Best Books Of The Year So Far 2025. The newspaper’s books staff gave its imprimatur to seven novels and five works of nonfiction,. From buzzy biographies to literary fiction, mysteries, memoirs, and everything in between, here are the best books of 2025—so far.

Browse the best books of 2025 including our top picks for each category of fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, fantasy, biographies, cookbooks, and more. ‘james’ by percival everett is the no.