The most popular midlife books of 2025

Midlife is when people stop and ask how they got here. In these books a character takes stock of a career, a marriage or a road not taken, and sometimes changes everything. Expect regret, humor and second chances, in novels and in honest nonfiction about the middle years. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Second Draft
Cover of Second Draft

Second Draft

Veronica Scarpellino

Published 2025

183 pages

You Tried
Cover of You Tried

You Tried

Todd Lyons

Published 2025

209 pages

Tickled Soul
Cover of Tickled Soul

Tickled Soul

Keith Pochick

Published 2025

132 pages