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
13096 Goliath's Curse Luke Kemp 2025 Unknown English
13097 Empty Vessel Ian Kumekawa 2025 Unknown English
13098 How To Be Well Amy Larocca 2025 American English
13099 By The Second Spring Danielle Leavitt 2025 Unknown English
13100 The Autobiography Of H. Lan Thao Lam Lana Lin 2025 American English
13101 Art Work Sally Mann 2025 American English
13190 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13191 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13192 Authority Andrea Long Chu 2025 American English
13193 Bibliophobia Sarah Chihaya 2025 American English
13194 Hot Girls With Balls Benedict Nguyễn 2025 Unknown English
13195 The Grand Paloma Resort Cleyvis Natera 2025 Unknown English
13196 Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Kristen Arnett 2025 American English
13197 Big Chief Jon Hickey 2025 Unknown English
13198 Loca Alejandro Heredia 2025 Unknown English
13199 The High Heaven Joshua Wheeler 2025 Unknown English
13200 Middle Spoon Alejandro Varela 2025 American English
13201 Fulfillment Lee Cole 2025 American English
13202 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13203 Aggregated Discontent Harron Walker 2025 Unknown English
13204 Goblin Mode Caroline Hagood 2025 American English
13205 Nightshining Jennifer Kabat 2025 Unknown English
13206 Human Animal Amie Souza Reilly 2025 Unknown Unknown
13207 You Have A New Memory Aiden Arata 2025 Unknown English
13208 Gaza Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro 2025 Multiple English
13209 How To Be Unmothered Camille U. Adams 2025 Unknown English
13210 So Many Stars Carolina De Robertis 2025 American English
13210 The Wanderer's Curse Jennifer Hope Choi 2025 American English
13102 The Life And Poetry Of Frank Stanford James McWilliams 2025 American English
13103 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13104 This Unruly Witness Lauren Muller, Becky Thompson, Dominique C. Hill, Durell M. Callier 2025 American English
13105 The Right Of The People Osita Nwanevu 2025 American English
13106 Love And Need Adam Plunkett 2025 Unknown English
13107 Banished Citizens Marla A. Ramírez 2025 Unknown English
13108 Ubac And Me Cédric Sapin-Defour, Adriana Hunter 2025 French French
13109 Hotshot River Selby 2025 Unknown English
13110 Taking Manhattan Russell Shorto 2025 American English
13111 Their Accomplices Wore Robes Brando Simeo Starkey 2025 Unknown English
13112 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13113 The Running Ground Nicholas Thompson 2025 Unknown English
13114 The Next One Is For You Ali Watkins 2025 American English
13115 Kicking The Hornet's Nest Daniel E. Zoughbie 2025 Unknown English
13116 Saraswati Gurnaik Johal 2025 Unknown English
13117 The Tiger's Share Keshava Guha 2025 Unknown English
13118 Gunk Saba Sams 2025 British English
13119 Slags Emma Jane Unsworth 2025 British English
13120 Havoc Rebecca Wait 2025 British English
13121 Eden's Shore Oisin Fagan 2025 Unknown English
13122 The Benefactors Wendy Erskine 2025 Scottish English
13123 Open, Heaven Sean Hewitt 2025 Unknown English
13124 We Pretty Pieces Of Flesh Colwill Brown 2025 Unknown English
13125 To Rest Our Minds And Bodies Harriet Armstrong 2025 Unknown English
13126 We Did Ok, Kid Sir Anthony Hopkins 2025 British Unknown
13127 Vagabond Tim Curry 2025 British English
13128 Truly Lionel Richie 2025 American English
13130 Frankly Nicola Sturgeon 2025 Scottish English
13131 A Different Kind Of Power Jacinda Ardern 2025 New Zealander English
13132 Death Of An Ordinary Man Sarah Perry 2025 British English
13133 Lifeblood Mina Holland 2025 British English
