Books - Year-End Lists

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Lonely Crowds - Stephanie Wambugu

MJ Franklin Favorite Books of 2025

Dogs - C. Mallon

Sam Franzini: Our Culture The Best Books of 2025

An Archive of Love Volume II - Romaisa Baddar (curator)

Passerby Best Books of 2025

Stop Me If You've Heard This One - Kristen Arnett

Autostraddle The Best Queer Books of 2025

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

New York Post The 30 Best Books of 2025

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

Adam Morgan: Esquire The 35 Best Books of 2025

Gliff - Ali Smith

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2025

Dominion - Addie E. Citchens

Traci Thomas: WBUR Top Books of 2025

What We Can Know - Ian McEwan

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2025

Audition - Katie Kitamura

Shelf Awareness 2025 Best Books of the Year

Ruth - Kate Riley

Nora Biette-Timmons: Jezebel The Best New Novels of 2025

The Wilderness - Angela Flournoy

WBEZ The Best Reads of 2025

Nobody's Girl - Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Anna Bonet: The i Paper The 10 Best Books of 2025

Good Dirt - Charmaine Wilkerson

Christian Science Monitor The Top 25 Books for 2025

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

USA Today Best Books of 2025

Flesh - David Szalay

AP 10 Notable Books of 2025

Meet Me at the Crossroads - Megan Giddings

Town & Country The 20 Best Books of 2025

Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall

People The 15 Best Books of 2025

A Marriage at Sea - Sophie Elmhirst

Book Riot Best Books of 2025

The Endless Week - Laura Vazquez

Dennis Cooper Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2025

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine

Constance Grady: Vox The Best Books of 2025

North Sun - Ethan Rutherford

Vanity Fair The 17 Best Books of 2025 You Need to Read

The Wilderness - Angela Flournoy

Harper’s Bazaar The 10 Best Books of 2025

Heart the Lover - Lily King

Lucy Feldman: Time The 10 Best Books of 2025