The Greatest Books of 2025 (according to the Telegraph)
Here are the 20 top books of fiction published in 2025 according to the Telegraph newspaper. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links. -------------------- Join my bookclub: / thelonesomereaderbookclub My full reviews of some of these titles: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai: • The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran... Flesh by David Szalay: • Flesh by David Szalay / review Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, tr Helen Stevenson: • Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix (translate... About Adichie: • About Adichie Books discussed: Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978024... Flesh by David Szalay https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978022... The Expansion Project by Ben Pester https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978180... The City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBride https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978057... Shibboleth by Thomas Peermohamed Lambert https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, tr Martin Aitken https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978024... The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, tr Ross Benjamin https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152... The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978057... Perspectives by Laurent Binet, tr Sam Taylor https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152... Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, tr Helen Stevenson https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... On the Clock by Claire Baglin, tr Jordan Stump https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... We Live Here Now by CD Rose https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978168... Ask Me Again by Clare Sestanovich https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152... TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978180... Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Aerth by Deborah Tomkins https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978173... Your Name Here by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978162... Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:16 Shadow Ticket 3:33 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny 5:17 Flesh 7:22 The Expansion Project 8:10 The City Changes Its Face 10:24 Shibboleth 11:17 The Wax Child 12:13 The Director 13:04 The Rest of Our Lives 14:17 Perspectives 15:31 Jesus Christ Kinski 16:41 Call Me Ishmaelle 17:57 Small Boat 19:05 On the Clock 19:58 We Live Here Now 20:56 Ask Me Again 21:31 TonyInterruptor 22:54 Saraswati 23:51 Aerth 25:03 Your Name Here 26:23 Conclusion -------------------- Get in touch Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com/ Twitter: / lonesomereader Instagram: / lonesomereader Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t LetterBoxd: https://letterboxd.com/lonesomereader/ TikTok: / lonesomereader Email: [email protected]

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