Guardian Best Books of 2025

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Title Author Publisher ISBN Pages Category Summary
Dream Count Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Knopf / HarperCollins 9780593802724 N/A Fiction A multi-threaded novel following Nigerian women across continents as they navigate love, ambition, and identity.
Flesh David Szalay Jonathan Cape / Scribner 9781982122799 368 Fiction An episodic, Booker-winning novel tracing the life of a Hungarian man through desire, power, and displacement.
What We Can Know Ian McEwan Jonathan Cape / Knopf 9780593804728 320 Fiction A philosophical post-apocalyptic novel exploring memory, truth, and the limits of knowledge.
Audition Katie Kitamura Riverhead Books 9780593852323 208 Fiction A tense psychological novel where an actor’s personal life collapses into the roles she plays.
Flashlight Susan Choi Farrar, Straus and Giroux 9780374616373 464 Fiction A multi-decade family saga that begins with a mysterious disappearance and unfolds across generations.
Isola Allegra Goodman Dial Press / Random House 9780593730089 368 Historical Fiction A lyrical historical novel based on the true story of a marooned 16th-century noblewoman.
The Antidote Karen Russell Knopf 9780593802250 432 Fiction A Dust Bowl-era tale blending myth, memory, and magical realism with American history.
The Age of Diagnosis Suzanne O’Sullivan Hodder & Stoughton 9781399727648 320 Science & Medicine A neurologist’s critique of over-diagnosis and the cultural consequences of medical labels.
The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad Simon Parkin Hodder & Stoughton 9781399714587 384 History / Science The story of Soviet botanists who protected vital seed collections during the siege of Leningrad.
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts Margaret Atwood Chatto & Windus / Doubleday 9780385547512 624 Memoir An expansive literary memoir weaving personal history with cultural and political reflection.