The Most Underrated Books of 2025

"Most of the books that have cracked into bestseller territory this year have done so with the help of massive marketing budgets. But as "Best Books of 2025" lists roll out, I find them lacking many of the books I've loved this year. It turns out some of the books that have made the biggest impact on me in 2025 have been criminally underappreciated. This list contains ten books that blew me away yet, as of this writing, have fewer than 500 ratings on Goodreads. (Goodreads is a complicated place, but I still find it helpful for gauging books' popularity and visibility.) All of these books deserve to be on best-of-the-year lists." - Susie Dumond/Book Riot