Dec 23, 20246 min read

The 50 Best New Books to Read in 2025

2025 is a huge year for readers with new releases like Onyx Storm and a new book by R.F. Kuang on the calendar. Whether you're in your romantasy era, love reading horror year-round, or are looking for the next cozy read, this is your ultimate list for new books releasing in 2025!

Here are the 50 best new books to read in 2025:

Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen is an upcoming vampire gothic novel about two twin sisters - one that comes down with a mysterious illness. This upcoming vampire novel is more horror than a YA vampire romance and will be perfect for lovers of the original Dracula.

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn is a "dark, sensuous, gothic story of female appetite," about Lenore and the charming Carmilla. Hungerstone is an upcoming vampire novel about the relationship between Lenore and Carmilla, with Lenore feeling torn between her duty to her husband and her new desires.

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley is an upcoming enemies-to-lovers romance between a healer and an assassin. This upcoming romance is a classic trope that readers will love.

Alchemised by SenLin Yu is an upcoming standalone dark fantasy set in a world torn by two forces: necromancy and alchemy. This upcoming enemies-to-lovers romance novel is a must-read in Fall 2025.

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao is an upcoming novel that's been compared to a Studio Ghibli movie. A woman inherits a pawn shop where you can sell your regrets and goes on the adventure of a lifetime after a charming physicist wanders into her shop.

Immortal by Sue Lynn Tann is an upcoming fantasy romance that's set to be one of the best books to read in 2025. This forbidden romance is filled with dangerous magic, immortal gods, and world-changing secrets.

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros is the final chapter in the Empyrean series, and one of the most anticipated books of 2025. This dragon fantasy has taken the world by storm since the release of Fourth Wing, and Onyx Storm is sure to be an explosive ending to the trilogy.

Grave Empire by Richard Swan is the beginning of an epic dark fantasy series about a world on the verge of an industrial revolution and the struggle to outlaw sorcery and arcane magic. This grave empire is on the verge of collapse - struggling with a plague and sudden silence from their gods.

Rose of Jericho by Alex Grecian is an upcoming supernatural horror novel about a small village plagued with ghosts. After arriving at Bethany Hall to take care of her sick cousin, Rose, Rabbit, and Sadie Grace are plagued by dozens of ghosts and something even darker.

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie is a brand-new epic fantasy about a band of anti-heroes traveling to the Sacred City. Brother Diaz joins a band of murderers, sorcerers, and monsters on a hellish journey across continent torn by evil.

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang is an upcoming dark academia fantasy by the award-winning author of Babel and Yellowface. This dark academia retelling of Dante's Inferno is about a young student of magick - Alice Law - and her willingness to do anything it takes to be the greatest of all time.

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry is a dazzling new novel about two writers in competition with each other. This fast and bright romance novel puts two rival writers in close quarters, competing for the chance to write the next great memoir.

Dating and Dungeons by Kristy Boyce is a quirky gaming romance about Quinn, the new girl in school, and a budding romance in her D&D campaign. This light-hearted forbidden romance is perfect for readers that love D&D and gaming!

The Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Canas is a haunting horror novel set in 1765 when a demonic presence awakens in a Mexican silver mine. This horror novel combines supernatural horror with rich storytelling about the New World.

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito is one of Oprah's 25 Most Anticipated Books of 2025 and is going to be adapted to a feature film. This horror novel is filled with dark humor that "speaks profoundly of horror both within and without us."

Medievally Blonde by Cait Jacobs is a debut romantasy novel about an arranged marriage between two kingdoms that looks perfect on paper...but reality may say otherwise. This lighthearted romantasy is loosely inspired by Legally Blonde.

The God and the Gwisin by Sophia Kim is the second book in the Fate's Thread series. This contemporary fantasy series follows the Nine-Tailed Fox across the world to track down a demon that could destroy the entire mortal world.

Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee is an upcoming novel about a young man determined to prove his worth in the Guardian's Tournament. Determined to be the next Guardian, Jun stows away in a wagon to journey to the capital in this epic novel.

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett is the third installment in the Emily Wilde series that follows a grumpy scholar and the fae prince she's in love with. This next novel dives into the innerworkings of the faerie kingdom and rivalries within them.

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake is the next novel by the bestselling author of The Atlas Six. After the death of their father, three siblings are forced to come together to reconcile their differences - with dangerous supernatural abilities thrown into the mix.

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig is the next big romantasy sensation from the author or One Dark Shadow. Sybil is a young prophetess forced to go on an impossible quest with the one knight who evades her gift.

Immortal Consequences by I. V. Marie is an upcoming story about the Souls of Blackwood Academy, a dark academy fantasy about a school hidden in the veil between life and death. A girl driven by ambition is given the choice to compete in the Decennial, and will then choose if she will graduate from the academy or cross over to the mysterious Other Side.

A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid returns to the enchanting world found in A Study of Drowning. After defeating the Fairy King, Effy tries to return to normal life studying literature in her dream college. Little does she know that her fantasy adventure has only just begun.

Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson is a short fiction collection from one of the biggest fantasy authors in the entire world. Read 5 never before seen stories set within the various worlds that Brandon Sanderson has created over the last two decades.

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab is the next novel by the author of the Villans Duology and many other dark fantasy novels. In this haunting novel, three young women, bodies planted in the same soil, discover their lives overlap in more ways than one.