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25 Books to read in 2025!

Here are some of my most-anticipated adult books coming to the library this year! Put a hold on the ones you'd like to read and we'll notify you when it arrives!

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  • Publication date: January 14, 2025. This was one of the first books I read in 2025. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is a dark, emotional, and powerful book about motherhood, feminism, witchcraft, and abuse of power. With strong female characters who…
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley, [2025]
  • Publication date: January 14, 2025. I have read this one as well. The Favorites is an angsty story about childhood trauma, classism, toxic relationships, manipulation, lies, and betrayal. I think an adaptation would be compelling. I recommend this…
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025]
  • Publication Date: January 7, 2025. I read an advance copy of this one and WOW what a wild ride! Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is a gruesome horror book with relevant social commentary on screen usage, social media, and politics.
    Book, 2025Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, [2025]
  • Publication date: Jan 14, 2025. I'm excited to read More or Less Maddy after loving Genova's previous novels Still Alice, Left Neglected, and Every Note Played.
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2025.
  • Publication Date: January 21, 2025. After loving Tweet Cute, You Have a Match, Begin Again, and When You Get the Chance, I can't wait to read another romance book by Emma Lord.
    Book, 2025New York : Wednesday Books, 2025.
  • Publication date: Feb 4, 2025. After enjoying The Diviners Fantasy series by Libba Bray I'm looking forward to reading a historical fiction novel by her.
    Book, 2024New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024.
  • Publication date: Feb 25, 2025. I've tried two books by Lisa Unger and liked them, I'm hoping for third-times-a-charm!
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Park Row Books, [2025]
  • Publication date: March 18, 2025. I don't like the cover, however, I'm looking forward to hearing more about Haymitch and the Quarter Quell!
    Book, 2025New York : Scholastic Press, 2025.
  • Publication date: March 18, 2025. One of my favourite horror books I read last year was by Stephen Graham Jones and I can't wait to read more by him. This one has vampires and I'm intrigued!
    Book, 2025Canada : S&S/Saga Press, 2025.
  • Everything Is Tuberculosis

    the History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

    Green, John, 1977-
    Publication date: March 18, 2025. I mean, John Green - you can't go wrong with his writing!
    Book, 2025New York : Crash Course Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2025.
  • Publication date: March 18, 2025. Room, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Haven, Learned By Heart - Donoghue is one of my favourite authors.
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Harper Avenue, [2025]
  • Publication date: April 1, 2025. I didn't think I liked cozy mystery until I read Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. This is the sequel and I'm so ready for it.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley, 2025.
  • Publication date: April 10, 2025. I don't like a lot of romance novels, but I did have a great time with Flatshare by Beth O'Leary and I'm looking forward to checking out her new story Swept Away.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025.
  • Publication date: April 22, 2025. I read one of Emily Henry's older novels - When the Sky Fell on Splendor, but I haven't yet checked out her contemporary romance books. They are well-liked so I'm excited to check out Great Big Beautiful Life!
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley, [2025]
  • Publication date: April 29, 2025. I haven't read anything by Chuck Wendig before, but I've heard so many good things about his horror stories. Horror, Mystery, Thriller? Sign me up!
    Book, 2025New York : Del Rey, [2025]
  • Publication date: April 29, 2025. I've been a Marvel fan for a long time. I feel like this memoir is gonna be emotional.
    Book, 2025New York : Flatiron Books, 2025.
  • 52 Ways to Reconcile

    How to Walk With Indigenous People on the Path to Healing

    Robertson, David, 1977-
    Publication Date: May 13, 2025. "The idea of this book is simple: 52 small acts of reconciliation to consider, one per week, for an entire year. They’re all doable, and they’re all meaningful." David A. Robertson is an award-winning author and is a…
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : McClelland & Stewart, 2025.
  • Publication Date: May 20, 2025. I loved Anxious People by Fredrik Backman and I can't wait to read his newest literary fiction novel.
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2025.
  • Publication date: May 27, 2025. Stephen King. Need I say more? This is the 4th book in the Holly Gibney series which I haven't read yet - so I'll be reading them all before Never Flinch comes out in May!
    Book, 2025New York : Scribner, 2025.
  • Publication date: June 3, 2025. My experience reading Taylor Jenkins Reid has been a rollercoaster. A historical fiction story about women training to go to space set in the 1980s is right up my alley.
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Doubleday Canada, 2025.