Our Most Anticipated Books of 2025 List Has Arrived
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The Most Anticipated Books of 2025
It’s a new dawn, a new day, and a new year. You know what that means: new books! We’re always excited about the year’s new releases, but we’re especially looking forward to these books. So prep those preorder and library hold lists, and send our regards to your TBRs.
13 of the Best New Queer Books Out in January 2025
Let me tell you, 2025 is starting off strong with a huge amount of exciting new queer books out in January. Every year, it gets harder to keep track of upcoming queer books and to choose which to highlight, because there are just so many of them! It’s an excellent problem to have. This month, we have new releases from favorite authors as well as intriguing debuts.
5 Exciting SFF Debut Novels Coming in 2025
Today’s list contains five exciting debut sci-fi and fantasy novels headed our way in 2025! These all sound extremely interesting and have fabulous covers. It’s always great to see a debut novel catch fire and light up the reading world. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the first book the author has ever written—a lot of writers have books hiding in drawers and files on their computer that weren’t chosen to be their first release, for whatever reason. But as the first novel to introduce readers to an author, there is something extra-special about a debut.
Everything You Need to Know About the New Stephen King Adaptation
Horror fans have a new film adaptation to eagerly anticipate in 2025, and we don’t have to wait long to get it. The Monkey is coming to theaters everywhere on February 21. I first saw the trailer for The Monkey before another much-talked-about horror movie, Nosferatu. Now it’s the only horror movie I can think about. Why? It’s a new project from Osgood Perkins, director of Longlegs and The Blackcoat’s Daughter. And it’s a film adaptation of a short story by Stephen King, author of, well, nearly every famous horror story there is. Now here’s everything you need to know about The Monkey so that you can get excited about it too.
The Appeal of Romantasy, and Other Library Resources
After word got out that Costco was planning to only sell books during the last three months of the year in 2025, it looks like Costco will continue with a year-round sales model for 100 of its over 600 locations. The rest of the locations will revert to the “holiday season” model.
