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Every year is a great year for books, but 2025 is looking particularly exciting. Fans of YA dystopia and fantasy will be excited to see new additions to beloved book series like “The Hunger Games” and “The Empyrean.” Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez, famous for their romance novels, will be dropping some of the most anticipated books of 2025 in the summer beach read category. And lastly, 2025 will bring long-awaited books from authors like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Taylor Jenkins Reid, who have been on hiatuses recently.

Whether you’re looking to fill a prompt for the PS Reading Challenge or add a new book to your TBR list, there’s something for everyone in this roundup. From thrillers and dark academic to historical fiction and more, scroll down to see which books are making your TBR list. (No shade if it’s all of them.)