2025 Best Books to Gift - Adult Fiction

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Updated December 11, 2025
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2025 Best Books to Gift - Adult Fiction

Books make the best gifts.

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The secret of secrets : a novel
Brown, Dan
Paper Book
Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert...
The killing stones
Cleeves, Ann
Paper Book
The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves sees the return of Detective Jimmy PerezWhen a violent storm descends upon Orkney, the body of Archie Stout is left in its wake. An unusual murder weapon, a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions, is found discarded nearby. Archie was a popular, larger...
The Paris Express a novel
Donoghue, Emma, 1969- author.
Paper Book
In this riveting historical thriller, a deadly plot unfolds aboard a train hurtling towards Paris. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue takes you on a heart-pounding ride in The Paris Express. 'Ratchets up the pace until it's...
The correspondent : a novel
Evans, Virginia
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL AND GOODREADS READERS' CHOICE AWARDS 'This is the book I'm giving to everyone for Christmas' Laura Hackett, The Times 'Masterful . . . I...
The three lives of Cate Kay
Fagan, Kate (Sports writer)
Paper Book
Friend. Lover. Imposter. Who is Cate Kay? Reese's Bookclub January 2025 Pick A must-read book for 2025 in both Stylist and Cosmo 'A standout, multi-layered novel that will have you hooked' Sun 'We...
Detective Aunty a novel
Jalaluddin, Uzma
With her daughter accused of murder, Kausar Khan goes from meddlesome aunty to Detective Aunty . . . 'I am such a fan' Emily Henry 'I'll read anything Uzma Jalaluddin writes' Kate Quinn _________ When her daughter Sana is accused...
The mysterious case of the missing crime writer
Ragnar Jónasson
Paper Book
One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elin S. J nsd ttir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it's leaked to the press. As he interviews the people closest to her - a publisher, an...
Katabasis : a novel
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED 2025's most unexpected love story is going to be hell in...
Elphie : a Wicked childhood
Maguire, Gregory
Paper Book
Once upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born... ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves. Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch,...
What We Can Know : A Novel
McEwan, Ian.
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS FICTION AWARD 2025** 'McEwan's most richly layered work' Sunday Times 'A gripping page-turner' Observer 'A daring, beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart' Elif Shafak 'A big, unabashed crowd-pleaser' ...
The bewitching
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. 'Moreno-Garcia is a deft enchantress - this is a ghost story in high Gothic style' -...
Death of the author a novel
Okorafor, Nnedi
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This one has it all' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN 'As delicious as it is disorienting' ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS 'Beautifully evoked' THE GUARDIAN 'Suspenseful, timely, and heartfelt' PEOPLE<...
The hounding : a novel
Purvis, Xenobe
Paper Book
'Extraordinary . . . clever, strange and beautifully written' THE TIMES 'Prompts thoughts of both THE CRUCIBLE and THE VIRGIN SUICIDES . . . Purvis is an exquisitely accomplished wordsmith.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A taut, tense...
Flesh: A Novel
Szalay, David
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025** 'A masterpiece, told with virtuosic economy... Pure brilliance from the first to the (devastating) last sentence' India Knight 'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey 'Spare, visceral, urgent, compelling. This...
Pick a colour a novel
Thammavongsa, Souvankham, 1978- author.
The Book of Records
Thien, Madeleine
Paper Book
The remarkable new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing, which leaps across centuries past and future as if different eras were separated by only a door.
Good dirt : a novel
Wilkerson, Charmaine
A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF 2025 A PRIMA BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION 'A beautifully imagined family saga' NEW YORK TIMES<...
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