New Paperback Books To Read This Year
If you’re looking for the latest books in paperback, we’ve got the perfect list for you. Pick up beloved fiction and nonfiction reads for 2025.
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Add to BookshelfFunny Story
by Emily Henry
Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. He was really good at telling it … right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in Peter’s hometown and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them? But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex … right?
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The Wager
by David Grann
From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.
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Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus
Meet Elizabeth Zott: “A gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.
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Counting Miracles
by Nicholas Sparks
From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change — or even make our peace with — the path we’ve taken.
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There Are Rivers in the Sky
by Elif Shafak
From the Booker Prize finalist and author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers, all connected by a single drop of water. A dazzling feat of storytelling, There Are Rivers in the Sky entwines these outsiders with a single drop of water, which manifests across the centuries. A source of life and harbinger of death, rivers — the Tigris and the Thames — transcend history, transcend fate: “Water remembers. It is humans who forget.”
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The Life Impossible
by Matt Haig
When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook, and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past. Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.
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The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
Early morning, August 1975: A camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: She’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found …
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The City and Its Uncertain Walls
by Haruki Murakami
From the author of Norwegian Wood and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World comes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for our peculiar times.
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Framed
by John Grisham
“The master of the legal thriller” (Associated Press) teams up with “the godfather of the innocence movement” (Texas Monthly) to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. Impeccably researched and told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of winning freedom when the battle already seems lost and the deck is stacked against you.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them.
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Grown Woman Talk
by Sharon Malone, M.D.
A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading OB/GYN and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health. Grown Woman Talk seeks to eradicate the silence that surrounds women’s health by facilitating discussion between women of all ages and encouraging more accurate and productive medical insights. It is Dr. Sharon’s belief that giving women more agency can, literally, give them life.
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Assassins Anonymous
by Rob Hart
Mark was the most dangerous killer-for-hire in the world. But after learning the hard way that his life’s work made him more monster than man, he left all of that behind, and joined a twelve-step group for reformed killers. When Mark is viciously attacked by an unknown assailant, he is forced on the run. From New York to Singapore to London, he chases after clues while dodging attacks and trying to solve the puzzle of who’s after him. All without killing anyone. Or getting himself killed. For an assassin, Mark learns, nonviolence is a real hassle.
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Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?
by Jay Ellis
Jay Ellis, star of HBO’s Insecure, tells the story of growing up with an imaginary friend you will never forget — part Dwayne Wayne from A Different World, part Will Smith from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — in this hilarious, vulnerable memoir.
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By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult
From the co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart — one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays — who are forced to hide behind another name. Told in intertwining timelines, By Any Other Name, a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on … no matter the cost?
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The Summer Pact
by Emily Giffin
In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends makes a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade later and embark upon a life-changing adventure together — from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Meant to Be. In this tender portrayal of grief, love, and hope, Emily Giffin asks: When things fall apart, who will be at our sides, helping us pick up the pieces?
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Camino Ghosts
by John Grisham
Will an ancient curse darken the skies over Camino Island? Bruce Cable and Mercer Mann are about to find out. The deep secrets of the past are about to collide with the enormous ambitions of the present, and the fate of Camino Island hangs in the balance.
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Indian Burial Ground
by Nick Medina
A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation.
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How to Know a Person
by David Brooks
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person and fostering deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives — from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception. This book is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.
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Catalina
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom. Brash and daring, part campus novel, part hagiography, part pop song, Catalina is unlike any coming-of-age novel you’ve ever read — and Catalina, bright and tragic, circled by a nimbus of chaotic energy, driven by a wild heart, is a character you will never forget.
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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung
A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story. Told in assured, evocative prose, with impeccably drawn characters, Daughters of Shandong is a hopeful, powerful story about resilience of women in war; the enduring love between mothers, daughters, and sisters; and the sacrifices made to lift up future generations.
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Here One Moment
by Liane Moriarty
On a flight from Hobart to Sydney, a woman traveling alone stands. She walks down the aisle making predictions about how and when passengers will die. Some dismiss her, they don’t believe in psychics. Some are delighted with her prophecies! Their lives will supposedly be long. Others are appalled. Then, a few months later, the first prediction comes true … From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband’s Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world.
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Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward. Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone).
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The Wide Wide Sea
by Hampton Sides
A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
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Lies and Weddings
by Kevin Kwan
From the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent Hawaiian wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners. In a globetrotting tale that takes us from the black sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, from the glitzy bachelor pads of Los Angeles to the inner sanctums of England’s oldest family estates, Kevin Kwan unfurls a juicy, hilarious, sophisticated and thrillingly plotted story of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all.
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One of Our Kind
by Nicola Yoon
Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California hoping to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. But Jasmyn struggles to find her place. She expected to find liberals and social justice activists striving for racial equality, but Liberty residents seem more focused on booking spa treatments and ignoring the world’s troubles. Then Jasmyn discovers a terrible secret about Liberty and its founders. But will the truth destroy her world in ways she never could have imagined? Thrilling with insightful social commentary, One of Our Kind explores the ways in which freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other.
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Table for Two
by Amor Towles
Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: Six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. “The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath the coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence … Table for Two delivers the kick of a martini served in the Polo Lounge” (The New York Times Book Review).
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Real Americans: A Read with Jenna Pick
by Rachel Khong
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?
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Wandering Stars
by Tommy Orange
The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel. Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous.
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Come and Get It: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Kiley Reid
It’s 2017 at the University of Arkansas, and Millie Cousins — a super-senior resident assistant at Belgrade Dormitory — just wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a writer and visiting professor itching for her next big topic, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity for them to help each other further their own interests, Millie naturally jumps at the chance. But how much of herself is she willing to trade to get what she wants? Sharp and intimate, Come and Get It explores the choices we make, particularly for the things that can and cannot be paid for.
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Tell Me Everything: Oprah’s Book Club
by Elizabeth Strout
With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters — Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more — as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?”
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All the Colors of the Dark: A Read with Jenna Pick
by Chris Whitaker
From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that “hits like a sledgehammer … an absolutely must-read novel” (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl). A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.
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Nexus
by Yuval Noah Harari
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI — a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.
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All Fours
by Miranda July
A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey … The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman.
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We Solve Murders
by Richard Osman
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar routines. His days of adventure are over. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s job now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. She’s currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D’Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts … As a thrilling race around the world begins, can Amy and Steve outrun and outsmart a killer?
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Supercommunicators
by Charles Duhigg
From the author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work — and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life.
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