Year-End Lists

Martin Chilton: Best Books of 2025, as published by The Independent

1. Helm
   Sarah Hall
2. No Obvious Distress
   Amanda Quaid
3. The Names
   Florence Knapp
4. Attention

   Writing on Life, Art, and the World
   Anne Enright
5. Flesh
   David Szalay
6. Jesus Christ Kinski
   Benjamin Myers
7. Gertrude Stein

   An Afterlife
   Francesca Wade
8. Audition
   Katie Kitamura
9. Electric Spark

   The Enigma of Dame Muriel
   Frances Wilson
10. Bring the House Down
    Charlotte Runcie
11. A Mind of My Own
    Kathy Burke
12. Good Anger

    How Rethinking Rage Can Change Our Lives
    Sam Parker
13. Mother Mary Comes to Me
    Arundhati Roy
14. Exterminate/Regenerate

    The Story of Doctor Who
    John Higgs
15. Wild Cities

    Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle
    Chris Fitch