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Books that should be on your reading list for 2025
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My favorite upcoming book releases! Check out the variety of sci-fi and fantasy books that are coming out soon!
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Romantasy
 
Dystopian
 
Sci-Fi
 
Fantasy
 
Dark Academia
 
Historical Fiction

Romantasy

 
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This is one of my favorite reads of the year so far!!
Arcana Academy | Hardcover
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I can't wait to devour this book!
Dragon Cursed | Hardcover
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Lore of the Wilds was fun, fantastical, and just what I want when exploring a new fantasy world. I cannot wait for this sequel!!
Lore of the Tides: A Novel | Hardcover
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I absolutely loved The Spellshop and cannot wait to see more of the world explored in The Enchanted Greenhouse! Get this if you love cozy fantasy!
The Enchanted Greenhouse|Hardcover
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I absolutely loved reading this when it came out and I am excited to see it getting the special edition hardcover version!
Assistant to the Villain (Special Edition Hardcover)|Hardcover
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I ate up Gifted & Talented so quickly and now I am ready for Girl Dinner!
Girl Dinner|Hardcover
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This atmospheric book just became even more so with this gorgeous new edition!
The Wolf and the Woodsman Deluxe Collector's Edition: A Novel|Hardcover
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I am obsessed with this magic system description! I can't wait to check it out!
Silvercloak (Signed Book)|Signed Book
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A phenomenal 5 star read in a beautiful special edition package. Slow-burn romantasy at its finest. I love the magic in this world!
A Forbidden Alchemy | Hardcover
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A series that I am so excited to start and now there's a new pretty edition!
One Dark Window (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition)|Special
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A series that I am so excited to start and now there's a new pretty edition!
Two Twisted Crowns (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition)|Special
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The Divine Rivals Duology was so lovely to read and this story, set many, many years before, focused on the gods sounds so interesting!
Wild Reverence (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
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This one looks so, so good! I have the arc and cannot wait to start it!
Never the Roses|Hardcover
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I have been needing this book since I finished The God and the Gumiho!!
The God and the Gwisin | Paperback
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Dystopian

 
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Jill Tew's newest dystopian novel that is what would happen if the Capitol from The Hunger Games hosted The Bachelor on a cruise ship.
An Ocean Apart|Hardcover
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A genuinely amazing YA Dystopian debut! If you're in your dystopian era, you need to be reading this!
The Dividing Sky | Paperback
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Sci-Fi

 
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One of my favorite sci-fi series is getting a deluxe slipcase edition?! The art on this is insanely good!
Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition)|Hardcover
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A brand new edition for a fantastic award-winning sci-fi novella!
This Is How You Lose the Time War|Hardcover
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Fantasy

 
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I love everything I have read by R. F. Kuang and The Poppy War is no exception. I haven't gotten to continue the series yet, but I love this new edition!
The Dragon Republic Deluxe Collector's Edition|Hardcover
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Goddamnit, Donut! I love this world. I love the writing. I can't wait for this next release with the new covers by Ace Books!
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6)|Hardcover
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This a book everyone needs to get! Sapphic vampires? Hunger? Rage? Yes!
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil|Hardcover
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One of my favorites from 2024 is getting a new spookier color set on the cover exclusive to B&N! Insta-buy!
Someone You Can Build a Nest In (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
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I am so ready to be rooting for the villain here!
I, Medusa: A Novel|Hardcover
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This book is giving me the best Wheel of Time vibes in terms of scope and epicness. I'm excited!
The Last Vigilant|Paperback
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This is sounding so good! I love dark fantasy and this one is getting some hype!
Alchemised (Signed Book) | Hardcover
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Joe Abercrombie is an author I have been wanting to read so badly! This feels like a great place to start with a whole new band of anti-heroes.
The Devils|Hardcover
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Dark Academia

 
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Possibly my most anticipated read of 2025! And it has an incredible first edition.
Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel|Hardcover
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This had me sold at dark academia, but then it is comped with Babel and A Deadly Education?? Sold. Sold. Sold.
An Arcane Inheritance (Deluxe Edition)|Hardcover
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Historical Fiction

 
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and I thought, “Have you ever read a book and thought ‘this is a modern classic’?,” I know for a fact this book will be dissected and discussed in English classes across America, this is a masterpiece along the lines of Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-fi...
Angel Down: A Novel
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