2025 is shaping up to be another truly incredible year for books. In fiction, Daisy Jones and the Six’s Taylor Jenkins Reid weaves a gripping new novel boasting a celestial backdrop, whilst Nobel Prize winner and author of The Vegetarian Han Kang returns, and we finally get the answer to Iron Flame’s cliffhanger in Rebecca Yarros’ Onyx Storm. Non-fiction sees Philippe Sands bring the same forensic intelligence he displayed in his award-winning East West Street to a riveting true tale of dictators and war criminals, Underland’s Robert Macfarlane move from land to water in his exploration of rivers, and Dr Julie Smith follow up Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? with an essential collection of tools for difficult times. In children’s books, Katherine Rundell delivers the spellbinding sequel to the Waterstones Book of the Year-winning Impossible Creatures, A.F. Steadman sets up a spectacular showdown in the final instalment of the Skandar series, and Suzanne Collins transports us all back to Panem for a pulsating prequel to The Hunger Games.
As
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and
Ocean Vuong announce their eagerly anticipated returns to long-form fiction this year,
Holly Jackson makes the hugely exciting move into adult thrillers and the ever-versatile
R.F. Kuang follows up the megaselling
Babel and
Yellowface with a compelling descent into hell for two feuding scholars.
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Through the interconnected lives of four women, the critically acclaimed author of Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah spins a mesmerising and moving study of love, happiness and the quest for fulfilment in contemporary society.
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From the megaselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six comes a sweeping epic of love and ambition set against the backdrop of the 1980s US space shuttle programme.
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- 06/02/2025
A luminous and haunting exploration of historical memory, trauma and the importance of not forgetting, this astounding novel from the International Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian follows a woman on a mission to fulfil a request from a sick friend which leads her on an unexpected collision course with the past.
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Exploring love, second chances and the multitude of shapes happiness can take, this sparkling and sharply funny novel from the award-winning author of Redhead by the Side of the Road follows Gail whose world is turned upside down just before her daughter's wedding.
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From the author of the highly acclaimed Assembly comes another searing deconstruction of language, power and the erasing of truth, as a journalist's exposé of a brutal attack on a Yorkshire farm raises more questions than it answers.
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- 11/02/2025
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From the bestselling author of Me Before You and Someone Else's Shoes comes a warm-hearted, wry and empathetic novel about a woman getting to grips with her estranged family.
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The immensely acclaimed author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous weaves an innovative and lyrical novel centred on a wayward young man who finds himself unexpectedly caring for an elderly woman with dementia.
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- 17/07/2025
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The unputdownable first adult thriller from the mega-selling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder finds the victim of a brutal attack, which has left her with seven days to live, set out to solve her own murder.
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The silver-haired sleuths from Richard Osman's mega-selling The Thursday Murder Club series return with another compelling caper blending addictive mystery and delicious wit.
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- 05/06/2025
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As a movie set takes over Champton, a murderer lurks behind the scenes in this delightfully fiendish instalment in the Reverend Richard Coles' bestselling cosy crime series.
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- 21/01/2025
Returning to the richly imagined world of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, the third instalment of Rebecca Yarros' scintillating romantasy series finds Violet venturing beyond the walls of Basgiath to seek allies to join the Revolution.
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- 28/08/2025
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The bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface spins a sublimely dark and unputdownable tale of two rival Cambridge academics who must join forces on a rescue mission in hell itself.
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- 10/06/2025
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From the bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue comes a spellbinding queer love story following the desires and dreams of a trio of enigmatic young women.
Public figures don't get much more powerful than Pope Francis and
Bill Gates and this year they both release their hugely intriguing memoirs.
Hallie Rubenhold follows up her game-changing study of Jack the Ripper's victims
The Five with another meticulously researched slice of true crime, and
Ta-Nehisi Coates' prescient new work explores the myths that engender violence across the globe.
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- 27/03/2025
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The acclaimed author of the bestselling former Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month The Five weaves a meticulously researched and fascinating reconstruction of the Dr Crippen case, turning the focus on his murdered wife and the determination of the women who worked tirelessly to bring her killer to justice.
