The Ultimate Fall 2025 Reading List

The Ultimate Fall 2025 Reading List

95 Books the Critics Think You Should Read This Season

By Emily Temple | September 16, 2025

Samantha Schweblin! Lydia Davis! Angela Flournoy! 21 new books out today.

Samantha Schweblin! Lydia Davis! Angela Flournoy! 21 new books out today.

By Julia Hass | September 16, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Elizabeth Gilbert, Sarah Moss, Stephen Greenblatt, and More

By Book Marks | September 12, 2025

The Joy of Reading Books About Books

The Joy of Reading Books About Books

Susan Coll Recommends John Tottenham, Emily Henry, R.F. Kuang, and More

By Susan Coll | September 12, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Anyone making the case for Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s annihilation then is making the case for our annihilation now.”

By Book Marks | September 11, 2025

Taking Center Stage: Eight Novels That Celebrate Black Performance

Taking Center Stage: Eight Novels That Celebrate Black Performance

Lauren Morrow Recommends Percival Everett, Zadie Smith, Nicole Cuffy, and More

By Lauren Morrow | September 9, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Silver Book
  • The Land in Winter
  • Evensong
  • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
  • The History of Money: A Story of Humanity
  • The American Revolution: An Intimate History

Elizabeth Gilbert! Mick Herron! Sarah Moss! 24 new books out today.

By Julia Hass | September 9, 2025

My high school English syllabus, ranked.

By Brittany Allen | September 8, 2025

15 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

By Emily Temple | September 8, 2025

“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

Paul Slovak Digs Into Titles by Leonard Cohen, John Williams, Alfred Doblin, and More

By Paul Slovak | September 8, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Rabih Alameddine, Arundhati Roy, Patrick Ryan, and More

By Book Marks | September 5, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A monument to the vapidity and vulgarity of the culture that incubated it.”

By Book Marks | September 4, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kevin Young Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kevin Young Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Nicholas Boggs, Mavis Gallant, Jack Kerouac and More

By Diana Arterian | September 4, 2025

On the Literature of Ambitious Women

On the Literature of Ambitious Women

Eliana Ramage Recommends Benedict Nguyễn, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Danzy Senna and More

By Eliana Ramage | September 4, 2025

Arundhati Roy! Helen Garner! Joan Silber! 20 new books out today.

Arundhati Roy! Helen Garner! Joan Silber! 20 new books out today.

By Julia Hass | September 2, 2025

Six Very Depressing Books That Might Just Cheer You Up

Six Very Depressing Books That Might Just Cheer You Up

Rabih Alameddine Recommends Gerbrand Bakker, Hans Fallada, Leo Tolstoy, and More

By Rabih Alameddine | September 2, 2025

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