My most anticipated 2025 book releases

With a new year comes new book releases! Here are some that I'm personally most excited about.

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Books mentioned:
📖 Disappoint Me, by Nicola Dinan (23 Jan)
📖 Aerth, by Deborah Tomkins (30 Jan)
📖 Rejection, by Tony Tulathimutte (13 Feb)
📖 Beartooth, by Callan Wink (13 Feb)
📖 Woman in Blue, by Douglas Bruton (20 Feb)
📖 Universality, by Natasha Brown (13 Mar)
📖 The Antidote, by Karen Russell (13 Mar)
📖 A Room Above a Shop, by Anthony Shapland (13 Mar)
📖 Calls May Be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes, by Katharina Volckmer (1 Apr)
📖 Open, Heaven, by Sean Hewitt (24 Apr)
📖 The Emperor of Gladness, by Ocean Vuong (15 May)
📖 The Book of Guilt, by Catherine Chidgey (22 May)
📖 Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid (3 Jun)
📖 Saraswati, by Gurnaik Johal (12 Jun)

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Booktubers mentioned:
@rororeads
@EricKarlAnderson

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00:00 Intro
02:10 Disappoint Me
08:17 Aerth
15:10 Rejection
00:00 Beartooth
00:00 Woman in Blue
00:00 Universality
00:00 The Antidote
00:00 Open, Heaven
00:00 The Emperor of Gladness
00:00 The Book of Guilt
00:00 Atmosphere
00:00 Saraswati

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[benreadsgood]

I have, without a doubt, not included a tonne of upcoming bangers. Let me know if there are any other books you're excited about for 2025!

[bethanyfuller]

Yes please do a video of upcoming translated books too!

[donkeirstade]

A list of anticipated translated fiction would be wonderful.

[LadyZoul]

I just LOVE your channel! Im Swedish/European, living in the US since 25 years. Most book tubers talk about the US market, and thats great, but I love to find tubers that represent the rest of all the fantastic literature out there in our beautidul world. SO inspirational with the books you are talking about.

[ht]

Leila Mottley's new novel is coming out June 2025! 😁 It's called The Girls Who Grew Big. Nightcrawling was fierce, so I'm there for anything she writes.

[PaulaJaramillo]

I just want to say your videos make me happy. They are so well-researched and inspiring. Thank you!

[Ali-AvidReader]

Thanks Ben, have added a few to my ever growing list!

[cindyhaiken]

So many great books to look forward to and so little time! Ali Smith’s Gliff is finally out in the US soon and I cannot wait to read it. There is a new Anne Tyler in February (Three Days in June) which sounds amazing and will be my belated “Ann-uary” read. Other books in the first half of the year I am really excited about are a memoir by Marcus Zusak (Three Wild Dogs and the Truth), a short story collection by Graham Swift (Twelve Post-War Tales) and novels by Fredrik Backman (My Friends) and Rachel Joyce (The Homemade God). Here’s to a great reading year!

[christinacampbellbooks]

Aerth sounds brilliant. What a unique concept. Just added that one to my list of books to read. I like the sound of The Antidote too. I enjoyed Universality by Natasha Brown. I loved Assembly by her. I'm really looking forward to the new book by Ocean Vuong. And I can't wait for the new book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It'll be my 6th book by her 😀.

[CandySoulAndSoil]

Ooo the antidote sounds amazing I might watch out for it even though I never buy new releases normally. Thanks Ben

[bibliosophie]

natasha brown, tony tulathimutte and ocean vuong's releases are amongst my own anticipated new reads. i'm happy to learn about woman in blue here! it could be a very me sort of book

[cindyfreese]

I’m looking forward to reading Three Days in June by Anne Tyler and Isola by Allegra Goodman. I’d like to check out a couple of your suggestions too. Happy New Year!!

[rozreallyreads]

Ben, you are correct. Here I am again begging you to read Bellies😭

[janetmckenzie]

This set of books is awesome—I’ve been looking for an online book person for awhile and have only run across fantasy/YA/sci-fi reviewers. Thanks for the recommendations—I can’t wait to read them (although, of course, I will have to, which is fine) and I’ll be checking out your older videos for more books. 🦋

[Faye-sf]

Some here I was also looking forward to (Book of Guilt!) but also some new to me that I’ve added to the list - thank you. My other most anticipated are My Friends by Fredrik Backman and Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.

[StephanieP]

Okay, I haven’t watched your video yet so for all I know you cover these, but here’s my list. I’ve been working on it since Septemberish. I’m very excited to read Playworld by Adam Ross. It’s out here on Tuesday and I managed to find it early. Also - How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris, The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan, We Lived on the Horizon by Erica Swyler, and the English Problem by Beena Kamlani. And that’s just January! It’s the most fabulous time of year to be a book lover!

[janethansen]

Torrey Peters has a new book coming out, Stag Dance, in March. I'm in Australia though so can't say for sure when being released in other countries. I'm super keen to read the new Natasha Brown.

[Lee_H]

Apart from Atmosphere by TJR, my other most anticipated book is Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami as I loved their debut novel Fault Lines. My fave TJR book is Malibu Rising, which was my favourite book of the year the year it came out .

[Wordsandsong]

So pleased to see Sean Hewitt on this list. Here's hoping for the Canadian release.

[jaimee-kate]

Rejection is out in the US, just finished it and I have to say it's INSANE!!