Most Anticipated Books of 2025
Get ready, book lovers! It's shaping up to be an incredible year for reading, with tons of exciting new books of 2025 hitting shelves. Check out this list of must-read releases, many of which you can preorder/order right now!
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
Release Date: January 14, 2025
Category: Medical Fiction, Family/Domestic Fiction
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
NYU freshman Maddy Banks, already feeling like an outsider in her seemingly perfect family, experiences increasingly extreme highs and lows that disrupt her life. After a breaking point and subsequent diagnosis of bipolar disorder, Maddy explores a new passion for stand-up comedy while navigating her mental health and learning to manage her fluctuating moods.
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Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Release Date: Jan 21, 2025
Category: Epic Fantasy
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Rebecca Yarros' follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame:
After almost two years at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail faces the realities of war, with enemies both outside and inside their ranks. To protect what she loves—her dragons, family, home, and a special someone—she must venture beyond their failing defenses to seek allies, testing her strength and wit.
While keeping a potentially devastating secret, Violet searches for the truth, power, and an army to save Navarre, but a dangerous storm threatens everyone's survival.
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Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins
Release Date: Mar 18, 2025
Category: Dystopian Fiction
Publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd
Prequel to The Hunger Games, Sunrise on the Reaping dives into Panem's dark past on the day of the brutal Second Quarter Quell.
On the day of the 50th Hunger Games, the Quarter Quell, which will select double the tributes, Haymitch Abernathy of District 12 is focused on surviving and being with his love. When he is chosen, his world shatters, separating him from his family and her.
Transported to the Capitol with three other tributes from his district, including a close friend and a disliked classmate, Haymitch realizes he's meant to lose. However, a defiant spirit ignites within him, driving him to fight not just for survival, but to make a lasting impact beyond the arena.
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All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety by David A. Robertson
Release Date: January 21, 2025
Category: Non-Fiction, Anxiety
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Author David A. Robertson, despite outward appearances of success, struggles with debilitating health anxiety, panic attacks, and depression, which he refers to as "little monsters."
In All the Little Monsters, he candidly shares his personal experiences, detailing the impact of these challenges on his life and family, and the tools he uses to cope, including community, therapy, medication, and a persistent hope for well-being. He aims to offer support and understanding to others navigating their own mental health journeys.
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Release Date: January 14, 2025
Category: Psychological Thriller, Horror
Publisher: Berkley
In 1970, pregnant fifteen-year-old Fern is sent to Wellwood House, a home for unwed mothers, where she and other girls face strict control and forced secrecy. After discovering a book on witchcraft, the girls find a newfound sense of power, but soon learn that this power comes at a dangerous price.
This story explores themes of control, rebellion, and the dark consequences of newfound power in a repressive environment.
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The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
Release Date: October 28, 2025
Category: Mystery, Canadian
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
The 20th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.
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Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Release Date: April 22, 2025
Category: Feel Good Fiction
Publisher: Berkley
Eternal optimist Alice Scott and Pulitzer-winning Hayden Anderson arrive on Little Crescent Island to compete for the chance to write the biography of the reclusive Margaret Ives, a former tabloid princess.
During a one-month trial, Margaret gives them only fragments of her story, which they cannot share due to an NDA.
As they compete for Margaret's approval, a growing attraction complicates matters, and they realize the true nature of the story—mystery, tragedy, or love—depends on who tells it.
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Scythe & Sparrow: The Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Category: Romance, Canadian
Publisher: Zando – Slowburn
Dr. Fionn Kane, escaping a broken heart and a failed career, seeks refuge in rural Nebraska, determined to avoid romance.
However, his quiet life is disrupted by the arrival of Rose Evans, a motorcycle performer from the Silveria Circus with a penchant for murder, who is forced to stay in town due to a broken leg.
As they interact, they must confront their pasts, realizing that not all wounds can heal and that running away doesn't always keep the past at bay.
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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Release Date: Feb 04, 2025
Category: Romance, Sports Romance
Publisher: BerkleyStanford student-athlete Scarlett Vandermeer, focused on her diving career and med school aspirations, avoids relationships until a shared secret connects her with swim captain and world champion Lukas Blomqvist.
They begin a casual arrangement that intensifies as the Olympics approach.
Despite their initial intentions, Scarlett finds herself falling for Lukas, realizing their fling might have more serious consequences.
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Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Release Date: April 1, 2025.
Category: Romantic Comedy
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Samantha meets Xavier Rush, a near-perfect veterinarian, but his initial awkwardness threatens to derail their connection.
After an incredible date, however, Samantha reveals her family crisis, believing a relationship is impossible and asking Xavier to forget her.
Despite the distance, they can't forget their connection, leading them to reconsider a future together and build a lasting love.
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One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
Release Date: May 6, 2025
Category: Romance
Publisher: Penguin Canada
After a life-changing summer at her grandmother's cottage, photographer Alice returns to Barry's Bay with her injured Nan, seeking solace.
Their peace is disrupted by the reappearance of Charlie Florek, one of the teenagers from a pivotal photo Alice took years ago.
Now a charming man, Charlie rekindles Alice's memories and stirs unexpected feelings within her, as she realizes he sees her in a way no one else ever has.
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