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
13033 The Last Days Of Budapest Adam LeBor 2025 British English
13035 Peak Human Johan Norberg 2025 Unknown English
7742 The Third Reich Of Dreams Charlotte Beradt 1966 German German
13036 Those Who Are About To Die Harry Sidebottom 2025 British English
13037 The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland 2025 British English
13038 Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney 2025 Unknown English
13039 The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li, Claire Cousineau 2025 Canadian English
13040 The Party's Interests Come First Joseph Torigian 2025 Unknown English
13041 Righting Wrongs Kenneth Roth 2025 American English
13042 Russia's Man Of War Cathy Scott-Clark 2025 British English
13043 When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker 2025 American English
13044 Collisions Alec Nevala-Lee 2025 American English
13045 Fair Doses Seth Berkley 2025 American English
13046 Food Intelligence Julia Belluz, Kevin Hall 2025 Multiple English
13047 The Lost Orchid Sarah Bilston 2025 British English
13048 The Web Beneath The Waves Samanth Subramanian 2025 Indian English
13049 Homeland Richard Beck 2025 Unknown Unknown
13050 The Words Of Dr. L Karen E. Bender 2025 American English
13051 Marguerite By The Lake Mary Dixie Carter 2025 Unknown English
13052 Unloved Peyton Corinne 2025 Unknown English
13053 Gaysians Mike Curato 2025 American English
13054 Old School Indian Aaron John Curtis 2025 Unknown English
13055 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13056 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13057 Sons And Daughters Chaim Grade 2025 American Yiddish
13058 Fog And Fury Rachel Howzell Hall 2025 American English
13059 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13060 Martha's Daughter David Haynes 2025 American English
13061 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13062 Fonseca Jessica Francis Kane 2025 American English
13063 It Had To Be Him Adib Khorram 2025 American English
13064 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13065 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
11314 Atavists Lydia Millet 2025 American English
13066 Evensong Stewart O'Nan 2025 American English
13068 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13069 The Earl That Got Away Diana Quincy 2025 Unknown English
13070 We Loved To Run Stephanie Reents 2025 American English
13071 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
13072 The Missing Kidney Maxine Rosaler 2025 Unknown English
13073 Unlikely Story Ali Rosen 2025 Unknown Unknown
13074 Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan 2025 American English
13075 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13076 Sacrament Susan Straight 2025 American English
13077 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13078 Thrilled To Death Lynne Tillman 2025 American English
13079 Ladies In Hating Alexandra Vasti 2025 Unknown English
13080 A Gorgeous Excitement Cynthia Weiner 2025 Unknown English
13081 To Lose A War Jon Lee Anderson 2025 American English
13082 More Everything Forever Adam Becker 2025 American English
13083 Talk To Me Rich Benjamin 2025 American English
13084 Flashes Of Brilliance Anika Burgess 2025 Unknown English
13085 No Sense In Wishing Lawrence Burney 2025 Unknown English
13086 Shadow Cell Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante 2025 American English
13087 Tonight In Jungleland Peter Ames Carlin 2025 American English
13088 Three Or More Is A Riot Jelani Cobb 2025 American English
13090 Eminent Jews David Denby 2025 American English
13091 American Scare Robert W. Fieseler 2025 American English
13093 How To Cook A Coyote Betty Fussell 2025 American English
13094 Mailman Stephen Starring Grant 2025 Unknown English
13095 Aflame Pico Iyer 2025 British English
13096 Splendid Liberators Joe Jackson 2025 Unknown English
13097 Dinner With King Tut Sam Kean 2025 American English
13098 Goliath's Curse Luke Kemp 2025 Unknown English
13099 Empty Vessel Ian Kumekawa 2025 Unknown English
12072 When You Listen To This Song Lola Lafon 2022 French French
13100 How To Be Well Amy Larocca 2025 American English
13101 By The Second Spring Danielle Leavitt 2025 Unknown English
13102 The Autobiography Of H. Lan Thao Lam Lana Lin 2025 American English
13103 Art Work Sally Mann 2025 American English
12597 The History Of Money David McWilliams 2024 Irish English
13104 The Life And Poetry Of Frank Stanford James McWilliams 2025 American English
13105 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13106 This Unruly Witness Lauren Muller, Becky Thompson, Dominique C. Hill, Durell M. Callier 2025 American English
13107 The Right Of The People Osita Nwanevu 2025 American English
13108 Love And Need Adam Plunkett 2025 Unknown English
13109 Banished Citizens Marla A. Ramírez 2025 Unknown English
13110 Ubac And Me Cédric Sapin-Defour, Adriana Hunter 2025 French French
12073 The Afghans Asne Seierstad, Seán Kinsella 2022 Norwegian English
13111 Hotshot River Selby 2025 Unknown English
13112 Taking Manhattan Russell Shorto 2025 American English
13113 Their Accomplices Wore Robes Brando Simeo Starkey 2025 Unknown English
13114 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13115 The Running Ground Nicholas Thompson 2025 Unknown English
13116 The Next One Is For You Ali Watkins 2025 American English
13117 Kicking The Hornet's Nest Daniel E. Zoughbie 2025 Unknown English
13118 Saraswati Gurnaik Johal 2025 Unknown English
13119 The Tiger's Share Keshava Guha 2025 Unknown English
13120 Gunk Saba Sams 2025 British English
13121 Slags Emma Jane Unsworth 2025 British English
13122 Havoc Rebecca Wait 2025 British English
13123 Eden's Shore Oisin Fagan 2025 Unknown English
13124 The Benefactors Wendy Erskine 2025 Scottish English
13125 Open, Heaven Sean Hewitt 2025 Unknown English
13126 We Pretty Pieces Of Flesh Colwill Brown 2025 Unknown English
13127 To Rest Our Minds And Bodies Harriet Armstrong 2025 Unknown English
903 Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991 Chinese English
13128 We Did Ok, Kid Sir Anthony Hopkins 2025 British Unknown
13129 Vagabond Tim Curry 2025 British English
13130 Truly Lionel Richie 2025 American English
13132 Frankly Nicola Sturgeon 2025 Scottish English
13133 A Different Kind Of Power Jacinda Ardern 2025 New Zealander English
13134 Death Of An Ordinary Man Sarah Perry 2025 British English
13135 Lifeblood Mina Holland 2025 British English
13136 Vermeer Andrew Graham Dixon 2025 British English
13137 Katherine Mansfield Gerri Kimber 2025 Unknown English
13138 Josephine Baker's Secret War Hanna Diamond 2025 British English
13139 The Acid Queen Susannah Cahalan 2025 American English
13140 Erik Satie Three Piece Suite Ian Penman 2025 British English
13141 The Confessions Paul Bradley Carr 2025 Unknown English
12601 The Winter Warriors Olivier Norek 2024 French French
13142 The Bureau Eoin McNamee 2025 Irish English
13143 The Alienation Effect Owen Hatherley 2025 British English
13144 A Historian In Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu 2025 French Unknown
13145 What Is Free Speech? Fara Dabhoiwala 2025 British English
13146 Friends In Youth Minoo Dinshaw 2025 Unknown English
13147 Minority Rule Ash Sarkar 2025 British English
13148 Wages For Housework Emily Callaci 2025 Unknown English
13149 Those Passions T. J. Clark 2025 British English
13150 Get In Gabriel Pogrund, Patrick Maguire 2025 British English