7 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Sharon on March 18, 2025
Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early data from your fellow readers.

To create our list, we focused on the books Goodreads members can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added to Want to Read shelves. All these top titles are now available in the United States! Which ones catch your eye?
 

  Best books of the week:



You should read this book if you like: YA science fiction, dystopian conjecture, massively popular pop culture franchises, efficient-but-messy social control techniques, lingering questions concerning Haymitch Abernathy, prequel novels, The Hunger Games series


You should read this book if you like: Horror, historical fiction, Blackfeet reservation land circa 1912, the real-life Marias Massacre of 1870, secret diaries, Lutheran pastors, avenging vampires, wildly prolific Native American authors, The Only Good Indians


You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, science, social history, medicine, the ongoing fight against the world’s deadliest curable disease, persuasive arguments for global healthcare reform, The Anthropocene Reviewed


You should read this book if you like: Paranormal thrillers, protagonists who are also vigilante serial killers, ancestral witchcraft, interesting poisons, dark romance, family traditions, friendly sheriffs, deadly rivals, Resurrection Girls


You should read this book if you like: Genre-blending thrillers, historical fiction, horror, multiple intertwining narratives, undercover investigative reporters, deadly cults in California redwood country, Vietnam War flashbacks, Black history, Dances


You should read this book if you like: Paranormal thrillers, horror, ghost stories, Denver hotel rooms with extremely unfortunate characteristics, parapsychology investigators, the ongoing Native American horror boom, White Horse


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, romance, mysterious notes, subsequent trips to Rome, handsome strangers, unexpected revelations, highly anticipated follow-up novels, The Light We Lost


Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!


Comments Showing 1-6 of 6 (6 new)

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message 1: by Mary (new)

Mary The Buffalo hunter hunter is on my want to read list.


message 2: by Law (new)

Law Again, I'm so excited to read Sunrise on the Reaping! It better be good!


Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* Buffalo buffalo hunter hunter buffaloes Buffalo buffalo hunter hunter.


message 5: by Violet (new)

Violet Mary wrote: "The Buffalo hunter hunter is on my want to read list."
I saw it is on Netgalley, if you want it early and are a member!


message 6: by Cecily (new)

Cecily Jenkins Heard a lot of good and unexpected things about Buffalo Hunter Hunter so it’s going on my TBR alongside The Bane Witch!


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