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- 03/04/2025
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Through this captivating blend of memoir, travelogue, detective story, and courtroom drama, the award-winning author of East West Street and The Last Colony chronicles the entwining stories of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and senior SS officer Walther Rauff in a powerful examination of historical atrocities and the search for justice.
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Both an eloquent account of his life and path to the papacy, and a considered reflection on the key issues that affect modern society, Pope Francis' inspirational memoir is the first ever to be produced by a living pontiff.
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- 04/02/2025
Tracing the youth and young adulthood of the legendary business leader and philanthropist up to the pivotal moment he dropped out of Harvard in 1975, Bill Gates' eagerly anticipated memoir reveals a restless mind alighting on the world-changing potential of technology.
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From the popular psychologist and the internationally bestselling author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? comes a wonderful interactive workbook and guide to life's unexpected challenges.
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- 06/02/2025
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From Senegal to South Carolina and Palestine, the acclaimed journalist and author of modern classic Between the World and Me visits three prominent sites of conflict in an attempt to untangle the dangerous myths that drive people and nations to violence.
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- 01/05/2025
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Boldly and persuasively recasting rivers as living beings, this characteristically eloquent and informed volume from the author of Underland and The Old Ways traverses Ecuador, Southern India, Quebec and Macfarlane's Cambridge home in the writer's most personal and political work yet.
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- 20/03/2025
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From the start of lambing season to the emergence of bluebells, the legendary children's author spins an evocative account of his life deep in Devon river country during springtime.
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- 08/05/2025
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Spanning one hundred years and countless diverse and fascinating species, Ocean is Sir David Attenborough's tribute to the power and endurance of marine life and habitats.
Children and adults alike have been waiting eagerly for the follow-up to our 2023 Book of the Year
Impossible Creatures, and come September the adventure will continue with the publication of
The Poisoned King. Other massive releases for 2025 include the conclusion to
Lauren Roberts' romantasy phenomenon The Powerless Trilogy, as well as the climax to
A.F. Steadman's modern classic Skandar series.
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- 28/08/2025
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The heart-pounding conclusion to the iconic children's fantasy series, as Skandar and his unicorn rider friends face their deadliest ever challenge and most dangerous foe.
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The mesmerising follow-up to Katherine Rundell's Waterstones Book of the Year 2023-winning Impossible Creatures, The Poisoned King leads the reader into further adventures in the magical Archipelago.
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- 05/06/2025
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The debut children's mystery from the bestselling author of The Appeal utilises Hallett's trademark interactive investigation structure to spin a gripping whodunit about two siblings uncovering an unsolved crime.
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- 10/04/2025
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Jacqueline Wilson's iconic Sleepovers series continues with this enchanting summer story all about friendship and togetherness, as the girls plan their perfect beach holiday.
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- 08/04/2025
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Paedyn and Kai embark upon their final adventure in the thrilling conclusion to Roberts' megaselling YA romantasy series.
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- 18/03/2025
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The stunning prequel to Collins' seminal Hunger Games series takes place twenty four years before the events of the original novels, as dramatic occurrences unfold on the morning of the reaping of the 50th contest.
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- 06/05/2025
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Two new strangers - a boy who feels he has nothing to live for and the heir to the Death-Cast empire who finds himself threatened by a violent organisation - find one another in this gripping third instalment in Silvera's iconic YA series.
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- 24/04/2025
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A spellbinding spin-off set in the world of the bestselling Twin Crowns series, Webber's romantasy finds a ship's captain who has renounced love encounter a tempting mermaid whilst on a quest to find a cure for his sick sister.
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- 27/03/2025
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Gently funny and utterly heartwarming, this delightful picture book from the bestselling creators of The Detective Dog sees a freshly hatched gosling latch onto a rather confused bear as their daddy.
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- 27/03/2025
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Proving that even disgusting, scary and monstrous creatures need to snuggle down to sleep, this hilarious rhyming picture book is the perfect quirky addition to bedtime reading.
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From the creator of the beloved Tom Gates books comes a tale brimming with hilarity, as the terrific titular creatures inhabiting the Isle of Smile prepare for a mysterious visitor.
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