The most popular fiction books of 2025

Fiction is every story that someone made up. Novels, short stories and tales of all kinds live here, from fantasy epics and murder mysteries to quiet books about ordinary lives. What they share is invention: the people and events come from an author's imagination, even when the setting is real. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Hungerstone
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Hungerstone

Kat Dunn

2025 · 2026 edition

336 pages

Tilt
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Tilt

Emma Pattee

Published 2025

229 pages

Glorious Rivals
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Glorious Rivals

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Published 2025

432 pages

Dream State
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Dream State

Eric Puchner

Published 2025

432 pages

Hazelthorn
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Hazelthorn

C. G. Drews

Published 2025

355 pages