Beautiful Ugly A Novel
Alice Feeney
Published 2025
320 pages
The most popular literary fiction books of 2025
Literary fiction is read for how it is written as much as for what happens. These are novels and stories that care most about language, character and ideas, and take their time with all three. Prize winners and modern classics sit here, beside quieter books that reward a slow read. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.
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Not Quite Dead Yet
Holly Jackson
Published 2025
430 pages
The River Is Waiting
Wally Lamb
Published 2025
480 pages
Isola
Allegra Goodman
Published 2025
368 pages
The Business Trip
Jessie Garcia
2025 · 2026 edition
368 pages
Forget Me Not A Novel
Stacy Willingham
Published 2025
336 pages
The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong
Published 2025
416 pages
Julie Chan Is Dead
Liann Zhang
2025 · 2026 edition
320 pages
Dream Count
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2025 · 2026 edition
464 pages
Tilt
Emma Pattee
Published 2025
229 pages
We Do Not Part. International Limited Edition
Han Kang
Published 2025
384 pages
Sky Daddy
Kate Folk
Published 2025
368 pages
Watch Your Back
Tate James
Published 2025
368 pages
Dream State
Eric Puchner
Published 2025
432 pages
Blood on Her Tongue
Johanna van Veen
Published 2025
384 pages
The Dead Husband Cookbook
Danielle Valentine
2025 · 2026 edition
416 pages
First Wife's Shadow A Must-Read Gripping Domestic Psychological Suspense Crime Thriller from the Bestselling Author of I Invited Her In
Adele Parks
Published 2025
352 pages
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage
Asia Mackay
Published 2025
416 pages
The Café with No Name
Robert Seethaler
Published 2025
224 pages
Heap Earth Upon It
Chloe Michelle Howarth
2025 · 2026 edition
288 pages
Bald-Faced Liar
Victoria Helen Stone
Published 2025
300 pages
Breathe In, Bleed Out
Brian McAuley
Published 2025
298 pages
The Persians
Sanam Mahloudji
Published 2025
336 pages
Liquid
Mariam Rahmani
2025 · 2026 edition
320 pages