A new year, a new beginning and new books, the best things (besides the sleep we get in the holiday’s 😃). On the other hand, January is also the month of final work projects and exams (love it!!!), if you’re a student. If you’re not, it’s just the first month of the year, that happens to feel so long for no reason.
Either way, to cure you from the exam season or just a boring and long month we prepared something… an article with our Top 20 most anticipated books of 2025 so you know the best books coming out this year 😏.
From the bottom to the top! Get a blanket, some tea or your beverage of choice and see what books 2025 has in store!
20. Cher: Part Two: The Final Installment of the Two Part Memoir from the Iconic Artist and Actor by Cher (November 18)
Category: Memoir, Nonfiction
Even though we don’t know much of the book, it’s definitely going to be a continuation of the first memoir released last year. To be honest, I didn’t know Cher had a memoir and only found out when looking for books that came out this year, can you really blame me though?
But knowing her long history in music and also in some fashion moments I’m really excited to read about her in this (and the previous) memoir.
19. The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan (January 7)
Category: Fiction, LGBT
This book is about a best selling author, Cate Kay, that is anonymous to the public. Even though she gets world recognition, she is still a young adult dreaming of running away from her bad home situation with her best friend. Their dream of becoming movie stars, a dream that gets crushed by some crazy event that happens in Cate’s life that puts her on the run.
Ok, does this book sound like your typical drama, young adult, plot-twist book? Yes it does. Do I care? No. I love the book cover, and I can’t wait to read this book as the basic person that I am 😙.
18. Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green (March 18)
Category: Nonfiction
World known for his book “The Fault In Our Stars” and more recently popular from his essays “The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet” released in 2021, John Green has “Everything is Tuberculosis, The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection” planned for this year.
In this book John Green talks about a young tuberculosis patient, Henry Reider, history, complementing it with information about this disease that still kills a lot of people per year.
I immediately gravitated towards this book once I read the description. It seems interesting, and I absolutely love John Green’s writing style, and can’t wait to see where he goes with this story.
17. The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose (April 8)
Category: Mystery Thriller
The 3rd edition of the “Molly the Maid” collection looks promising. Even though I still haven’t read the books, seeing them always on the shelves of bookstores leaves me intrigued. Will this be the year where I pick the series? January, I said yes…
Described as intriguing and heart-warming, with long-buried secrets being revealed this book seems interesting above all.
16. Never Flinch by Stephen King (May 27)
Category: Horror Thriller, Fiction
I mean is it a surprise that this man keeps releasing books? He has an unimaginable amount of books published, and an admirable imagination and I am curious to see what comes out of this new story with new and old characters that Stephen King is releasing in 2025.
Everything starts when the Buckeye City Police Department receives a letter from a person threatening to kill 14 people, 13 innocents and a guilty one. Realizing that the letter is serious Detective Izzy starts the investigation with Holly, one of her friends. At the same time Kate, a female rights activist is under attack by a stalker and hires Holly.
How will these two stories meet? I’m really excited to find out!
15. Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray (February 4)
Category: Historical Fiction
In 1919, with the opportunity to become the first black woman to be an editor at The Crisis magazine, Jessi Redmon Fauset, embarked on a journey to discover young writers whose visions will change the world.
I haven’t read an historical fiction in a while, so I’m really excited to pick this book this year. The synopsis seems really interesting and promises adventure and drama, both things that I live for!!
14. Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire (March 25)
Category: Fantasy and Fiction
~ “So if you care to find me, Look to the western sky” ~ This book by Gregory Maguire serves as a prequel for the book of the famous musical, recently adapted into the movie, Wicked. Elphie: A Wicked Childhood, is supposed to be a look into Elphaba’s childhood and see what made her what she is in Wicked.
It is fascinating to see an author still invested and uploading his work after 30 years since the first book of the series came out, and, as a person that didn’t quite like the movie (yes I know that I have to see the musical, my friends tell me all of the time) I am curious to see this new part of the so loved series.
