The most popular big city books of 2025

Big city books thrive on crowds, noise and possibility. New York, London, Tokyo and cities like them offer anonymity, ambition and chance encounters on every corner. Romance, crime, literary fiction and urban fantasy all find a home among the lights and the late trains. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Luminous
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Luminous

Silvia Park

Published 2025

400 pages

The Plunge
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The Plunge

Lila Raicek

2025 · 2026 edition

336 pages

Service
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Service

John Tottenham

Published 2025

328 pages

The Kerfuffle
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The Kerfuffle

Clotilde Perrin

Published 2025

26 pages

Stella
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Stella

Megan Hess

Published 2025

32 pages

Skin Deep
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Skin Deep

Lauren Hawkeye

Published 2025

146 pages

Kitten Heels
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Kitten Heels

Krys King

Published 2025

278 pages

Bass Instinct
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Bass Instinct

Andrew Green

Published 2025

240 pages

O.K. Is Gay
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O.K. Is Gay

Vincent X. Kirsch

Published 2025

40 pages

The Big Tip
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The Big Tip

B. Loves

Published 2025

223 pages

Ella Josephine
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Ella Josephine

Nina LaCour

2025 · 2026 edition

148 pages