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Adult Books for Spring 2025
Our savvy and stalwart editors combed through thousands of submissions to make their selections for spring's most noteworthy titles in 13 categories.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Science
AI and the climate crisis feature prominently this spring, alongside natural histories of periodic elements, the life stories of Nobel Prize winners, and reconsiderations of anxiety and fear.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: SF, Fantasy & Horror
Mystery and history are the watchwords this season, with noir-infused offerings and historical fantasy and horror outings aplenty.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Politics & Current Events
Theories on American womanhood, suspicious Supreme Court decisions, brave new worlds online, and up-close perspectives of homelessness feature in this spring’s books.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Romance & Erotica
Love triangles, flirtatious enemies, and tabloid-worthy celebrity affairs headline this spring’s romance offerings.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Poetry
Wide-ranging in their subjects and sensibilities, these collections aim to celebrate past literary trailblazers while also capturing the current moment and serving as reminders of what poetry can offer its readers in uncertain times.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Mysteries & Thrillers
Standalones by perennial bestsellers including Carl Hiaasen and Jo Nesbø, new entries in long-running series, and multigenerational crime sagas feature among this season’s suspense novels.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Memoirs & Biographies
Spring brings political biographies, memoirs from tabloid fixtures, and accounts of intergenerational trauma.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Lifestyle
Spring brings manuals on effectively managing stress, guides to eco-friendly gardening, and deep dives into cutting-edge research on gut, brain, and metabolic health.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Literary Fiction
Among this spring’s most anticipated offerings are the latest novel from Susan Choi, about a father’s mysterious disappearance, and Colum McCann’s tale of transcontinental cables and the deep sea divers who repair them. Other noteworthy titles include novels by Morgan Jerkins, Torrey Peters, Karen Russell, and the return of American Dirt author Jeanine Cummins.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: History
The rise of fascism in 1930s Europe, the influence of India on the world, and the origins of the alt-right are among the topics explored in this spring’s noteworthy histories.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Cooking & Food
Plant-based dishes headline this season’s offerings, alongside fresh takes on such staples as the taco and the sandwich, and stories of home cooks and professional chefs whose food reflects their passage across cultures.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Business & Economics
Referendums on capitalism, exposés of bias in the workplace, and guides to finding purpose at the office feature among this season’s notable business titles.
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Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Art, Architecture & Photography
Pioneering women artists, transformative technologies, the intersection of politics and art, and the avant-garde movements of the early 20th century are among the topics surveyed in this season’s notable art books.
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6 New Books Offer Compassionate Financial Advice
First-time authors focus on banishing self-blame and setting human-size goals.
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New Books Question the American Dream
Authors discuss why equal opportunity and pay equity are so difficult to achieve, and what can be done about it.
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4 New Books on Coping with Climate Change
Authors acknowledge the realities without losing hope.
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5 Reports from the Front Lines of Climate Change
Through reportage, memoir, and critique, authors deliver firsthand accounts of a planet in crisis.
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Climate Fiction Grows More Realistic
As the facts of climate change manifest in real life, authors are finding that the future is all too present.
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Webcomics Fans Turn Book Buyers
Publishers continue to invest in webcomics, finding that fans of online content will still buy the memento that is a bound book.