Best Books of the Year 2025
As we near the end of 2025, there are so many wonderful books to look back on—and still more to come. To make things easy, we’ve compiled some of the Best Books and Audiobooks of the Year lists to take the guesswork out of finding your next great read(s).
Amazon
Amazon Editors’ 25 Years of Best Books
The Atlantic
Audible
AudioFile
AudioFile‘s Best Audiobooks of 2025
Barnes & Noble
Bloomberg
The 82 Books That Top Business Leaders Couldn’t Put Down
Bon Appétit
Our Favorite New Cookbooks of 2025
Booklist
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2025
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Books, 2025
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Youth Audio, 2025
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Audio, 2025
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2025
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Graphic Novels, 2025
BookPage
The Best Mystery & Suspense of 2025
The Best Young Adult Books of 2025
The Best Picture Books of 2025
BookRiot
Chicago Public Library
Darien Library
Darien Library’s Best Books of 2025
The Economist
Electric Lit
Elle
The Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2025
Esquire
The Best Books of 2025 (So Far)
Financial Times
The Best Books of the Year 2025
The Girlfriend Book Club from AARP
Good Housekeeping
Editors’ Pick: Best Books of the Year
Goodreads
Kirkus Reviews
Best Fiction Books of the Year
Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
Best Young Adult Books of the Year
Best Middle Grade Books of the Year
Best Picture Books of the Year
Libby Life
Libro.fm
LitHub
Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025
Marie Claire
New York Public Library
The 2025 New York Times and NYPL Best Illustrated Children’s Books
The New Yorker
The Best Books of the Year So Far
The New York Times
The New York Times Book Review
Newsweek
Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Books of the Year—And All Time
NPR
Oprah Daily
The 9 Food and Entertaining Books Our Editors Are Giving This Season
People
Publishers Weekly
Real Simple
The Best Books of 2025 (So Far!)
School Library Journal
Top 10 Audiobooks of 2025
She Reads
Smithsonian Magazine
The Ten Best Books About Food of 2025
The Telegraph
TIME
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Town & Country
Vanity Fair
21 Best Books of 2024 to Read Right Now
Vogue
Vulture
The Best Books of 2025 (So Far)
The Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)
The 16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)
The Washington Post
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025
The 10 Best Thriller Novels of 2025
The 10 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Novels of 2025