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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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

Canticle
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Canticle

Janet Rich Edwards

Published 2025

368 pages

Buried Dreams
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Buried Dreams

Natasha Madison

Published 2025

394 pages

Anima Rising
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Anima Rising

Christopher Moore

2025 · 2026 edition

400 pages

Cold Eternity
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Cold Eternity

S.A. Barnes

2025 · 2026 edition

320 pages

Stolen Dreams
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Stolen Dreams

Natasha Madison

Published 2025

456 pages

The Broposal
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The Broposal

Sonora Reyes, Sonido Reyes

Published 2025

384 pages

Ambush
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Ambush

Colleen Coble

Published 2025

352 pages