But I am even more curious to see people’s reactions to the new addition to the story they loved!
13. The Lilac People by Milo Todd (April 29)
Category: Historical Fiction, LGBT
In 1932, a transgender man who works in the Institute of Sexual Science, Bertie, worked to improve queer rights in Germany. Unfortunately, with the rise of Hitler he and his girlfriend take the identity of an elderly couple and go on hiding. At the end of the war, the couple find a young trangender man laid in their property still dressed in Holocaust prison clothes.
But the end of the war didn’t mean freedom as they had to escape the Allies, who are now arresting queer people. Their only hope is the land of liberty, the United States.
I’m really looking forward to reading this book, even though it is a work of fiction I believe there are some facts that might have happened to someone in real life.
12. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab (June 10)
Category: Fantasy, LGBT, Vampires
First of all, yes, vampires were highlighted as a category.
It’s a shame that we, the public, don’t know much about the book yet, but what we know sounds so good! I’ll just leave you with the synopsis
“Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots.
One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild.
And all of them grow teeth.”
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab – Synopsis
11. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (April 22)
Category: Contemporary Romance
Yes, another book by our beloved Emily Henry! In my People we meet on vacation review [add the link] (You can see by clicking on the link) I said that I probably enjoyed the book because I was in the right space in time and mindset; However, I don’t find it impossible to be in that mindset again 😎. With internet opinions saying that her writing gets better every time, I can’t wait to pick this book this year.
This book talks about two writers competing to see who is chosen to write the crazy story of a previously thought disappeared tabloid personality.
10. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry (January 28)
Category: Nonfiction, History
I think the synopsis (the same in different websites) offers a deep understanding of what this book is about and also the reason why I want to read it, so I’m just going to leave you with that and you’ll be as interested as I was.
“Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has been remarkably intertwined with another color: blue. In daily life, it is evoked in countless ways. Blue skies and blue water offer hope for that which lies beyond the current conditions. But blue is also the color of deep melancholy and heartache, echoing Louis Armstrong’s question, “What did I do to be so Black and blue?” (…)”
– Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry – Synopsis on Goodreads
9. Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett (March 18)
Category: Fiction, LGBT, Comedy
The obvious thing that caught my attention was the cover! I mean, I’m not the only one that sees a clown face there right? And..it was the only thing that got me interested in the book😃. I mean, there is no way a book that has that cover is going to be bad. I don’t know the author and the title wasn’t the most interesting, but with this cover, I mean, it is almost disrespectful that I don’t read it.
Cherry Hendricks is an unlucky clown, always hustling, having to deal with her judgemental mom, her messy love life and her messy fellow performers. This is until she meets “Margo the Magnificent” , an older magician, and lesbian, that Cherry becomes obsessed with and is willing to take risks for her.
8. The Sirens by Emilia Hart (April 1)
Category: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
There was something about this book that made me gravitate towards it, I can’t explain why, I didn’t really know the author but there was, dare I say a “je ne sais quois” that attracted me. It’s like when you’re in a bookstore and pass by an aisle two times, and on the third, you notice a book that you didn’t see before, that was the feeling.
This story tells us about two sisters that, separated by hundreds of years, have an unbreakable bond. We have Lucy and Jess in 2019 and Mary and Eliza in 1800.
I am very curious to know how their paths cross and to see how this whole story is connected to the sea.
7. Hot Wax by M.L. Rio (September 9)
Category: Mystery Thriller
Situated in the 90’s Hot Wax follows a rock band of “misfits” as they tour and almost reach fame, until everything comes crashing down.
As a 90’s lover I am very thrilled to have this book on my hands and find out what happens to the band. I also can’t wait for the cover to be revealed, the concept sounds so good!
