7 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Cybil on August 26, 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?
 

  Readers' top books of the week:

You should read this book if you like: Cerebral fantasy, world mythology, underworld quests, interesting twists on the dark academia template, compelling critiques of higher education, dubious decisions, infernal consequences, ghostly grad students, Babel

Read our interview with Kuang here. 


You should read this book if you like: Mystery-thrillers, cold-case investigations, seemingly idyllic South Carolina vineyards, old diaries with dark secrets, the perils of seasonal employment, sisterly bonds, A Flicker in the Dark


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction crossed with intriguing spec-fic conjecture, time travel stories, extradimensional memory storage, the postwar era, the Cold War era, healthy skepticism regarding official history, debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Mystery-thrillers, suspense, dual-timeline narratives, college literary clubs, mysterious suicides, Sylvia Plath books, dark revelations concerning twenty-year-old cold case investigations, debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Paranormal rom-coms, queer romance, the lighter side of urban fantasy, overwhelmed undead freshmen, cute campus librarians, the deeply confusing condition known as vampire puberty, debut novels


You should read this book if you like: YA romance, rivals-to-lovers arcs, autistic protagonists, remarkably handsome book festival directors, will-they-or-won’t-they energy, book titles that read as Freudian slips, A Kind of Spark


You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, autobiography, long-anticipated memoirs from beloved and acclaimed Canadian writers, innovative rethinking of the memoir format, memory, creativity, grief, healing, Women Talking