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The Best Fiction Books » The Best Novels of 2025 » Page 3

The Best Novels of 2025

Last updated: December 28, 2025

    Notable Novels of Spring 2025, recommended by Cal Flyn

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    Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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    Dream Count
    by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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    Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris

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    We Do Not Part
    by Han Kang, translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
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    Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - Good Girl: A Novel by Aria Aber

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    Good Girl: A Novel
    by Aria Aber
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    Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - On the Calculation of Volume: Book I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland

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    On the Calculation of Volume: Book I
    by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland
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    Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

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    Rejection
    by Tony Tulathimutte

    • Our seasonal round-up of notable new releases in fiction: Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn offers an overview of the spring 2025 novels you should have on your literary radar: new work from Nobel laureates, a buzzy new debut set in Berlin, and a conceptually thrilling Scandinavian sci-fi septology.

  • Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
  • Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - Good Girl: A Novel by Aria Aber
  • Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - On the Calculation of Volume: Book I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland
  • Notable Novels of Spring 2025 - Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Notable Novels of Spring 2025, recommended by Cal Flyn

Our seasonal round-up of notable new releases in fiction: Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn offers an overview of the spring 2025 novels you should have on your literary radar: new work from Nobel laureates, a buzzy new debut set in Berlin, and a conceptually thrilling Scandinavian sci-fi septology.

Notable Novels of Spring 2025, recommended by Cal Flyn
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