart Hailee Catalano Unknown English
12708 Self Sabotage Jeffery Self American English
11805 Culture Creep Alice Bolin 2021 American English
12710 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12711 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12712 The Compound Aisling Rawle 2025 Unknown English
12713 Persiana Easy Sabrina Ghayour British English
12714 Brave Weshoyot Alvitre American English
12715 The Feather Detective Chris Sweeney British English
12716 The Princess And The P.I. Nikki Payne 2025 Canadian English
12717 Oasis Guojing 2025 Chinese English
12719 The Door On The Sea Caskey Russell 2025 American English
12720 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12721 Celebrate Paul Hollywood British English
12722 Notes To John Joan Didion 2025 American English
12723 Tomorrow Is Yesterday Hussein Agha, Robert Malley 2025 American English
12725 Tuck Me In! Nathan W. Pyle American English
12731 Island Storm Brian Floca, Sydney Smith American English
12732 Waiting On The Moon Peter Wolf Unknown English
12733 The New Economy Gabrielle Calvocoressi American English
12734 The Intentions Of Thunder Patricia Smith Unknown English
12738 Alabama Village J. Malcolm Garcia Unknown English
12739 Dorie's Anytime Cakes Dorie Greenspan, Nancy Pappas American English
12745 Unfit Parent Jessica Slice Unknown English
12746 Last Chance Live! Helena Haywoode Henry 2025 Unknown English
12747 The Seeds Cecily Parks Unknown English
12749 A Rare Find Joanna Lowell 2025 Unknown English
12751 The Naming Of The Birds Paraic O'Donnell 2025 Irish English
12752 Words For My Comrades Dean Van Nguyen Australian English
12754 Lay Your Armor Down Michael Smith Unknown English
12755 Great Disasters Grady Chambers Unknown English
12757 On Guard! Cassidy Wasserman 2025 Unknown English
12758 Crumble Meredith McClaren, Andrea Bell 2025 Unknown English
12759 All The Other Mothers Hate Me Sarah Harman 2025 Unknown English
12760 The Other Wife Jackie Thomas-Kennedy Unknown English
12761 Sundust Zeke Peña American English
12762 Defiant Rob Edwards, Sean Damien Hill, Alex Paterson, Nikolas Draper-Ivey Unknown English
11224 The Teacher Of Nomad Land Daniel Nayeri American English
12763 Tall Is Her Body Robert de la Chevotière Unknown Unknown
12764 How To Share An Egg Bonny Reichert 2025 Unknown English
12766 The Summer Of The Bone Horses Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Steph Littlebird American English
12767 The Appalachian Sea Steve Scafidi 2025 American English
12768 The Art Spy Michelle Young 2025 Unknown English
12770 Black Arms To Hold You Up Ben Passmore 2025 American English
12771 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12772 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English