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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A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... A Memoir of Sorts
Slater, Nigel.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater's prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart,...
The will of the many
Islington, James
Paper Book
'Phenomenal! One of the best high fantasy novels I've read in years--think Red Rising meets The Name of the Wind. I couldn't put it down.' Lynette Noni At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new...
Nettle & Bone
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
**Winner, Hugo Awards 2023, Best Novel** **Shortlisted, SFWA Nebula Awards 2022, Best Novel** A dark and compelling fantasy about sisterhood, impossible tasks and the price of power, from award...
Fire
Boyne, John
Paper Book
On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn't always like this. Hers is a...
Standstill
Perera, Sashi
'Brilliant, vulnerable and hilarious. Sashi Perera has given us a comedy, a tragedy, a memoir, a polemic and an instruction manual on self-forgiveness. I laughed and cried, often at the same time.' SHANKARI CHANDRAN 'This book is chaos. This book is laughter and love. This...
Nevermoor : the trials of Morrigan Crow
Townsend, Jessica
Paper Book
A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut Australian 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. Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all local misfortunes,...
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.
Paper Book
** WINNER OF THE OVERALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AND BEST NARRATIVE NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 ** 'Mind-blowing ... one extraordinary read' EMILY MAITLIS 'The greatest political figure of his generation' OBSERVER 'Part memoir,...
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!...
Angel down
Kraus, Daniel
"A new classic." New York Times A stylistically bold and innovative, cinematic horror novel about greed and paranoia, set amongst the grit and mud of the trenches in WW1. Perfect for fans of Stephen Graham Jones and Alma Katsu. From the New York Times bestselling...
Wild dark shore
McConaghy, Charlotte
REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK FOR NOVEMBER 2025! 'At once a gripping mystery, an exquisitely written ode to the natural world, and a taut, psychological thriller, Wild Dark Shore is a triumph. Charlotte McConaghy is masterful in her ability to show the...
Orbital
Harvey, Samantha
Paper Book
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE** **THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A slim, profound study of intimate human fears set against epic vistas' GUARDIAN 'Stunning... An uplifting book' SUNDAY TIMES Life on our...
Vanishing World
Murata, Sayaka.
From the author of the international bestseller Convenience Store Woman, a convention-defying and taboo-busting novel, and a radically reimagined vision of sex, family and society.
The Mercy of Gods : Book One of the Captive's War
Corey, James S. A.
Paper Book
'THE START OF SOMETHING TRULY EPIC' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga'NO ONE BUILDS A UNIVERSE LIKE JAMES S. A. COREY' John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera...
The Incandescent
Tesh, Emily.
''A searingly brilliant fantasy. This is magical school with teeth. Warm-hearted, terrifying and clever . . . an unmissable read' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne A Deadly Education meets Rivers of London in this captivating...
Sharpe's storm
Cornwell, Bernard.
Paper Book
The gripping new novel from internationally bestselling master of historical fiction Bernard Cornwell. 'There is everything here that Sharpe fans will love. If this really is the last time Sharpe wields his heavy cavalry sword, he will be sorely missed' The Times If...
The mother-in-law
Hepworth, Sally
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister and The Family Next Door with new novel The Younger Wife out now."Hepworth turns up the tension in her latest Australian-set domestic suspense novel. A masterful depiction... makes this a winner for fans of Liane Moriarty and Megan Abbott...
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