7 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Cybil on July 15, 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: Horror, fantasy, historical fiction, multigenerational family drama, witches in Mexico circa 1900, graduate students in trouble circa 1990, highly acclaimed horror writers, Mexican Gothic

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You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, heist stories, cathartic revenge fantasies concerning the student loan industry, interesting subtext concerning class and race, authors who used to write for The Daily Show


You should read this book if you like: Fantasy, historical fiction, World War II stories, witches in occupied France, Haitian American art historians, formidable French Resistance fighters, eldritch grimoires, buzzy debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Cozy fantasy, romance, semi-retired British witches, reluctant innkeepers, talking foxes, strange goings-on in Lancashire, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches


You should read this book if you like: Thrillers, mysteries, suspense, unexpected inheritances, remote Tuscan villages, shady locals, handsome Florentines, possible family curses, What Happened to the Bennetts


You should read this book if you like: Cozy fantasy, romance, magical islands, enchanted greenhouses, mysterious gardeners, ambitious horticultural projects, sentient roses, an abundance of honey cakes, The Spellshop


You should read this book if you like: Fantasy, romance, YA romantasy, enemies-to-lovers story arcs, the thrills and perils of phoenix racing, dodgy tech moguls with dubious allegiances, Australian authors, debut novels