Best Fiction Novels 2025. I then collated the results to find the 78 books that were recommended three times or more, which i present here for you in descending order of popularity, beginning with the. The third realm by karl ove knausgaard.

After digging—in some cases, literally—through as many books as the elle office could squeeze in, we decided to split our annual “best of 2025” list into five categories: Le guin’s the left hand of darkness is a stunning work of feminist.