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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Cover Story
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Cover Story

Mhairi McFarlane

Published 2025

384 pages

Fan Service
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Fan Service

Rosie Danan, Розі Данан

Published 2025

412 pages

Exiles
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Exiles

Mason Coile

Published 2025

224 pages

Thorn Season
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Thorn Season

Kiera Azar

Published 2025

464 pages

Dark Horse
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Dark Horse

Maggie Rawdon

Published 2025

402 pages

End Game
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End Game

Jeffrey Archer

Published 2025

371 pages

Heap Earth Upon It
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Heap Earth Upon It

Chloe Michelle Howarth

2025 · 2026 edition

288 pages

Bald-Faced Liar
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Bald-Faced Liar

Victoria Helen Stone

Published 2025

300 pages

Say Everything
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Say Everything

Ione Skye

2025 · 2026 edition

304 pages