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Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year 2025

Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year 2025 names 20 books. 6 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

1Buckeye by Patrick Ryansource (opens in a new tab)
2The Correspondent by Virginia Evanssource (opens in a new tab)
3The Boys in the Light by Nina Willnersource (opens in a new tab)
4The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuongsource (opens in a new tab)
5Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghysource (opens in a new tab)
6The Intruder by Freida McFaddensource (opens in a new tab)
7Awake by Jen Hatmakersource (opens in a new tab)
8Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reidsource (opens in a new tab)
9Replaceable You by Mary Roachsource (opens in a new tab)
10The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desaisource (opens in a new tab)
11Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hallsource (opens in a new tab)
12Paper Girl by Beth Macysource (opens in a new tab)
13Katabasis by R. F. Kuangsource (opens in a new tab)
14Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaitesource (opens in a new tab)
15Next of Kin by Gabrielle Hamiltonsource (opens in a new tab)
16King of Ashes by S. A. Cosbysource (opens in a new tab)
17The Beast in the Clouds by Nathalia Holtsource (opens in a new tab)
18Heart the Lover by Lily Kingsource (opens in a new tab)
19The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgeysource (opens in a new tab)
20Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggssource (opens in a new tab)

About the Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year

2006 is the editors' Top 50 and 2007-2012 the editors' Top 100, taken from archived Amazon list pages (Wayback Machine); 2006-2010 ranks are printed on the page, 2011-2012 ranks cover only the press release's top 10. 2013-2023 hold the ranked Top 10 from Amazon's press releases and 2024-2025 the ranked Top 20 from About Amazon, because the full Top 100 for 2013 onward survives only as paginated Amazon search pages that the Wayback Machine did not capture.

Organization: Amazon. Official site (opens in a new tab)