13134 Vermeer Andrew Graham Dixon 2025 British English
13135 Katherine Mansfield Gerri Kimber 2025 Unknown English
13136 Josephine Baker's Secret War Hanna Diamond 2025 British English
13137 The Acid Queen Susannah Cahalan 2025 American English
13138 Erik Satie Three Piece Suite Ian Penman 2025 British English
13139 The Confessions Paul Bradley Carr 2025 Unknown English
13140 The Bureau Eoin McNamee 2025 Irish English
13141 The Alienation Effect Owen Hatherley 2025 British English
13142 A Historian In Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu 2025 French Unknown
13143 What Is Free Speech? Fara Dabhoiwala 2025 British English
13144 Friends In Youth Minoo Dinshaw 2025 Unknown English
13145 Minority Rule Ash Sarkar 2025 British English
13146 Wages For Housework Emily Callaci 2025 Unknown English
13147 Those Passions T. J. Clark 2025 British English
13148 Get In Gabriel Pogrund, Patrick Maguire 2025 British English
13149 2016 Sarah Hesketh 2025 Unknown English
13150 The Book Of Jonah Luke Kennard 2025 British English
13151 The New Carthaginians Nick Makoha 2025 Ugandan English
13152 Southernmost Leo Boix 2025 British English
13153 Wellwater Karen Solie 2025 Canadian English
13154 Avidya Vidyan Ravinthiran 2025 Unknown English
13155 Chaotic Good Isabelle Baafi 2025 Unknown English
13156 Minx Karen Downs-Barton 2025 Unknown English
13157 Nature Matters Mona Arshi, Karen McCarthy Woolf 2025 British English
13158 Dwell Simon Armitage 2025 English English
13159 Lode Gillian Allnutt 2025 English English
13160 Foretokens Sarah Howe 2025 British English
13161 That Broke Into Shining Crystals Richard Scott 2025 Unknown English
13162 Oh Dear, Look What I Got! Michael Rosen 2025 British English
13163 The Great Bear Annie Booker 2025 Unknown English
13164 This Is Who I Am Rashmi Sirdeshpande 2025 British English
13165 The Night Creatures Robert Macfarlane 2025 British English
13166 Omnibird Giselle Clarkson 2025 New Zealander English
13167 Donut Squad Neill Cameron 2025 British English
13168 Letters From The Upside Katya Balen 2025 British English
13169 Dracula & Daughters Emma Carroll 2025 British English
13170 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13171 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13172 We Are Your Children David Roberts 2025 Unknown English
13173 No Refuge Patrice Aggs, Joe Brady 2025 Unknown English
13174 What Happens Online Nathanael Lessore 2025 Unknown English
13175 Feminist History For Every Day Of The Year Kate Mosse 2025 British English
13176 Vanished Sadiah Qureshi 2025 British English
13177 Super Agers Eric Topol M.D. 2025 American English
13178 Our Brains, Our Selves Masud Husain 2025 British English
13179 Proto Laura Spinney 2025 British English
13180 Destroyer Of Worlds Frank Close 2025 British English
13181 Lugma Noor Murad 2025 Unknown English
13182 Indian Kitchens Roopa Gulati 2025 Unknown English
13183 Baking And The Meaning Of Life Helen Goh 2025 Australian English
13184 The Once And Future Riot Joe Sacco 2025 American English
13185 Big Pool Chris Harnan 2025 Unknown Unknown
13186 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13187 Milk White Steed Michael Kennedy 2025 Unknown English
13188 Misery Of Love Yvan Alagbe, Donald Nicholson-Smith 2025 Beninese French
13189 Raised By Ghosts Briana Loewinsohn 2025 American English
17125 The Little Bandits Michael Henry 2025 Australian English
17125 The River Has Roots Amal El Mohtar 2025 Unknown Unknown
17125 Source Code Bill Gates 2025 Unknown Unknown
17125 Edge Of Honor Brad Thor 2025 American English
17125 The Ladies Road Guide To Utter Ruin Alison Goodman 2025 Australian English