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Kirkus Best Books of 2025: Fiction and Nonfiction

Here is a list of Kirkus Review's best fiction and nonfiction books of 2025. How many have you read?
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38 Londres Street (Sands)
38 Londres Street
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Sands
Abundance (Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson)
Abundance
2
Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love and Revolt (Åsne Seierstad)
The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love and Revolt
3
Åsne Seierstad
Aflame : Learning From Silence (Pico Iyer)
Aflame : Learning From Silence
4
Pico Iyer
The Afterlife of Malcolm X (Mark Whitaker)
The Afterlife of Malcolm X
5
Mark Whitaker
America, América: A New History of the New World (Greg Grandin)
America, América: A New History of the New World
6
Greg Grandin
American Scare (Robert W. Fieseler)
American Scare
7
Robert W. Fieseler
The Antidote (Karen Russell)
The Antidote
8
Karen Russell
Are You Happy? (Lori Ostlund)
Are You Happy?
9
Lori Ostlund
Art Work: On the Creative Life (Sally Mann)
Art Work: On the Creative Life
10
Sally Mann
Articulate (Rachel Kolb)
Articulate
11
Rachel Kolb
A/S/L (Jeanne Thornton)
A/S/L
12
Jeanne Thornton
Atavists (Lydia Millet)
Atavists
13
Lydia Millet
Audition (Katie Kitamura)
Audition
14
Katie Kitamura
Aunt Tigress (Emily Yu-Xuan Qin)
Aunt Tigress
15
Emily Yu-Xuan Qin
The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam (Lana Lin)
The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam
16
Lana Lin
Automatic Noodle (Annalee Newitz)
Automatic Noodle
17
Annalee Newitz
Awake (Jen Hatmaker)
Awake
18
Jen Hatmaker
Bad Company (Megan Greenwell)
Bad Company
19
Megan Greenwell
Baldwin: A Love Story (Nicholas Boggs)
Baldwin: A Love Story
20
Nicholas Boggs
Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation (Marla a Ramirez)
Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation
21
Marla a Ramirez
Beartooth (Callan Wink)
Beartooth
22
Callan Wink
The Beast in the Clouds (Nathalia Holt)
The Beast in the Clouds
23
Nathalia Holt
The Bewitching (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
The Bewitching
24
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Black in Blues (Imani Perry)
Black in Blues
25
Imani Perry
Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State (Caleb Gayle)
Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State
26
Caleb Gayle
The Blackfire Blade (James Logan)
The Blackfire Blade
27
James Logan
Blank Space (W. David Marx)
Blank Space
28
W. David Marx
Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama (Alexis Okeowo)
Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama
29
Alexis Okeowo
The Book of Guilt (Catherine Chidgey)
The Book of Guilt
30
Catherine Chidgey
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts (Margaret Atwood)
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
31
Margaret Atwood
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City (Bench Ansfield)
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
32
Bench Ansfield
Brother Brontë (Fernando A. Flores)
Brother Brontë
33
Fernando A. Flores
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
34
Stephen Graham Jones
Bug Hollow (Michelle Huneven)
Bug Hollow
35
Michelle Huneven
Buried Above Ground (Mike Ripley)
Buried Above Ground
36
Mike Ripley
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (V.E. Schwab)
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
37
V.E. Schwab
By the Second Spring (Danielle Leavitt)
By the Second Spring
38
Danielle Leavitt
Can't Get Enough (Kennedy Ryan)
Can't Get Enough
39
Kennedy Ryan
Capitalism: A Global History (Sven Beckert)
Capitalism: A Global History
40
Sven Beckert
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