The New York Times' 10 best books of 2025
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: Angel Down — Daniel Kraus · A Marriage at Sea — Sophie Elmhirst · Mother Emanuel — Kevin Sack. (Updated Dec 3, 2025.)
The ten books the New York Times Book Review picked as the best of 2025: five fiction and five non-fiction.
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Top 10
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1
Angel Down — Daniel Kraus
Fiction.
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2
A Marriage at Sea — Sophie Elmhirst
Non-fiction.
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3
Mother Emanuel — Kevin Sack
Non-fiction.
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4
The Director — Daniel Kehlmann
Fiction.
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5
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — Kiran Desai
Fiction.
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6
The Sisters — Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Fiction.
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7
Stone Yard Devotional — Charlotte Wood
Fiction.
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8
Mother Mary Comes to Me — Arundhati Roy
Non-fiction.
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9
There Is No Place for Us — Brian Goldstone
Non-fiction.
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10
Wild Thing — Sue Prideaux
Non-fiction.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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