Reflections on 2025's reads: December 26, 2025

Take a look back at 2025 in literature with these year-end roundups.

Book LISTs

• The most popular books in US public libraries in 2025 (Book Riot)

• The books NYT readers were most excited about this year (The New York Times)

• Barack Obama's favorite books of 2025 (Book Riot)

• Here are all the award-winning novels of 2025 (Literary Hub) 

• A bunch of the biggest "best books of 2025" lists (Book Riot)

• Richard Osman’s The Impossible Fortune tops 2025 UK bestsellers list (The Guardian)

• All of Oprah's 2025 book club picks (Book Riot) 

• The best audiobooks of 2025 (NPR) 

• The breakout hit novels of 2025 (The New York Times)

• A year in reading: 2025 (The Millions)

Beyond books

• Book censorship trends, challenges, and successes over 2025 (Book Riot)

• The most popular Lit Hub stories of 2025 (Literary Hub)

• How was 2025 in the world of books? (The New York Times)

• The books quiz of 2025 (The Guardian)

• Artists we lost in 2025, in their own words (The New York Times)