5 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week
Posted by Sharon on December 30, 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, small-town rom-coms, New York chefs returning to their Kentucky hometown, farm-to-table restauranteurs attracted to New York chefs, opening night catastrophes, happy endings, The Cheat Sheet
You should read this book if you like: Fantasy, romance, romantasy, ancient Rome, gladiator academies, impoverished young women with dormant magical abilities, vampiric aristocrats with deadly intentions, awkward and potentially deadly love triangles, the Kingdom of Lies series
You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fantasy, dark academia, horror, Ivy League schools with ancient occult secrets, courageous first-year students making unpleasant discoveries, Jamaican-born authors, BIPOC representation, the Divine Traitors series
You should read this book if you like: Mysteries, historical fiction, northern England circa 1977, coming-of-age stories wrapped around murder-mystery plots, stories about dark nostalgia and lost innocence, British Book Award nominees, intriguing debut novels
You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, biographies, music and entertainment, universally beloved country music stars, behind-the-curtain stories from the Nashville music scene, successful business empires, really quite incredible philanthropic initiatives, wigs
