The Greatest Books of 2025

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
12790 The True Happiness Company Veena Dinavahi 2025 Unknown English
12791 Turning To Birds Lili Taylor 2025 American English
12794 Exit Zero Marie-Helene Bertino 2025 Unknown Unknown
12795 At Last Marisa Silver 2025 American English
12797 Mona’s Eyes Thomas Schlesser 2025 Unknown Unknown
12800 Bright Circle Randall Fuller 2025 Unknown English
12808 Disappoint Me Nicola Dinan 2025 Unknown English
12806 False Dawn George Selgin 2025 American English
12807 The Undiscovered Country Paul Andrew Hutton 2025 American English
12809 Positive Obsession Susana M. Morris 2025 Unknown English
12801 Captain's Dinner Adam Cohen 2025 Unknown English
12802 Gilded Rage Jacob Silverman 2025 American English
12803 Magic In The Air Mike Sielski 2025 American English
12804 Only God Can Judge Me Jeff Pearlman 2025 American English
12813 Theft Abdulrazak Gurnah 2025 British English
12815 Bad Bad Girl Gish Jen 2025 American English
12810 The Gales Of November John U. Bacon 2025 American English
12811 Tigers Between Empires Jonathan C. Slaght 2025 American English
12812 Intemperance Sonora Jha 2025 British English
12821 Being Jewish After The Destruction Of Gaza Peter Beinart 2025 American English
12820 The Boys In The Light Nina Willner 2025 American English
12816 The Fort Bragg Cartel Seth Harp 2025 American English
12817 Joy Is My Middle Name Sasha Debevec-McKenney 2025 Unknown English
12818 Ocean Of Clouds Garrett Hongo 2025 American English
12822 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12823 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12825 The Last Manager John Miller 2025 Unknown English
12826 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12827 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12828 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12829 Harriet Tubman Bob the Drag Queen 2025 Unknown English
12830 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12831 Every Step She Takes Alison Cochrun 2025 American English
12858 Trans History Alex L Combs 2025 American English
12859 Detective Beans: Adventures In Cat Town Li Chen 2025 Unknown Unknown
12860 The Doorman Chris Pavone 2025 American English
12862 The Feeling Of Iron Giaime Alonge 2025 Unknown English
12863 A Gentleman's Gentleman T.J. Alexander 2025 Unknown English
12865 Hollow Spaces Victor Suthammanont 2025 Unknown English
12866 The Rarest Fruit Gaëlle Bélem 2025 Unknown English
12867 Startlement Ada Limón 2025 American English
12869 The Age Of Choice Sophia Rosenfeld 2025 American English
12871 The Arrogant Ape Christine E. Webb 2025 Unknown English
12872 The Call Of The Honeyguide Rob Dunn 2025 American English
12873 The Containment Michelle Adams 2025 Unknown English
12874 Every Day Is Sunday Ken Belson 2025 American English
12875 I Seek A Kind Person Julian Borger 2025 Unknown English
12876 Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope Brandon M. Terry 2025 American English
12877 The Spinach King John Seabrook 2025 American English
12879 What Is Queer Food? John Birdsall 2025 Unknown English
12880 Collected Poems Wendy Cope 2025 British English
12881 The First And Last King Of Haiti Marlene L. Daut 2025 American English
12887 The Intruder Freida McFadden 2025 Unknown English
12888 Forest Euphoria Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian 2025 Unknown English
12889 Pan Michael Clune 2025 American English
12890 Zbig Edward Luce 2025 British English
12882 The Uncollected Stories Mavis Gallant 2025 Canadian English
12883 Miracles And Wonder Elaine Pagels 2025 American English
12884 Our Beautiful Boys Sameer Pandya 2025 Unknown English
12886 Long Distance Ayşegül Savas 2025 British English
12891 Articulate Rachel Kolb 2025 American English
12892 Blank Space W. David Marx 2025 American English
12901 Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall 2025 Unknown English
12903 Next Of Kin Gabrielle Hamilton 2025 American English
12904 Sister, Sinner Claire Hoffman 2025 American English
12893 The Golden Hour Matthew Specktor 2025 American English
12895 The Mission Tim Weiner 2025 American English
12896 We Should All Be Birds Brian Buckbee, Carol Ann Fitzgerald 2025 Unknown English
12897 Are You Happy? Lori Ostlund 2025 American English
12898 Make Your Way Home Carrie R. Moore 2025 Unknown English
12899 Nova Scotia House Charlie Porter 2025 Unknown English
12900 The Sunflower Boys Sam Wachman 2025 Unknown English
12907 The Nimbus Robert P. Baird 2025 Unknown English
12908 Sleep Honor Jones 2025 Unknown English
12910 Jane Austen's Bookshelf Rebecca Romney 2025 Unknown English
12905 Cécé Emmelie Prophète 2025 Haitian French
12906 Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary (12th Edition) Merriam-Webster 2025 American English
12911 Black Genius Tre Johnson 2025 American English
12912 Bone Valley Gilbert King 2025 American English
12913 Fear No Pharaoh Richard Kreitner 2025 American English
12914 How To Lose Your Mother Molly Jong-Fast 2025 American English
12916 Let Only Red Flowers Bloom Emily Feng 2025 Unknown English
12917 Libraries Of The Mind William Marx 2025 French English
12918 Make It Ours Robin Givhan 2025 American English
12919 Mexico Paul Gillingham 2025 British English
12920 Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns Artem Chapeye 2025 Ukrainian English
12921 Paris Undercover Matthew Goodman 2025 Unknown English
12922 Second Life Amanda Hess 2025 Unknown English
12923 They Poisoned The World Mariah Blake 2025 American English
12924 True Nature Lance Richardson 2025 Unknown English
12934 Do Admit Mimi Pond 2025 American English
12935 A Mind Of My Own Kathy Burke 2025 British English
12933 The Eleventh Hour Salman Rushdie 2025 British English
12925 Amity Nathan Harris 2025 American English
12926 God And Sex Jon Raymond 2025 American English
12927 The Satisfaction Café Kathy Wang 2025 Unknown English
12928 Six Weeks By The Sea Paula Byrne 2025 British English
12929 Some Bright Nowhere Ann Packer 2025 American English
12930 Tartufo Kira Jane Buxton 2025 Unknown English
12931 Un World Jayson Greene 2025 American Unknown
12939 The Names Andrew Knapp 2025 Unknown English
12943 Show Don't Tell Curtis Sittenfeld 2025 Unknown English
12936 Clam Down Anelise Chen 2025 American English
12948 The Gossip Columnist's Daughter Peter Orner 2025 American English
12949 Sick And Dirty Michael Koresky 2025 American English
12950 Lost In The Dark And Other Excursions John Langan 2025 American English
12937 No Obvious Distress Amanda Quaid 2025 Unknown English
12940 Attention Anne Enright 2025 Irish English
12942 Jesus Christ Kinski Benjamin Myers 2025 British English
12945 Good Anger Sam Parker 2025 British English
12947 Exterminate Regenerate John Higgs 2025 British English
12944 The Silver Book Olivia Laing 2025 British English
12941 Big Kiss, Bye Bye Claire-Louise Bennett 2025 Irish English
12961 Sky Daddy Kate Folk 2025 Unknown English
12954 Clown Town Mick Herron 2025 British Unknown
12962 The Edge Of Water Olufunke Grace Bankole 2025 Nigerian English
12953 I Want To Burn This Place Down Maris Kreizman 2025 American English
12952 Moderation Elaine Castillo 2025 American English
12951 Wild Cities Chris Fitch 2025 British English
12955 38 Londres Street Philippe Sands 2025 British English