The Popular Picks of 2025
The following list is the top 30 bestselling fiction books, based off the Barnes & Noble list on their website. Head over there to see the other lists they have for different genres. Here’s the link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/category/reads/best-books-of-2025/
1. “Mona’s Eyes” by Thomas Schlesser (this book was also named the 2025 Barnes and Noble Book of the Year!)
2. “Buckeye” by Patrick Ryan
3. “Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar” by Katie Yee (Barnes and Noble Discover Prize Winner)
4. “The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays” by Harper Lee
5. “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong (Oprah’s Book Club)
6. “Atmosphere” A Love Story” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (GMA Book Club Pick)
7. “My Friends: A Novel” by Fredrik Backman
8. “Circle of Days” by Ken Follet
9. “What We Can Know: A Novel” by Ian McEwan
10. “Shadow Ticket” by Thomas Pynchon
11. “We Do Not Part: A Novel” by Han Kang
12. “The Artist and the Feast” by Lucy Steeds
13. “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel” by Kiran Desai
14. “A Dream Count: A Novel” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
15. “The Pretender: A Novel” by Jo Harkin
16. “Twice: A Novel” by Mitch Albom
17. “Audition: A Novel” by Katie Kitamura
18. “The Correspondent: A Novel” by Virginia Evans
19. “Parallel Lines: A Novel” by Edward St. Aubyn
20. “Flashlight: A Novel” by Susan Choi
21. “Kaplan’s Plot: A Novel” by Jason Diamond
22. “I, Medusa: A Novel” by Ayana Gray
23. “Broken Country” by Clare Leslie Hall (Reese’s Book Club)
24. “The Director: A Novel” by Daniel Kehlmann
25. “Heart the Lover” by Lily King
26. “A Guardian and a Thief” by Megha Majumdar (Oprah’s Book Club)
27. “Wild Dark Shore” by Charlotte McConaghy (Reese’s Book Club Pick)
28. “Wreck: A Novel” by Catherine Newman
29. “We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat” by Syou Ishida
30. “Flesh” by David Szalay (Booker Prize Winner)