6. Plum by Andy Anderegg (April 8)
Category: Unknown
Yes, I am a simple girl and chose another book by its cover, so what? The cover looks pretty… And also I love Plums. But I have a feeling this book isn’t about plums.
Told in the second person, this book follows J’s life, from kid to teenager, living with an alcoholic dad, a complicated mother and an older brother that seems to be her only way out of the chaotic household. Living in an environment of violence and carelessness, J grows angry when her brother disappears from the home.
She figures out the only way out is through adulthood, and creating a family. But she has to learn to not repeat the patterns of abuse and addiction.
5. You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (Fall 2025)
Category: LGBT, Horror, Science Fiction
(This book doesn’t have a cover)
The well known author of Hell Followed with Us is releasing another book, about a trans young man helping with aid in an alien parasitic species invasion. But an unwanted pregnancy puts the man at risk.
This book sounds truly intriguing and I am very interested in the alien species and also looking forward to the world building of this book.
4. My Friends by Fredrik Backman (May 20)
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Another book from Fredrik Backman, thank you! Here I am recommending you a book by this author and you are here again to read it. I mean, I think it’s obvious why I’m anticipating the release of this book, I just love the author.
A really mysterious painting falls into Louisa’s care, unlike others Louisa pays attention to all the details, and finds in the famous work of art 3 tiny figures, that she is destined to find the stories of.
Four friends, Joar, Ted, Ali and the boy artist; escape from their complicated family situations, and spend the summer day’s talking and telling stories out on a pier.
This is the story Louisa is going to find, but will she like the ending?
3. Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS by Lisa Rogak (March 4)
Category: History Nonfiction
This book is going to be soo my jam. I love to explore everything that is related to 20th Century propaganda, the design, the psychology, see how that period changed advertising, and other things.
So when I read the title, I was immediately interested and found that women also took part in this fascinating machine, and reading the synopsis, that they generated black propaganda that helped win WWII.
This story highlights the lives of 4 women that were members of the OSS, and their work on helping the US win WWII.
2. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (January 14)
Category: Fantasy Horror
What catched my attention in the book really was the title. I didn’t like the book cover at all. If I had to choose one thing I liked, it would be the little bird details and the illustration isn’t so bad either. But that blue (I think it is blue) I didn’t really like.
Written other famous works such as “How to Sell a Haunted House” and “The Final Girl Support Group”. I’m happy that the author is continuing on this supernatural, almost mystical route, and this is definitely a book that I will be checking out.
But focusing on the important, This book mixes my favorite genres of all time! Fantasy and Horror. Located in the summer of 1970, this book unravels the story about a group of witches that are sent to the “Wellwood Home”: a place where unwed mothers can have their babies in secret and give them for adoption without anyone knowing. But these girls are always being watched and monitored and have to speak in secret.
One day, a dangerous witchcraft book falls into their hands, but it destroys as quickly as it creates.
What are the limits the girls are willing to break? What will they do?
1. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn (February 18)
Category: Horror, Fantasy, Vampires
The holy trinity in book covers for me is, from the bottom to the top: people laid down, women and paintings. So this book cover having the three things is perfect for me! And are you surprised this is another sapphic book? I am not and I am glad people are focusing more on sapphic relations when they include LGBT themes in a book (without the over sexualization of WLW (women loving women) relations).
Secrets, a failing relation and a carriage accident brings the mysterious Carmilla into Lenore’s life. As their relationship grows and Lenore’s marriage grows sour, Lenore unravels the darkness and risk of her household.
I wanted to end this article by saying that, facing one more year can be scary, we are all fighting our inner demons and with the state of the world, sometimes it’s hard to keep smiling.
But cut yourself some slack and allow yourself to relax, read an article (one of ours 😉), a book, or just watch funny videos of cats saying “us?” and everything will turn out fine.
Did you like our top 20 most anticipated books of 2025? Leave a comment and thoughts or tell us your favorite and less favorite books!
We wish a Happy New Year to all of our readers.
