Most anticipated reads of 2025: Must-Reads for Bookworms

Calling all bookworms and bibliophiles! If you're on the hunt for your next captivating read, look no further. These are the must-read books that are guaranteed to keep you glued to the pages. Let's dive in!!

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The Stolen Queen

by Fiona Davis

Wow, this one looks fun: The latest historical adventure from Fiona Davis (The Magnolia Palace) jumps from Egypt’s Valley of the Kings circa 1936 to NYC’s Met Gala in 1978. It seems an artifact is missing from the Met and an immortal female pharaoh may be, well, mad about that. An aging scholar and the new intern are about to discover the lethal side of Egyptology.

Release date: January 7

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Homeseeking

by Karissa Chen

Much admired for her short fiction and essays, debut novelist Karissa Chen invites readers to 1940s Shanghai, where teenage soulmates Haiwen and Suchi are tragically separated by war. Sixty years later, Haiwen is bagging groceries in Los Angeles when Fate has some cosmic fun. Bonus: Check out author Chen’s “real bio” on her website.

Release date: January 7

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Good Dirt

by Charmaine Wilkerson

Author Charmaine Wilkerson earned an admiring worldwide readership with her 2022 debut novel, Black Cake. She’s back on shelves in January with Good Dirt, a multigenerational epic concerning an affluent Black family in New England, a childhood tragedy, and a stoneware jar of remarkable provenance. Bonus trivia: Wilkerson is a formidable marathon runner.

Release date: January 28

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Three Days in June

by Anne Tyler

Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Anne Tyler (The Accidental Tourist) specializes in finely detailed evocations of life on our complicated planet. Her latest novel, Three Days in June, is just that: a photorealistic literary snapshot of the life of Gail Baines, mother of the bride, in the days just before and after her daughter’s wedding. Things get weird.

Release date: February 11

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