It’s that time of the year when newspapers and magazines publish their ‘Best of 2025’ lists. Lists usually begin appearing early November and keep going until the end of the year – I will keep adding as they are published.

The Best of 2025 According to #ALLTHELISTS will be coming very, very soon – stay tuned! (See previous lists here).

Publishers Weekly – Best Books 2025

New York Times – 100 Notable Books of 2025 and the ten best

Vulture – Best Books of 2025

Readings – The Best Books of 2025

Pen America – Best Books of 2025

Debutiful – The Best Debut Books of 2025

The Spinoff – An A to Z of The Spinoff’s best books of 2025

Washington Post – 10 Best Books of 2025 (pay-walled)

The New York Public Library – Best Adult Books of 2025

TIME – 100 Must-Read Books of 2025

Kirkus Reviews – Best Fiction Books of 2025

Book Riot – Best Books of 2025

Lithub – 43 Favorite Books of 2025

Esquire – The 27 best Books of 2025

The Economist – Best Books of 2025 (pay-walled)

USA Today – Best Books of 2025, Ranked

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

Five Books – The Best Books of 2025

Town & Country – The 20 Best Books of 2025

Hapers Bazaar – The 10 Best Books of 2025

The Guardian – Best Books of 2025

Electric Lit – Best Novels of 2025

Los Angeles Times – The Best Books of 2025

Dazed – The Best Books of 2025

Oprah Daily – The Books That Got Us Through 2025

Marie Claire – The 25 Best Novels of 2025 That You Absolutely Need to Read

Barnes & Noble – The Best Fiction of 2025

ABC Australia – The Best Books of 2025 and ABC News Best Books of 2025

NPR – Books We Love 2025

Amazon – Best Books of 2025

Chicago Public Library – Best of the Best Books of 2025

The Skinny UK – Best Books of 2025

The Atlantic – The Best Books of 2025

The Globe 100 – The Best Books of 2025 (paywalled)

The Independent Book Review – The Best Books We Read in 2025

Financial Times Best Books of 2025 (fiction) (pay-walled)

Library Journal – Best Books of 2025

The Independent – Best Fiction Books of 2025 (paywalled)

Red – Best Books of 2025

Australian Book Review – Books of the Year 2025

The Telegraph – The Greatest Books of 2025 (paywalled)

Waterstones – Best of 2025

The New Yorker – The Best Books of 2025 (pay-walled but you can see the list here)

Australian Financial Review – The Best Books of 2025 (pay-walled)

The Post (NZ) – The 44 Best Books of 2025

People – Picks the Top 15 Books of 2025

The Times (UK) – The Best Books of 2025 (pay-walled)

Real Simple – The 38 Best Books of 2025 (So Far)

California Review of Books – 10 Best Books of 2025

Slate – The 10 Best Books of 2025

Indigo – Best Books of 2025

British Vogue – The Best Books of 2025

She Reads – Best Books of 2025

…and there will be more to come.

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