20 Most Addictive Books of 2025 (So Far)

by Tamara Berry

A knockout series debut from a veteran author with street cred in both mystery and romance. Full review >

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by Emma Pattee

A captivating novel. Full review >

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by Colleen Oakley

As much fun as you’ll ever have with middle-aged marriage and ecoterrorism. Full review >

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by Laila Lalami

An engrossing and troubling dystopian tale. Full review >

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by Kimberly Lemming

A laugh-out-loud “why choose?” romance of intergalactic proportions. Full review >

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by Lisa Unger

The perils of the real and virtual worlds collide effectively in this relentlessly paced thriller. Full review >

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by Fernando A. Flores

A stunning tale of survival and a biting critique of book bans and late capitalism. Full review >

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by Allegra Goodman

Goodman’s sweeping page turner is at once historical and modern, intimate and epic, personal and powerful. Full review >

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by Kate Alice Marshall

Marshall’s chilling new novel pushes all the right buttons when it comes to inexorable suspense and psychological frights. Full review >

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by Dennis Mahoney

Smart, sensitive, and scary as hell. Full review >

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by Molly Jong-Fast

The best book Jong-Fast could have written about the worst year of her life. Full review >

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by Dawn Staley

Instructive episodes from the rise and reign of a hardwood heroine. Full review >

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by Prabal Gurung

An insightful and entertaining look into the life of a famous fashion designer. Full review >

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by Keith McNally

Rueful, self-aware, chatty, entertaining, dazzling, and harrowing: a book that contains multitudes. Full review >

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by Christie Brinkley

A thoroughly engaging glimpse into a colorful life well lived. Full review >

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