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Literary Lions Roar: 2025's Must-Read Novels Unveiled
6 Dec
Summary
- Thomas Pynchon releases first novel in 12 years.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first novel in over a decade is out.
- Debut novels and Booker winners highlight the year's literary landscape.
The literary world in 2025 is abuzz with significant new releases from acclaimed authors and exciting debut talents. Thomas Pynchon, after a 12-year hiatus, presents "Shadow Ticket," a Prohibition-era whodunnit intertwined with contemporary fascism. Salman Rushdie offers "The Eleventh Hour," a collection of mortality-infused short stories, and Ian McEwan explores legacy and climate change in "What We Can Know."
Global literary icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie returns with "Dream Count," a novel exploring women's lives across Nigeria and the US, examining themes of love, inequality, and solidarity. Kiran Desai's "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" and Sarah Hall's "Helm" are epic, decades-in-the-making novels tackling globalization, tradition, and the climate crisis.
The year's accolades include David Szalay's Booker-winning "Flesh," a stark examination of the human body, and Madeleine Thien's "The Book of Records," a philosophical exploration of migration. Numerous other novels, from American sagas to international family histories and bold debuts, mark 2025 as a year of exceptional literary output.
