In time for the new year, we’ve curated a list of the most anticipated books of 2025—a collection of eclectic works that will pique your interest and fill up some of your most bland days ahead. Brimming with spectacular authors, genres and some of the biggest titles ever, 2025 holds a fantastic lineup for bibliophiles and newbie readers. From steamy romances to epic fantasies, there’s a wide-range of titles that we believe will be a part of the best books of 2025.
From Onyx Storm to The Great Big Beautiful Life and Watch Me, here are the most anticipated books of 2025 to add to your reading list.
The most anticipated books of 2025:
Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao
In this dreamy, picturesque fantasy, Hana Ishikawa inherits a pawnshop where lost people can sell their life choices, sorrows and regrets. What she didn’t anticipate was to have the store ransacked on her first day, one of the shop’s most precious acquisitions stolen, and her father missing. Then, unexpectedly a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, making her go on a magical quest to find what’s missing. Enchanting, adventurous and dreamlike, this is will entice any fantasy lovers.
Release Date: 14 January
Onyx Storm
Rebecca Yarros
In the third book of the Empyrean series, Xaden and Violet discover that love can be deadly. Continuing from the epic finale of Iron Flame, Violet must keep a big secret that could destroy everything while also battling it out with her enemies and seeking allies from unfamiliar lands. So, get ready to fly or die this January with this most anticipated book of 2025.
Release Date: 21 January
Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
Exploring new horizons, the best-selling author of The Love Hypothesis takes on sports romance in this steamy read about a competitive diver and an ace swimmer—Scarlett Vandermeer and Lukas Blomqvist—who must work together to get into the Olympics. But, as secrets are unravelled and the pressure gets heated, so does their fling—Scarlett must thread the waters carefully now regarding her heart.
Release Date: 4 February
Scythe and Sparrow
Brynne Weaver
In the epic finale of The Ruinous Love trilogy, Brynne Weaver doesn’t falter from tradition. So, expect more thrillers, psycho killers, risqué scenes and angsty love. In this dark romance, circus performer Rose meets lonely small-town doctor Fionn after a night of murderous adventure goes awry.
Release Date: 11 February
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett
After a deadly curse was set upon Emily Wilde’s realm, the renowned dryadologist must work with her former academic rival-now fiancé, Wendell Bambleby to unravel the mystery of the beautiful nightmare before they lose everything they love.
Release Date: 11 February
The Rebel Witch
Kristen Ciccarelli
Dotted with magic, love and angst, in this epic finale of the Crimson Moth duology, Rune Winters must work together with Gideon Sharpe, the man who betrayed her—the boy she loves—to fight against Cressida Roseblood, a witch who’s trying to take back the Republic and reinstate a reign of witches. But, the more time they spend together, the more they realise that they still love each other despite all the betrayals and secrets. So, now Gideon’s faced with a terrible choice: sacrifice the girl he loves or let her live and watch the world he fought so hard for burn.
Release Date: 18 February
The Charlie Method
Elle Kennedy
The queen of hockey romance is back with another steamy read that’ll leave you breathless and rubbing your thighs together! Set in the same world as Off Campus and Briar U, this steamy, playful and hilarious book follows Charlotte Kingston, an overachieving STEM student who gets caught flirting with two anonymous hotties on a dating app—who turns out to be two charming Briar U hockey players. When they finally meet up in person, things get steamy fast, and lust starts to look a lot like love, but real life seems to threaten their promiscuous bubble.
Release Date: 25 February
Wild Side
Elsie Silver
Peppered with angst, tension and humour, Wild Side follows Tabitha who jumps into a fake marriage with the broody, secretive and infuriating, Rhys Dupris after her nephew’s guardianship gets contested. Doing whatever it takes to keep him with her, she agrees to marry the enemy—someone who is secretly obsessed with her. As tension rises when they start living under the same roof, loving her fake husband seems easier than hating him.
Release Date: 1 March
Fable For The End of The World
Ava Reid
Made for dystopian lovers, this enemies-to-lover fantasy read takes inspiration from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and The Last of Us, which tells the story of survival, sacrifice and love. The book sees Melinoë, a Caerus assassin, who is on the hunt for Inesa, a woman who ends up being a sacrificial lamb after her cruel mother accrued an enormous debt and needs to repay by sacrificing her daughter. But, what they don’t expect is to find solace and love in each other.
Release Date: 4 March
Say You’ll Remember Me
Abby Jimenez
If you loved Just For The Summer, then you’ll fawn over Say You’ll Remember Me even more. This is a fun, emotional, angsty contemporary romance about loss, love and life. Masterfully heartfelt, it illustrates the realities of losing a loved one and being scared of being in love. But, no distance or time can erase how Samantha and Xavier are perfect for each other after one incredibly endless date. This perfect memory is worth remembering despite how badly Samantha wants to forget.
Release Date: 1 April
Fearless
Lauren Roberts
Brimming with a slow burn, love and adventure, the epic conclusion to The Powerless trilogy is finally here. Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya where Paedyn needs to make a life-altering decision that determines her fate and the fate of those around her.
Release Date: 1 April
Watch Me
Tahereh Mafi
For those who loved the Shatter Me universe, be prepared to dive back into the world of The Reestablishment 10 years later and follow heartthrob Aaron Warner’s brother, James Anderson as he infiltrates Ark Island and meets Rosabelle Wolff, a trained assassin. Packed with action, romance and angst, this enemies-to-lovers dystopian read will leave you feeling nostalgic and excited.
Release Date: 15 April
Wild and Wrangled
Lyla Sage
The Rebel Blue Ranch series is back with the fourth installment of the small-town romance following Camille Ashwood and Dusty Tucker as they navigate loss, life and love when they suddenly become neighbours. Despite Camille trying to stay far away from her first love, Dusty is determined to show they can be friends. But, past wounds can’t be erased, and their love seems to be bigger than life itself. So, now these past lovers need to decide on whether they’d like a second chance at love and rediscover what they lost.
Release Date: 15 April
Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry
Returning with another stellar book, Emily Henry is going to make you laugh, cry and love in this sweeping new romance. The book follows two writers who are competing for a chance to tell a larger-than-life biography of a tragic heiress and a woman no one has seen in years.
But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story—narrations they can’t swap and compare because of an ironclad NDA. Stuck in the same room on Little Crescent Island, as they push to write their stories, there’s no denying that there’s chemistry between Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson—a kind of attraction they can’t keep pushing and pulling.
Release Date: 22 April
Rewind it Back
Liz Tomforde
We’re finally getting Rio’s story and trust us when we say this is going to be a good one. Even though the plot is still hush-hush, we know that this book follows Rio and Hallie’s story, so expect spicy sex scenes, hockey and angst.
Release Date: May 2024
King of Envy
Ana Huang
The fifth book in the Kings of Sin series is finally here and trust us when we say it’s dangerous, sexy and glamorous. This steamy romance follows Vuk Markovic a reclusive billionaire with no interest in relationships until he meets supermodel Ayana Kidane—the object of his obsession. The worst part of it all? Ayana is engaged to one of New York’s most eligible bachelors, also his friend. With tons of push and pull, angst and spicy scenes, this book will leave you panting for air.
Release Date: 29 April
One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune
Lovers of Every Summer After is in for a treat this year. After much anticipation, the bestselling author is finally bringing Charlie Florek’s story to life in this contemporary romance. This book takes us back to the lake house at Barry’s Bay, where Charlie crashes into the life of Alice, a photographer who loves being on the sidelined. Not anticipating the shameless flirt who makes her nan laugh all the time, Alice gets flustered when Charlie keeps putting her in the spotlight—someone who sees her for her.
