# The Economist's best books of 2025

Fifteen of the books chosen by The Economist for its best books of 2025, published on 20 November 2025: biography, non-fiction and some fiction.

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- Nov 22, 2025 · Lucas
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## Top 15

1. **Buckley — Sam Tanenhaus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
2. **Careless People — Sarah Wynn-Williams** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
3. **Dark Renaissance — Stephen Greenblatt** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
4. **Mother Mary Comes to Me — Arundhati Roy** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
5. **Zbig — Edward Luce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
6. **1929 — Andrew Ross Sorkin** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
7. **House of Huawei — Eva Dou** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
8. **The Thinking Machine — Stephen Witt** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
9. **Electric Spark — Frances Wilson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
10. **Raising Hare — Chloe Dalton** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
11. **Storyteller — Leo Damrosch** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
12. **Chokepoints — Edward Fishman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
13. **The Corporation in the 21st Century — John Kay** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
14. **The Genius Myth — Helen Lewis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Economist.
15. **How to End a Story — Helen Garner** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Picked by The Economist.

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