2025 Releases of Interest
A list of 2025 releases that have caught my attention and that, for one reason or another, I think I would like to read. Some of these I'm more excited about than others, but all of them seem noteworthy or interesting. They are sorted by month and author, and I have them marked by genre. Once I've read a book, I'll also add my personal rating to it.
Key
- TBR
- Read
- β - Most exciting (to me)
- π - English translation of a book already released in another language
- β» - Reprint of a previously out-of-print title
- βΏ - Indie published
- β΄ - Fantasy/magical realism
- β - Historical fiction
- π - Horror
- π - Literary fiction
- π - Mystery/thriller
- π° - Non-fiction
- βοΈ - Novella
- γ° - Poetry
- π² - Sci-fi
- β¬ - Short stories
January
- πβ The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsen
- πOld Soul by Susan Barker
- πβRosarita by Anita Desai
- βππWe Do Not Part by Han Kang β β β β β
February
- πIdle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford
- βΏπβοΈποΈAdam and Eve in Paradise by Eca de Queiros
- π²πβοΈDengue Boy by Michel Nievaβ β β ββ
- ππDeath Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza
- πThe Lamb by Lucy Rose
- βΏππHouse of Fury by Evelio Rosero
- πFundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
March
- ππThe Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
- ππ²rekt by Alex Gonzalez
- π°Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
- π²The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
- π²Luminous by Silvia Park
- π°Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
- πSister Europe by Nell Zink
April
- ββΏππThe Honditsch Cross by Ingeborg Bachmann
- πβπPerspective(s) by Laurence Binet
- πβ¬ Hellions by Julia Elliott
- πSky Daddy by Kate Folk
- πEat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
- πBig Chief by Jon Hickey
- πβ¬ Atavists by Lydia Millet
- ββΏπ²πVanishing World by Sayaka Murata
- ππJourney to the Edge of Life by Tezer Ozlu
- βΏπ°Dysphoria Mundi by Paul B. Preciado
May
- βπβ»γ°Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance edited by Naseer Hasan Aruri & Edmund Ghareeb
- βοΈπβ»βThe Painted Room by Inger Christensen
- π°Speaking in Tongues by J.M. Coetzee & Mariana Dimopulos
- π²Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel
- βΏγ°Enter: Poems by Jim Moore
- πβ΄βThe Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
- βΏπ°Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
June
- ββΏβπWe Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezon Camara
- βββ΄β»The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington
- β»π°Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark Season by John Gregory Dunne
- π²Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings
- πThe House on Buzzards Bay by Dwyer Murphy
- πKill Creatures by Rory Power
- πEndling by Maria Reva
- βΏβ΄πI Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Sola
- βΏπ°πExophony: Voyages Outside the Mother Tongue by Yoko Tawada
July
- ββΏβππKilling Stella by Marlen Haushofer
- π°The Accidental Garden by Richard Mabey
- β»ππTime of Silence by Luis Martin-Santos
- ππThe Dance and the Fire by Daniel Saldana Paris
- πGirl in the Creek by Wendy N. Wagner
August
- πWhat Hunger by Catherine Dang
- β»πβBomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez
- π²πThe Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace
- πA Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper
- βThe Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
- βLittle World by Josephine Rowe
September
- βΏπHelen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
- βΏγ°Penitential Cries by Susan Howe
- πβ΄The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson
- ββΏβπβThe Wax Child by Olga Ravn
- ββ¬ππGood and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin
October
- β»βThe Lord by Soraya Antonius
- βπSea, Poison by Caren Beilin
- β΄The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
- βΏβππUnfit by Ariana Harwicz
- β΄βPsychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
- β΄Kill the Beast by Serra Swift
November
- βΏπMy Name Isn't Paul by Drew Huff