The most popular heartwarming books of 2025

Heartwarming books restore your faith in people. Strangers help each other, lonely characters find friends and small kindnesses change lives. You close the last page with a lump in your throat and a smile. Perfect when you need reminding that the world has good in it. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

See also Feel-good fiction

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Cover Story
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Cover Story

Mhairi McFarlane

Published 2025

416 pages

Fan Service
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Fan Service

Rosie Danan

Published 2025

448 pages

The Re-Write
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The Re-Write

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Published 2025

288 pages

The Knowing
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The Knowing

Madeleine Ryan

Published 2025

256 pages

Dogsh*t!
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Dogsh*t!

Phil Cobb

Published 2025

440 pages