Best Reads of 2025

The best reads of 2025 from the City of Perth Library staff.

Updated January 29, 2026
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Best Reads of 2025

The best reads of 2025 from the City of Perth Library staff.

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The will of the many
Islington, James
Ebook
At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this "brilliant and gut-churning masterpiece" (Library Journal, starred review) by the internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington. The...
Nettle & Bone
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel An Instant USA Today & Indie Bestseller An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022 A Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022 An NPR Best Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022 A...
The trials of Morrigan Crow
Townsend, Jessica
Paper Book
A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world--but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination. Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any...
The One : a novel
Marrs, John (Freelance journalist)
Paper Book
***Over 1M Copies Sold!*** The USA Today bestseller A Wall Street Journal Best Science Fiction Book of 2018 ''Brilliantly inventive.'' --Good Housekeeping "A shock on every other page." -...
PATRIOT
Navalny, Alexei.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER * BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER, THE ATLANTIC, NPR * The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. "...
Gideon the ninth
Muir, Tamsyn
Paper Book
Gideon the Ninth is the first book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle!...
Wild dark shore
McConaghy, Charlotte
Orbital
Harvey, Samantha
Ebook
The Mercy of Gods : Book One of the Captive's War
Corey, James S. A.
Ebook
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. ★ "Masterful . . . . This is space opera at its best." - Publishers...
The Incandescent
Tesh, Emily.
A Deadly Education meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy from bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in...
The mother-in-law
Hepworth, Sally
Paper Book
* "Deliciously entertaining!" --People Magazine's "People Pick" * Entertainment Weekly's "MUST List" * O Magazine's "15 Best Beach Books of the Year So Far" * Bustle "Best Book of April" * ...
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