2025 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2025.

Anniversaries

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New books

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Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.

Fiction

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New adult fiction, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of Pub. Ref.
Aria Aber Good Girl January 14 [1]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Dream Count March 4 [2]
Amal El-Mohtar The River Has Roots [3]
David Szalay Flesh March 11 [4]
Owen Hebbert Art and Artifice March 12 [5]
Suzanne Collins Sunrise on the Reaping March 18 [6]
Nicole Cuffy O Sinners! [7]
Abdulrazak Gurnah Theft [8]
Ben Okri Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted [9]
Lindsey Davis There Will Be Bodies April 3 [10]
Katie Kitamura Audition April 8 [11]
Isabel Allende My Name Is Emilia Del Valle May 6 [12]
Ocean Vuong The Emperor of Gladness May 13 [13]
Jessie Elland The Ladie Upstairs May 22 [14]
John Scalzi When the Moon Hits Your Eye March 25 [15]
Stephen King Never Flinch May 27 [16]
Santiago Jose Sanchez Hombrecito June 25 [17]
Ian McEwan What We Can Know September 18 [18]

Children and young adults

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New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.

Poetry

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New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.
Robbie Coburn The Foal in the Wire May 28

Drama

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Nonfiction

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New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.

Biography and memoirs

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New biographies and memoirs, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.

Deaths

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2025 deaths, sorted by date of death
Individual Background Date of Death Age Cause of Death Ref.
David Lodge British author and critic (Small World: An Academic Romance,
Changing Places, The Picturegoers) 		January 1 89 [19]
Joseph Monninger American novelist and academic (The Letters) 71 lung cancer. [20]
Tidiane Diakité Malian-born French historian and academic January 2 80 [21]
Noreen Riols British novelist and essayist 98 [22]
Howard Buten American author and clown January 3 74 [23]
Peter Schaap Dutch singer-songwriter and author 78 [24]
José Claer Canadian novelist and poet January 4 61 [25]
Richard Foreman American playwright (Rhoda in Potatoland) 87 pneumonia [26]
Na D'Souza Indian novelist and short story writer January 5 87 [27]
Lee Hoesung Japanese-South Korean novelist 89 [28]
František Šmahel Czech historian and academic 90 [29]
Henry Beissel Canadian poet, playwright and editor January 9 95 [30]
Mukhtar Magauin Kazakh writer, translator and publicist 84 [31]
Stephan Krasovitsky Russian poet, translator, and priest January 10 89 [32]
Keith Dewhurst English playwright and scriptwriter January 11 93 [33]
Paul Benacerraf French-American philosopher January 13 94 [34]
André Sollie Belgian author and illustrator 77 [35]
Kjell Gjerseth Norwegian novelist and journalist January 14 78 [36]
Li Kuei-hsien Taiwanese poet and translator January 15 87 [37]
Geneviève Callerot French novelist and resistance fighter January 16 108 [38]
Howard Andrew Jones American author and editor 56 brain cancer [39]
Ridley Wills II American author and historian 90 [40]
Jules Feiffer American cartoonist, playwright (Knock Knock), and
screenwriter (Popeye, Munro), Pulitzer Prize winner (1986) 		January 17 95 heart failure [41]
Kulanthai Shanmugalingam Sri Lankan playwright 93 [42]
Don Cupitt English philosopher January 18 90 [43]
Jalal Matini Iranian writer and scholar January 19 96 [44]
Michael Longley Northern Irish poet (The Weather in Japan) January 22 85 complications from surgery [45]
Tabish Mehdi Indian poet and literary critic 73 [46]
Esther Jansma Dutch writer and poet January 23 66 cancer [47]
Joseph A. Amato American historian and writer January 24 86 [48]
Suzanne Massie American historian and academic January 26 94 [49]
Maung Khin Min Burmese writer and linguist January 27 83 [50]
Marina Colasanti Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist January 28 87 [51]
Mahmoud Saeed Iraqi-born American novelist and short story writer 86 [52]
Tom Robbins American novelist February 9 92 [53]
Joseph Wambaugh American novelist February 28 88 esophageal cancer [54]
Mario Vargas Llosa Peruvian novelist (2010 Nobel Prize in Literature) April 13 89 [55]

Awards

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2025 literary award winners, sorted alphabetically by award
Award Category Author Title Ref.

Notable new movies and TV series based on books

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Below are some of the most prominent film and television productions expected to premiere/broadcast during 2025:

Title The book on which the movie/TV series is based Type Genre Premiere date Distribution company / original broadcasting network
"Dog Man" "Dog Man" by Dav Pilkey Movie Superhero film, comedy January 15, 2025 Universal Pictures
"The Monkey" "The Monkey" by Stephen King Movie Comedy, horror February 21, 2025 Neon
"Mickey 17" "Mickey7" by Edward Ashton Movie Science fiction March 7, 2025 Warner Bros.
"Snow White" "Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm Movie Musical, Fantasy March 21, 2025 Walt Disney
"The Bad Guys 2" "The Bad Guys" by Aaron Blabey Movie Animation, Heist film, comedy August 1, 2025 Universal Pictures
"Freakier Friday" "Freaky Friday" by Mary Rodgers Movie Comic fantasy August 8, 2025 Walt Disney
"Fear Street: Prom Queen" "The Prom Queen" by R. L. Stine Movie Horror TBD Netflix
"The Running Man" "The Running Man" by Stephen King Movie Science fiction, action November 7, 2025 Paramount Pictures

