To Cage a Wild Bird
Brooke Fast
2025 · 2026 edition
320 pages
The most popular contemporary fiction books of 2025
Contemporary fiction tells realistic stories about life now. Friendships, families, jobs, break-ups and fresh starts are the material, and the characters could be people you know. These novels fit no other genre and need none. Many book club favorites are among them, along with stories that feel close to home. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.
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You Could Do Damage Too
K. C. Mills
Published 2025
336 pages
When We Ride
Rex Ogle
2025 · 2026 edition
336 pages
Notes on Surviving the Fire
Christine Murphy
Published 2025
288 pages
Sakura, Saku, Vol. 6
Io Sakisaka
Published 2025
192 pages
Riverbay Road Men's Dormitory (Novel) Vol. 2
Fei Tian Ye Xiang
Published 2025
394 pages
TRICK
Treasure Hernandez
Published 2025
224 pages
Game Changer
Clifford "Spud" Johnson
Published 2025
256 pages
Carl Weber's Kingpins
Cedric Lewis
Published 2025
368 pages
The Bang, Bang, Bang
Roy Glenn
Published 2025
272 pages
Born to Die
Dorian Sykes
Published 2025
288 pages
Bass Instinct
Andrew Green
Published 2025
240 pages
A Small Price to Pay
Caz Finlay
2025 · 2026 edition
400 pages
Killaz On Standby
Ira B
Published 2025
212 pages
Dead Money
Shawn L. Bailey
Published 2025
340 pages
Savage Blood
Heather Atkinson
Published 2025
304 pages
False War A Novel
Carlos Manuel Álvarez, Natasha Wimmer
Published 2025
272 pages
Dirty Business
Evie Hunter
Published 2025
272 pages
Belmont Height A Tale of Faith, Family, and the Fight for a Community's Soul
Gerald C. Anderson Sr
Published 2025
228 pages
Great Black Hope
Rob Franklin
Published 2025
320 pages
Forever Mine A BBW Romance
Shelli Marie
Published 2025
304 pages
Don't Make Me Laugh
Julia Raeside
Published 2025
336 pages
Women Lie Men Lie Part 6
A. Roy Milligan
Published 2025
224 pages
Breaking the Habit The White Lie
Niall Conway
Published 2025
134 pages