The 13 best novels (and 2 best short story collections) of 2025
Novels:
- “Quantum Echoes” by Kazuo Ishiguro
- “The Last Green Place” by Margaret Atwood
- “Neon Shadows” by Nnedi Okorafor
- “The Forgotten Frequency” by Haruki Murakami
- “Ancestral Algorithms” by Ted Chiang
- “The Martian Diaries” by Andy Weir
- “Chromatic Memories” by Ocean Vuong
- “The Silent Revolution” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “Holographic Hearts” by Sally Rooney
- “The Quantum Cartographer” by Neal Stephenson
- “Echoes of Extinction” by N.K. Jemisin
- “The Synthetic Soul” by Ian McEwan
- “Temporal Tides” by Colson Whitehead
Short Story Collections:
- “Digital Dreamscapes” by Ken Liu
- “Fractured Futures” by Carmen Maria Machado
