8 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Sharon on December 2, 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: Contemporary romance, paranormal romance, holiday themes, alternate-universe scenarios where lycanthropy is a medical diagnosis, alpha males in Denver, female building contractors in heat, lupine lust, The Nanny


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, 13th-century Belgium, runaway teenage girls who join mysterious religious groups, mystic Beguines in the foggy canals of Bruges, feminist themes, debut novels, authors who are also Harvard epidemiologists


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, coming-of-age stories, beloved Adirondack lake houses, compelling twentysomething protagonists named Cricket, aging parent issues, father-daughter dynamics, The Arc


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction, aging movie stars making poor decisions, frustrated companions, young screenwriters, alternating POVs, impressionistic stylings, Hollywood intrigue, Joan Didion books, debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fantasy, magical realism, speculative mysteries, mystical libraries, prophetic tomes, dark bargains, dangerous fetch quests in Paris, deadly conspiracies, books about books, The Midnight Club


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary romance, workplace romance, political administrators who moonlight as classy smut authors, hunky new bodyguards with fake-dating schemes, Ottawa scandals, Canadian lust,  The Influencer series


You should read this book if you like: Mysteries, coming-of-age stories, small logging towns in Washington state, 13-year-old girls in thrall to their much cooler 16-year-old cousins, a violent death in the woods, teenage girls on the run, the terrible joys of adolescence, Knife River


You should read this book if you like: Young adult fantasy, ghost stories, family curses, Manhattan brownstones, ancient Greek death goddesses, inheritance issues, the immortal bonds of sisterhood, authors with a sterling track record of inventive YA books, Horrid