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The best books of 2025
New novels from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ian McEwan, plus the return of Slow Horses and Margaret Atwood looks back … Guardian critics pick the must-read titles of 2025
TL;DR
- The Guardian's critics have identified the top books across multiple genres for 2025.
- Notable fiction includes new novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ian McEwan.
- Memoir and biography selections feature insights from figures like Anthony Hopkins and Margaret Atwood.
- The list also covers crime and thrillers, history and politics, poetry, children's books, science and nature, translated fiction, food, graphic novels, young adult, music, science fiction, sports, and romance.