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New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2025

New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2025 names 10 books across 2 categories. 6 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. Angel Down by Daniel Kraussource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Woodsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjaminsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desaisource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemirisource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirstsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Mother Emanuel by Kevin Sacksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstonesource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Wild Thing by Sue Prideauxsource (opens in a new tab)

About the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year

nytimes.com blocks automated reads, so counts come from Wayback Machine or archive.nytimes.com copies of each year's page; 2024 and 2025 are counted from Book Riot and Kirkus reports of the NYT list. Titles drop subtitles.

Organization: The New York Times. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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