The most popular biographical fiction books of 2025

Biographical fiction turns a real life into a novel. The people and the main events are true, and the author imagines the conversations, doubts and private moments that no record kept. It is a vivid way to meet artists, rulers, scientists and forgotten figures from the inside. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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UNBOUND
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UNBOUND

Chris Jacoby

Published 2025

282 pages

Return
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Return

Raharimanana Raharimanana, Allison M. Charette

Published 2025

312 pages

MOCKERS
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MOCKERS

Will Grimsey

Published 2025

272 pages

Connexions
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Connexions

L. A. Hall

Published 2025

199 pages

I Am the Sun
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I Am the Sun

Janessa Parker

Published 2025

40 pages