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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A/S/L
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A/S/L

Jeanne Thornton

2025 · 2026 edition

496 pages

Forty Love
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Forty Love

Jane Costello, Catherine Isaac

2025 · 2026 edition

328 pages

School Dance
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School Dance

Sarah Sax

Published 2025

288 pages

The Last Poem
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The Last Poem

Courtney Peppernell

2025 · 2026 edition

400 pages

Marrow
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Marrow

Samantha Browning Shea

Published 2025

339 pages

Ghost Town
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Ghost Town

Eric Colossal

Published 2025

256 pages

Bug Ego, Vol. 1
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Bug Ego, Vol. 1

ONE, Kiyoto Shitara

2025 · 2026 edition

216 pages

Rabbit Rabbit
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Rabbit Rabbit

Dori Hillestad Butler, Sunshine Bacon

Published 2025

336 pages