The most popular friendship books of 2025

Books about friendship honor the people we choose. Childhood best friends, friends who become family, and friendships that fade or break are all here. These stories are about loyalty, jealousy, shared history and the comfort of someone who knows you. Many readers find them as moving as any love story. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Isola
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Isola

Allegra Goodman

Published 2025

368 pages

Dream Count
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Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2025 · 2026 edition

464 pages

Dream State
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Dream State

Eric Puchner

Published 2025

432 pages

Cover Story
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Cover Story

Mhairi McFarlane

Published 2025

416 pages

Thorn Season
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Thorn Season

Kiera Azar

Published 2025

464 pages

Luminous
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Luminous

Silvia Park

Published 2025

391 pages

The Re-Write
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The Re-Write

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Published 2025

288 pages