"Every January, I set a slew of New Year’s resolutions. I’ve got the recurring stars—save more money, finally start stretching, eat more vegetables… you get the idea—and usually one or two new kids on the block, like writing a book or tackling five DIY projects around the house (as someone who isn’t exactly handy, this is a tough one for me). But my favorite resolution each year, and the one I usually have no trouble sticking to, is to read more books. I look forward to setting my reading goal on Goodreads and tracking my progress throughout the year almost as much as I love the actual reading part.
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Reading more is a common resolution for many. So, if you’re looking for books to help you reach your reading goals this year, this is the list for you. Behold: The most anticipated books of 2025 are here. The community of readers over at Goodreads gave these books their stamp of approval (in advance, of course). I’ve also included a few books our editors here at The Everygirl have on their personal “most anticipated” lists, so you’ll have no shortage of new books to add to your queue as you smash your reading goal this year.
In 1936, Charlotte Cross’s dream Egyptian archaeological dig was marred by tragedy. Now, in 1978, she leads a quiet life as the associate curator of The Met’s Department of Egyptian Art in New York. That is, until she crosses paths with 19-year-old Annie Jenkins, who’s thrilled to be assisting the Vogue editor in planning this year’s Met Gala. On the night of the gala, one of the Egyptian art collection’s most valuable pieces goes missing, and signs are pointing to it reawakening an ancient curse. Annie and Charlotte team up to find the missing artifact, but it leads them to the one place Charlotte swore she’d never return: Egypt.
Publishing January 7
Before Anna Delvey, before the Tinder Swindler, there was Kari Ferrell. As one of the few Asian Americans in her insulated Utah Mormon community, Kari ran with the “bad crowd” in an effort to fit in. Soon, stealing from superstores led to picking up and pickpocketing men, landing her on Utah’s most wanted list and with a name she couldn’t escape: the Hipster Grifter. In New York City, Kari was the indie scene’s newest celebrity, just as she landed herself in a heap of trouble. Jail time, riots, bad checks, and an explosion of internet infamy and fetishization put her name in the spotlight. This is Kari’s true story for the first time. It’s a heartfelt narrative of redemption and reconciliation.
Publishing January 7
During her sister’s lavish wedding, Zelu’s life is upended. In one fell swoop, she’s fired from her university job, and her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her dreams crushed, she decides to write something just for herself. It’s a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization.
When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey—one that will catapult her into literary stardom but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be.
Publishing January 14
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After nearly 18 months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. Because the battle has truly begun, and it’s impossible to know who to trust. Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves―her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
Publishing January 21
Stanford Junior Scarlett Vandermeer is a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving and prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships… until she meets Lukas Blomqvist, swim captain, world champion, and all-around aquatics golden boy. On the surface, they have nothing in common, until one day a secret slips out that leads to them forming an arrangement. But what was supposed to be a no-strings-attached fling starts to heat up just as the pressure from the upcoming Olympics begins to mount.
Publishing February 4
Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall, and her love life is… complicated. So when her real dad—a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood 35 years ago—suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you about love and what it actually means to be family.
Publishing February 11
It is June 21, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla’s life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But, when she wakes, her husband Luke isn’t there, and in his place is a cryptic note.
Then it starts. Breaking news: There’s a hostage situation developing in London. The police arrive and tell her Luke is involved. But he isn’t a hostage. Her husband—doting father, eternal optimist—is the gunman.
Publishing February 27
Attention Taylor Swift fans: This book was largely inspired by one of the best songs in her discography (IMO), exile.
Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her 18th birthday by Arden, a supernatural being linked to her soul. The problem is that she’s quite fond of the life she’s in now, and her little sister needs her in order to stay alive. If Evelyn wants to save her sister, she’ll have to find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life, figure out why she’s being hunted, and finally break their curse and try not to fall in love… again.
Publishing March 4
There might be no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes—all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be.
Only no amount of distance or time is nearly enough to forget that something between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life—and even a love—worth remembering.
Publishing April 1
Avery Jensen is almost 30, fresh off a breakup, and she’s tired of always being so uptight. She wants to get a hobby, date around (especially women), flirt with everyone she sees, and wear something not from the business casual section of her closet—all the fun stuff normal people do in their 20s. Enter Taylor Cameron, huge flirt and serial heartbreaker. Fresh off a breakup of her own, Taylor’s best friend bets her she can’t go until Labor Day (that’s two whole months from now) without sleeping with someone. To bide her time, Taylor agrees to teach Avery how to flirt. It’s the perfect distraction… until her attraction to Avery becomes impossible to ignore.
Publishing April 8
Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years. Tragic heiress Margaret Ives has invited Alice and Hayden for a one-month trial period, at the end of which she’ll choose who gets to tell her story. As the trial goes on, it becomes clear Margaret is hiding parts of her story from her two chosen writers—but an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning between them is preventing them from sharing what they know.
Publishing April 22
Julie Chan, a supermarket cashier with nothing to lose, finds herself thrust into the glamorous yet perilous world of her late twin sister, Chloe VanHuusen, a popular influencer. Separated at a young age, the identical twins were polar opposites and rarely spoke, except for one viral video that Chloe initiated (Finding My Long-Lost Twin And Buying Her A House #EMOTIONAL). When Julie discovers Chloe’s lifeless body under mysterious circumstances, she seizes the chance to live the life she’s always envied.
Transforming into Chloe is easier than expected. However, Julie soon realizes that Chloe’s seemingly picture-perfect life was anything but.
Publishing April 29
Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. But none of that seems so terrible when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister, Delilah, being pushed in front of a train.
Before fleeing the scene, the murderer shouted two words: bat eater. Since then, Cora can’t be sure what’s real and what’s in her head.
She pushes away all feelings and ignores the advice of her aunt. But she can’t ignore the dread in her stomach as she keeps finding bat carcasses at crime scenes or the scary fact that all her recent cleanups have been the bodies of East Asian women.
Publishing April 29
Thoughtful and reserved, Joan Goodwin is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s Space Shuttle program.
Selected from a pool of thousands, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center alongside her group of exceptional fellow candidates. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined.
Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.
Publishing June 3
Alice Law sacrificed everything—her pride, her health, her love life, her sanity—to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world. When Grimes dies in a magical accident that could be Alice’s fault, she decides to follow him into Hell. After all, Grimes’s recommendation holds the key to Alice’s future, and not even death is going to stop the pursuit of her dreams, nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the very same conclusion.
With nothing but the tales of Orpheus and Dante to guide them, they set off across Hell to save a man they don’t even like.
Publishing August 28
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