From Stephen King's latest in the Holly Gibney series to the winner of the Man Booker prize, there's been a wealth of literary feasts to devour.
We at RadioTimes.com have picked out the books you need to buy from 2025 – in no particular order.
39 best book releases of 2025
Normal Women - Ainslie HogarthBlessings - Chukwuebuka IbehSo Thrilled for You - Holly BourneWater Moon - Samantha Sotto YambaoConfessions - Catherine AireyMade Up, but Still True - Donald SutherlandWe All Live Here - Jojo MoyesThe Voices - Natalie ChandlerCarrion Crow - Heather ParryShow Don't Tell - Curtis SittenfeldDream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHunchback - Saou Ichikawa (translated by Polly Barton)Universality - Natasha BrownA Thousand Blues - Cheon Seon-ran (translated by Chi-Young Kim)Deep Cuts - Holly BrickleyI Want to Go Home but I'm Already There - Róisín LaniganGreater Sins - Gabrielle GriffithsThe Vipers - Katy HaysFair Play - Louise HegartyAftertaste - Daria LavelleOnyx Storm - Rebecca YarrosThe Impossible Fortune - Richard OsmanThe Long Shoe - Bob MortimerNever Flinch - Stephen KingNot Quite Dead Yet - Holly JacksonStrange Pictures - Uketsu, translated by Jim RionThe Man Who Died Seven Times - Yasuhiko Nishizawa, translated by Jesse KirkwoodThe Compound - Aisling RawleThe Killing Stones - Ann CleevesBuckeye - Patrick RyanAtmosphere - Taylor Jenkins ReidMen in Love - Irvine WelshThe Eleventh Hour - Salman RushdieFlashlight - Susan ChoiWhat We Can Know - Ian McEwanFlesh - David SzalayPerfection - Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie HughesSunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne CollinsThe End of the World as We Know It - Brian Keene & Christopher Golden
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Dani, a new mother, has got a fair bit going on in her life. While everything seems to be going well, with her perfectly coiffed hair, she's filled with anxiety that her husband will die, leaving her and her baby with nothing. Her life changes when she goes to a yoga centre, The Temple, which helps women reach their potential through any means necessary. But when the leader goes missing, Dani turns into detective to track her down...
Normal Women - Ainslie Hogarth2. Blessings - Chukwuebuka Ibeh
Blessings - Chukwuebuka Ibeh
Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends for over a decade, but life has its way of pulling them apart - that is, until a baby shower provides the perfect excuse to bring the gang back together. Under the intense heat of a summer day, tensions rise and a fire at the house leaves everyone a suspect - and their friendship damaged forever.
So Thrilled for You - Holly Bourne4. Water Moon - Samantha Sotto Yambao
A mysterious disappearance in a pawnshop in Tokyo takes its young owner on a fantastical adventure with a charming physicist. Water Moon is a heartwarming love story for those who love the works of Studio Ghibli.
Water Moon - Samantha Sotto Yambao5. Confessions - Catherine Airey
Confessions - Catherine Airey
The candid and long-awaited personal story of movie legend Donald Sutherland, who will speak open and honestly about his successful career, life and devastating loss.
Made Up, but Still True - Donald Sutherland7. We All Live Here - Jojo Moyes
We All Live Here - Jojo Moyes
Tamsin Shaw has been unresponsive in hospital for 3 years, and when her husband Jamie takes the difficult decision to end treatment, she's listening to everything - and she also hears everything surrounding her accident. Can she wake up in time to get justice for what happened to her?
The Voices - Natalie Chandler9. Carrion Crow - Heather Parry
Carrion Crow - Heather Parry
This collection of 12 short stories will explore the likes of marriage, fame and female friendship, finally putting pen to paper about thoughts we cannot speak.
Show Don't Tell - Curtis Sittenfeld11. Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Adichie's writing is always exciting and relevant, with her latest novel about to cement her place as a literary great.
Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHunchback - Saou Ichikawa
13. Universality - Natasha Brown
Those who read Brown's debut, Assembly, will be ready to head to the bookstore on day of release for this one. Universality focuses on a journalist trying to uncover the truth around a brutal bludgeoning of a man with a gold bar in Yorkshire. While she solves the mystery, the journalist's exposé raises more questions than it answers.
Universality - Natasha Brown
It's 2035 and two sisters grow up working in a local cafe, but one of them loses their job to an automaton, promoting their family life to become quite uncomfortable. The sisters love their friendship with famous racehorse, Today, but when it's time for the horse to retire, they take it among themselves to rescue the horse before it's put down - and instead of making it go as fast as they can, they have to convince it to go slow. If you love the work of Kazuo Ishiguro, A Thousand Blues will sing to you.
A Thousand Blues - Cheon Seon-ran15. Deep Cuts - Holly Brickley
If you're a lover of One Day and High Fidelity, you'll want to pick up Deep Cuts when you can. It's 2000 and Joe and Percy are in college. When Percy hears one of Joe's songs, she realises he's a star, she can help shape his music, and he will leave her for his dreams. With heartbreak on the horizon, will Percy be able to put her feelings aside to help Joe on his path?