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Aber, Aria (2025). Good girl. New York, NY: Hogarth. ISBN 978-0-593-73111-6.
  2. ^ Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (4 March 2025). Dream Count. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-0-00-872514-3.
  3. ^ El-Mohtar, Amal (4 March 2025). The River Has Roots. Quercus. ISBN 978-1-5294-4337-0.
  4. ^ Szalay, David (11 March 2025). Flesh: A Novel. Random House. ISBN 978-0-7710-7803-3.
  5. ^ Art and Artifice: A Novella. ISBN 1738066215.
  6. ^ "Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) | the Scholastic Parent Store". Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  7. ^ Cuffy, Nicole (18 March 2025). O Sinners!. Random House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-593-59745-3.
  8. ^ "Theft: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  9. ^ Okri, Ben (18 March 2025). Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted. Other Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-63542-528-4.
  10. ^ "There Will Be Bodies [publisher's announcement]". Macmillan. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  11. ^ Kitamura, Katie (2025-04-08). Audition. Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-0593852323.
  12. ^ "My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende". Penguin Random House.
  13. ^ "Jonathan Cape to publish Ocean Vuong's 'breathtaking' new novel". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  14. ^ "Baskerville pre-empts 'Emmerdale' actress Jessie Elland's haunted house debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  15. ^ Review in Publishers Weekly, November 27, 2025.
  16. ^ King, Stephen (May 27, 2025). Never Flinch. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-6680-8933-0.
  17. ^ "Hombrecito". Goodreads.
  18. ^ Ellah Creamer (7 February 2025). "Ian McEwan novel What We Can Know to be published this year". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  19. ^ "David Lodge, 1935–2025". Penguin Random House. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  20. ^ Author Joseph Monninger Dies at 71
  21. ^ L'historien malien et breton d'adoption, Tidiane Diakité, est décédé à 81 ans (in French)
  22. ^ Noreen Riols obituary
  23. ^ Howard Buten, alias le clown Buffo, auteur de « Quand j’avais cinq ans, je m’ai tué », est mort (in French)
  24. ^ Groningse zanger Peter Schaap ('Adem mijn adem') overleden (in Dutch)
  25. ^ L'auteur et poète trans José Claer est décédé (in French)
  26. ^ Richard Foreman, Iconoclastic Playwright and Impresario, Dies at 87 (registration required)
  27. ^ Well-known writer Na. D’Souza passes away
  28. ^ 李恢成さん死去　89歳　芥川賞作家、北海道新聞文学賞選考委員 (in Japanese)
  29. ^ Zemřel historik Šmahel, znalec Lucemburků, husitství či reformace (in Czech)
  30. ^ Henry Beissel (in German)
  31. ^ Известный казахстанский писатель Мухтар Магауин умер в США (in Kazakh)
  32. ^ Умер поэт, священник, религиозный деятель Станислав Красовицкий (in Russian)
  33. ^ Keith Dewhurst obituary: prolific playwright and scriptwriter (subscription required)
  34. ^ Paul Benacerraf (1930-2025)
  35. ^ Bekroonde jeugdschrijver en illustrator André Sollie (77) overleden (in Flemish)
  36. ^ Kjell Gjerseth er død (in Nynorsk)
  37. ^ Veteran Taiwanese poet Lee Kuei-shien dies at 87
  38. ^ Mort de Geneviève Callerot, l’une des plus anciennes résistantes françaises, à l’âge de 108 ans (in French)
  39. ^ Howard Andrew Jones Obituary
  40. ^ Nashville historian, Vanderbilt benefactor Ridley Wills II dies at 90
  41. ^ Jules Feiffer, Famed Cartoonist and ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Screenwriter, Dies at 95
  42. ^ Sri Lankan Tamil Playwright Kulanthai M. Shanmugalingam, Creator of “Mansumantha Manier,” Passes Away at 93
  43. ^ Don Cupitt 1934-2025
  44. ^ دکتر جلال متینی ، رئیس سابق دانشگاه فردوسی درگذشت (in Persian)
  45. ^ Poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
  46. ^ Obituary: Famous Urdu writer, poet, Dr Tabish Mehdi is no more
  47. ^ Dichter Esther Jansma (66) overleden (in Dutch)
  48. ^ ‘Generous with his wisdom’
  49. ^ Suzanne Massie, former Reagan advisor known as ‘the woman who ended the Cold War,’ dies at 94
  50. ^ မြန်မာစာပေလောကမှာ ထင်ရှားတဲ့ မောင်ခင်မင် (ဓနုဖြူ) ကွယ်လွန် (in Burmese)
  51. ^ Escritora Marina Colasanti morre aos 87 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)
  52. ^ Novelist Mahmoud Saeed dies at age 86
  53. ^ Bestselling novelist Tom Robbins dies at 92
  54. ^ Joseph Wambaugh Dead: Creator of 'Police Story' Was 88
  55. ^ Muere el escritor peruano Mario Vargas Llosa. Tenía 89 años (in Spanish)
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