The Most Popular New Books on Goodreads in 2025 (So Far)

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It may not be the exact middle of the year yet—June still lies ahead—but that hasn’t deterred Goodreads and others from releasing their lists of the Best Books of the Year So Far. Here at Book Riot, we’ll wait until July, as is customary. In the meantime, you can explore the rankings for The Most Read Books on Goodreads in 2025 (So Far) and The Most Popular New Books on Goodreads in 2025 (So Far).

The Most Read list showcases 144 book covers categorized by genre, while the Most Popular New Books list provides descriptions for each title. The 51 selected books are also organized by genre, including Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance Novels, Mysteries & Thrillers, Fantasy Novels, Romantasy Novels, Sci-Fi Novels, Horror Novels, Young Adult Novels, Memoirs, History & Biography, and General Nonfiction.

All the featured books were published in 2025 and are chosen based on the number of Goodreads users who have marked them as Read or Want to Read. Here are a few of the highlighted books:

– “Wild Dark Shore” by Charlotte McConaghy (Contemporary Fiction)
– “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong (Contemporary Fiction)
– “Atmosphere: A Love Story” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Historical Fiction)
– “Good Dirt” by Charmaine Wilkerson (Historical Fiction)
– “Great Big Beautiful Life” by Emily Henry (Romance Novels)
– “The Crash” by Freida McFadden (Mysteries & Thrillers)
– “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil” by V. E. Schwab (Fantasy Novels)
– “The River Has Roots” by Amal El-Mohtar (Fantasy Novels)
– “The Knight and the Moth” by Rachel Gillig (Romantasy)
– “Death of the Author” by Nnedi Okorafore (Sci-Fi Novels)
– “The Dream Hotel” by Laila Lalami (Sci-Fi Novels)
– “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones (Horror Novels)
– “Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng” by Kylie Lee Baker (Horror Novels)
– “Sunrise on the Reaping” by Suzanne Collins (Young Adult Novels)