As we approach 2025, it’s time to refresh your To-Be-Read (TBR) list. This year promises incredible books across numerous genres, themes, and emotions, offering something for every kind of reader.
Leading the list is Suzanne Collins’ Sunrise on the Reaping, a highly anticipated prequel to The Hunger Games exploring Haymitch Abernathy’s role in the brutal 50th Hunger Games. For fans of family drama, Kae Wagner’s Saturday Night at the Trailer Park introduces the resilient Frankie in a heartfelt story of survival and redemption.
Memoir lovers will be drawn to Terence Ang’s The Boy and The Man, a powerful combination of graphic novel and personal story chronicling recovery after a life-altering stroke. Meanwhile, Crossroads of Awakening Memory by M.D. House takes readers on a fantastical journey through prophecy and myth, filled with dragons and interdimensional travel.
Stephen King’s Never Flinch delivers dark crime and psychological intrigue, while Sara Winokur’s Ivory Bones blends Nordic noir with forensic genetics for a gripping mystery. Children and adults alike will enjoy the humor and heart of Snoodles in Space: Episode 2 by Steven Joseph, packed with imaginative adventures.
Other highlights include Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, a classic dystopian story more relevant than ever, and From the Potato to Star Trek and Beyond by Chester L. Richards, an exhilarating memoir of a rocket scientist’s adventures. Whether it’s the suspenseful twists of Sandy Clements’ Kaleidoscope of Secrets or the poignant tales in Stacia Moffett’s The Missing Girl and Jessa Is Back, this TBR list will keep you reading all year long.
