If you can believe it, we're nearly halfway through 2025, meaning we're halfway through all the new releases the year has brought thus far. Because we're collectors, we've already started to round up the best of lists for 2025, covering memes, books, and Netflix movies.
Amazon has jumped on board rounding up the best of the year. Its editors have released its ranking of the 20 best books of 2025. It includes exposés on giant corporartions like Johnson & Johnson and Meta, plus the return of best-selling authors S.A. Cosby, Suzanne Collins, and Taylor Jenkins Reid. As we were browsing through the list, we happened to noticed that every book on the list (besides one) is on sale. You can score up to 53% off the best books of the year, just in time for your summer reading plans.
Plus, Amazon is offering an extra good deal. Right now, you can buy two and get one 50% off at Amazon on applicable media — including books. Many of the books on this list are included in the deal, giving you even more savings. We've rounded-up the deals on these books exclusively for physical copies. You can find each of these books in e-book format, too. Kindle book prices are naturally lower than physical book prices, however, we haven't noticed any Kindle specific deals on these titles.
Here are the best books of 2025, according to Amazon, and the deals you can get on them now.
Deals on Amazon's Best Books of 2025
✨ denotes books included in Amazon's buy two, get one 50% off deal.
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy — $23.91 $28.99 (save $5.08)
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby — $25.99 $28.99 (save $3)
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris — $14.99 $32 (save $17.01)
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong — $21 $30 (save $9)✨
Sunrise on the Reading by Suzanne Collins — $19.17 $27.99 (save $8.82)✨
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley — $28
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks — $17.84 $28 (save $10.16)✨
Dead Money by Jakob Kerr — $17.15 $30 (save $12.85)✨
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid — $21 $30 (save $9)✨
Matriarch by Tina Knowles — $24.49 $35 (save $10.51)✨
Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride by Will Leitch — $22.39 $27.99 (save $5.60)✨
Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash by Alexander Clapp — $26.56 $32 (save $5.44)
When We Ride by Rex Ogle — $17.66 $18.99 (save $1.33)
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow — $31.50 $45 (save $13.50)✨
Heartwood by Amity Gaige — $23.88 $28.99 (save $5.11)✨
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams — $21.56 $32.99 (save $11.43)✨
The Names by Florence Knapp — $21 $30 (save $9)✨
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick — $29.76 $32 (save $2.24) 7
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America by Jeff Hobbs — $16.32 $29.99 (save $13.67)✨
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune — $26.97 $29 (save $2.03)✨
