The most popular dinosaurs & prehistoric life books of 2025

These books are about life before humans. Dinosaurs take center stage, joined by mammoths, sea monsters, giant insects and the first creatures to crawl onto land. Read about the latest fossil finds, how scientists rebuild lost worlds, and what finally wiped the dinosaurs out. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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The Dinosaur
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The Dinosaur

Tanner Poor

Published 2025

26 pages

Santa Claws
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Santa Claws

Bridget Heos

Published 2025

40 pages

Dinosaur Explorer
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Dinosaur Explorer

London Blake, Bluefin Books

Published 2025

60 pages

Cretaceous Project 200, Volume 2
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Cretaceous Project 200, Volume 2

M. B. Hart, M. Wagreich, G. D. Price, I. Walaszczyk, S.J. Batenburg, B.T. Huber, N. Thibault

Published 2025

864 pages

Smithsonian Kids
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Smithsonian Kids

Editors of Silver Dolphin Books

Published 2025

64 pages