Deep Cuts - Holly Brickley16. I Want to Go Home but I'm Already There - Róisín Lanigan
Funny, relatable and just so real, I Want to Go Home but I'm Already There will explore the difficult circumstances many young people face today as they enter adulthood.
I Want to Go Home But I'm Already There - Róisín LaniganGreater Sins - Gabrielle Griffiths
18. The Vipers - Katy Hays
Hays enjoyed considerably success with her debut novel, The Cloisters, and is set to release her next thriller, The Vipers. This time, we're taken to luxurious Capri as a past murder haunts a rich family. If you love twisty thrillers and The White Lotus, pick up The Vipers in March.
The Vipers - Katy Hays19. Fair Play - Louise Hegarty
Fair Play - Louise Hegarty
Aftertaste focuses on Kostya, a dead-end dishwasher who finds the ability to summon spirits through the food he cooks. With his special gift, he decides to open a restaurant that serves a side of closure with every meal. However, with ghosts of his own, a fragile afterlife preparing to crash and a mysterious lover on the menu, Aftertaste is simply one of those books everyone's going to be talking about.
Aftertaste - Daria Lavelle21. Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros
Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros
This is the fifth instalment in Osman's charismatic and thrilling Thursday Murder Club series. This time around, a wedding guest in danger seeks help from Elizabeth which in turn sets in motion a complex investigation involving cryptic codes and ruthless villains. This is one of the slickest in the series yet and pushes our beloved bunch beyond the safety of Cooper's Chase.
The Impossible Fortune - Richard Osman23. The Long Shoe - Bob Mortimer
The Long Shoe - Bob Mortimer
The master of the thriller returns with his beloved character Holly Gibney for a complete page-turner. Two terrible crimes involving a deranged serial killer and a misogynistic stalker start to interweave... a must-read if you love either King, thrillers - or both.
Never Flinch - Stephen King25. Not Quite Dead Yet - Holly Jackson
Not Quite Dead Yet - Holly Jackson
This Japanese mystery horror is based around a series of creepy drawings and the reader has to play detective. A young woman makes strange images before her death while a child's horrible picture of his house is drawn and a sketch by a murder victim in his final moments prompts a murder investigation like no other.
Strange Pictures - Uketsu27. The Man Who Died Seven Times - Yasuhiko Nishizawa, translated by Jesse Kirkwood
The Man Who Died Seven Times - Yasuhiko Nishizawa, translated by Jesse Kirkwood
If you're a fan of Love Island and dating shows in general, The Compound flips everything you might think they are on its head. Ten women and 10 men land in a desert and while they're all beautiful, most of them are terrible humans too. Those who couple up and survive to the end will win everything they could ever desire. If they lose? Well, don't think too hard about that. Rawle's dystopian world is haunting and chilling, showcasing the lengths reality TV could get to.
The Compound - Aisling Rawle29. The Killing Stones - Ann Cleeves
Jimmy Perez returns in another chilling mystery from the creator of Vera. A violent storm lands on Orkney and leaves a dead body in its wake which causes ripples around the community. Perez has to delve into a personal case to uncover his community's darkness and find out who killed his childhood friend.
The Killing Stones - Ann Cleeves30. Buckeye - Patrick Ryan
Buckeye - Patrick Ryan
In the summer of 1980, astrophysicist Joan Goodwin gets the call of a lifetime when she's put on the astronaut training programme at Houston's Johnson Space Centre among excellent candidates from across the country. Joan finds a connection with Vanessa that has a stronger pull than gravity as the pair learn what it means to accept their identities in a world that doesn't always accept them. You'll be in tears by the end of this epic novel.
Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid32. Men in Love - Irvine Welsh
Men in Love - Irvine Welsh
Rushdie flits between important locations in his life in this extraordinary novel, asking fundamental questions we will all encounter - how do you cope when you enter the eleventh hour of your life? How do you say goodbye?
The Eleventh Hour - Salman Rushdie34. Flashlight - Susan Choi
Flashlight - Susan Choi
A lost poem from 2014 prompts an academic in 2119 to explore what its message could have been when he finds a cryptic clue pointing towards the missing words. What could the poem possibly say? And in a future world, is all really lost?
What We Can Know - Ian McEwan36. Flesh - David Szalay
Flesh - David Szalay
A young expat couple are living the dream in Berlin - at least that's what their social media says. When work becomes tiresome, friends move away and get on with their lives, Anna and Tom desperately try to find true authenticity in a world consumed by what everyone thinks of you. A perfect novel for 2025 and scathing in its commentary.
Perfection - Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes38. Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games world expands further in this prequel novel which sees Haymitch Abernathy at the centre of the action. This gripping tale packed to the brim with action and drama tells the tale of the 50th deadly contest.
Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins39. The End of the World as We Know It - Brian Keene & Christopher Golden
The End of the World as We Know It - Brian Keene & Christopher Golden
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