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Lit Hub Best Books of 2025

Happy List Season, children. I hope you've been good. Just like every year, I have arrived to present to you the Ultimate List, otherwise known as the List of Lists—in which I read all (or at least many) of the Best Of lists on the internet and count which books are recommended most.
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (Kiran Desai)
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
1
Kiran Desai
Mother Mary Comes to Me (Arundhati Roy)
Mother Mary Comes to Me
2
Arundhati Roy
Audition (Katie Kitamura)
Audition
3
Katie Kitamura
Heart the Lover (Lily King)
Heart the Lover
4
Lily King
A Guardian and a Thief (Megha Majumdar)
A Guardian and a Thief
5
Megha Majumdar
Baldwin: A Love Story (Nicholas Boggs)
Baldwin: A Love Story
6
Nicholas Boggs
One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This (Omar El Akkad)
One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This
7
Omar El Akkad
What We Can Know (Ian McEwan)
What We Can Know
8
Ian McEwan
Flesh (David Szalay)
Flesh
9
David Szalay
Flashlight (Susan Choi)
Flashlight
10
Susan Choi
A Marriage at Sea (Sophie Elmhirst)
A Marriage at Sea
11
Sophie Elmhirst
The Wilderness (Angela Flournoy)
The Wilderness
12
Angela Flournoy
The Director (Daniel Kehlman)
The Director
13
Daniel Kehlman
Katabasis (R. F. Kuang)
Katabasis
14
R. F. Kuang
Things in Nature Merely Grow (Yiyun Li)
Things in Nature Merely Grow
15
Yiyun Li
The Emperor of Gladness (Ocean Vuong)
The Emperor of Gladness
16
Ocean Vuong
King of Ashes (S.A. Cosby)
King of Ashes
17
S.A. Cosby
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
18
Stephen Graham Jones
We Do Not Part (Han Kang)
We Do Not Part
19
Han Kang
Raising Hare (Chloe Dalton)
Raising Hare
20
Chloe Dalton
Is a River Alive? (Robert MacFarlane)
Is a River Alive?
21
Robert MacFarlane
The Antidote (Karen Russell)
The Antidote
22
Karen Russell
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (V.E. Schwab)
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
23
V.E. Schwab
A Truce That Is Not Peace (Miriam Toews)
A Truce That Is Not Peace
24
Miriam Toews
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Sarah Wynn-Williams)
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
25
Sarah Wynn-Williams
Isola (Allegra Goodman)
Isola
26
Allegra Goodman
The Dream Hotel (Laila Lalami)
The Dream Hotel
27
Laila Lalami
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution (Jill Lepore)
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
28
Jill Lepore
Shadow Ticket (Thomas Pynchon)
Shadow Ticket
29
Thomas Pynchon
King of Kings (Scott Anderson)
King of Kings
30
Scott Anderson
Memorial Days (Geraldine Brooks)
Memorial Days
31
Geraldine Brooks
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers (Caroline Fraser)
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
32
Caroline Fraser
A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a St (Haley Cohen Gilliland)
A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a St
33
Haley Cohen Gilliland
The Wayfinder (Adam Johnson)
The Wayfinder
34
Adam Johnson
Perfection (Vincenzo Latronico)
Perfection
35
Vincenzo Latronico
Wild Dark Shore (Charlotte McConaghy)
Wild Dark Shore
36
Charlotte McConaghy
Black in Blues (Imani Perry)
Black in Blues
37
Imani Perry
Stag Dance (Torrey Peters)
Stag Dance
38
Torrey Peters
Atmosphere (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Atmosphere
39
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Buckeye (Patrick Ryan)
Buckeye
40
Patrick Ryan
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