Spotlight

Flatiron's best books of the year are...

After a year of great reads, editors, critics, and reviewers have weighed in and named multiple Flatiron titles some of the best books of 2025!  

 
 

Fiction

Wild Dark Shore

Charlotte McConaghy

  • 100 Must Read Books of 2025 | TIME

  • #1 Best Book of the Year, ranked | USA Today

  • Best Releases of 2025 | Good Housekeeping

  • And more!

King of Ashes

S. A. Cosby

  • Top 10 Books of the Year | TIME

  • The 15 Best Books of 2025 | People

  • 8 Novels NPR Staff and Critics Loved in 2025 | NPR

  • And more!

Non-Fiction

Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

  • Books We Love 2025 | NPR

  • 100 Must Read Books of 2025 | TIME

  • 100 Notable Books of 2025 | NYT

  • And more!

 

The Next Day

Melinda French Gates

  • Best Books of 2025 | Bloomberg

  • 12 Best Books of 2025 According to Readers and Staff | Flowspace

Cookbooks

The King Cookbook

Clare de Boer, Jess Shadbolt, and Annie Shi, with Kitty Greenwald

  • 14 Best Cookbooks of 2025 | New York Times

  • Standout Cooksbooks for Fall 2025 | Epicurious + Bon Appetit

  • Best Cookbooks of 2025 / Serious Eats

 

Russ & Daughters

Niki Russ Federman & Josh Russ Tupper with Joshua David Stein

  • Best Fall Cookbooks | Saveur

  • New Favorite Cookbooks | Boston Globe

  • 33 of our Favorite Cookbooks of 2025 | LA Times

 

Dinner

Meera Sodha

  • Favorite Cookbooks of 2025| Bon Appetit

  • 14 Favorite Cookbooks of the Year | Washington Post

  • Books We Love 2025 | NPR