Goodreads Top Books 2025 Fiction. See all our science fiction, fantasy and best novels of 2025 recommendations. Browse the best books of 2025 including our top picks for each category of fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, fantasy, biographies, cookbooks, and more.

Below we’ve gathered up and sorted the most popular nonfiction titles on goodreads since the beginning of the year. Klune and kelly link, new horror from stephen graham jones and amanda jayatissa, and a new hard sf series from the writing team known as james.