The most popular gender books of 2025

Books about gender ask what it means to be a woman or a man, and who decided. Expectations at home, at work and in love are examined in novels, memoirs and essays. Some are angry, some are funny, and all of them make the familiar look newly strange. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Atmosphere
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Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Published 2025

337 pages

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

Tilt
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Tilt

Emma Pattee

Published 2025

229 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

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