Here are 8 novels NPR staff and critics loved in 2025

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With more than 200 fiction titles in our annual Books We Love guide, it's tough to narrow our 2025 favorites down into one single-digit list.
But there are always a few standouts, and in the picks below you'll find a little bit of everything that we enjoyed this year: romance, fantasy and sci-fi, oh my!Curious about the rest of our fiction recommendations?
Head to the full Books we Love site to browse hundreds of selections from 2025, and thousands from years past.

With more than 200 fiction titles in our annual Books We Love guide, its tough to narrow our 2025 favorites down into one singledigit list. But there are always a few standouts, and in the picks be [+5989 chars]

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