2025 in literature

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

Contents

Anniversaries

New books

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

Fiction

New adult fiction, sorted by date of publication
AuthorTitleDate 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]
Suzanne Collins Sunrise on the Reaping March 18 [5]
Abdulrazak Gurnah Theft [6]
Ben Okri Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted [7]
John Scalzi When the Moon Hits Your Eye March 25 [8]
Lindsey Davis There Will Be Bodies April 3 [9]
Katie Kitamura Audition April 8 [10]
Isabel Allende My Name Is Emilia Del ValleMay 6 [11]
Ocean Vuong The Emperor of Gladness May 13 [12]
Jessie Elland The Ladie UpstairsMay 22 [13]
Stephen King Never Flinch May 27 [14]
Ian McEwan What We Can Know September 18 [15]

Children and young adults

New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
AuthorTitleDate of pub.Ref.

Poetry

New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
AuthorTitleDate of pub.Ref.
Robbie Coburn The Foal in the WireMay 28

Drama

Nonfiction

New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
AuthorTitleDate of pub.Ref.

Biography and memoirs

New biographies and memoirs, sorted by date of publication
AuthorTitleDate of pub.Ref.

Deaths

2025 deaths, sorted by date of death
IndividualBackgroundDate of DeathAgeCause of DeathRef.
David Lodge British author and critic ( Small World: An Academic Romance ,
Changing Places , The Picturegoers )
January 189 [16]
Joseph Monninger American novelist and academic ( The Letters )71 lung cancer. [17]
Tidiane Diakité Malian-born French historian and academicJanuary 280 [18]
Noreen Riols British novelist and essayist98 [19]
Howard Buten American author and clownJanuary 374 [20]
Andrew Pyper Canadian novelist56Cancer [21]
Peter Schaap Dutch singer-songwriter and author78 [22]
José Claer Canadian novelist and poetJanuary 461 [23]
Richard Foreman American playwright ( Rhoda in Potatoland )87 pneumonia [24]
Na D'Souza Indian novelist and short story writerJanuary 587 [25]
Lee Hoesung Japanese-South Korean novelist89 [26]
František Šmahel Czech historian and academic90 [27]
Henry Beissel Canadian poet, playwright and editorJanuary 995 [28]
Mukhtar Magauin Kazakh writer, translator and publicist84 [29]
Stephan Krasovitsky Russian poet, translator, and priestJanuary 1089 [30]
Keith Dewhurst English playwright and scriptwriterJanuary 1193 [31]
Paul Benacerraf French-American philosopherJanuary 1394 [32]
André Sollie Belgian author and illustrator77 [33]
Kjell Gjerseth Norwegian novelist and journalistJanuary 1478 [34]
Li Kuei-hsien Taiwanese poet and translatorJanuary 1587 [35]
Geneviève Callerot French novelist and resistance fighterJanuary 16108 [36]
Howard Andrew Jones American author and editor56 brain cancer [37]
Ridley Wills II American author and historian90 [38]
Jules Feiffer American cartoonist, playwright ( Knock Knock ), and
screenwriter ( Popeye , Munro ), Pulitzer Prize winner (1986)
January 1795 heart failure [39]
Kulanthai Shanmugalingam Sri Lankan playwright93 [40]
Don Cupitt English philosopherJanuary 1890 [41]
Jalal Matini Iranian writer and scholarJanuary 1996 [42]
Michael Longley Northern Irish poet ( The Weather in Japan )January 2285complications from surgery [43]
Tabish Mehdi Indian poet and literary critic73 [44]
Esther Jansma Dutch writer and poetJanuary 2366 cancer [45]
Joseph A. Amato American historian and writerJanuary 2486 [46]
Suzanne Massie American historian and academicJanuary 2694 [47]
Maung Khin Min Burmese writer and linguistJanuary 2783 [48]
Marina Colasanti Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalistJanuary 2887 [49]
Mahmoud Saeed Iraqi-born American novelist and short story writer86 [50]
Tom Robbins American novelistFebruary 992 [51]
Antonine Maillet Canadian novelist and playwrightFebruary 1795 [52]
Joseph Wambaugh American novelistFebruary 2888 esophageal cancer [53]
Denise Boucher Canadian poet and playwrightMarch 1889 [54]
Mario Vargas Llosa Peruvian novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (2010)April 1389 [55]
Judith Copithorne Canadian poet and playwrightMay 1585 [56]
Edmund White American novelistJune 385 [57]
Victor-Lévy Beaulieu Canadian playwrightJune 979 [58]
Denys Chabot Canadian novelist and journalistJune 2480 [59]

Awards

2025 literary award winners, sorted alphabetically by award
AwardCategoryAuthorTitleRef.
Amazon.ca First Novel Award Valérie Bah Subterrane [60]
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Canisia Lubrin Code Noir [61]
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour Natalie Sue I Hope This Finds You Well [62]
Trillium Book Award English Prose Maurice Vellekoop I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together [63]
English Poetry Jake Byrne DADDY
French Prose Aristote Kavungu Céline au Congo
French Poetry or Children's Mireille Messier Le bonnet magique

Notable new movies and TV series based on books

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

TitleThe book on which the movie/TV series is basedTypeGenrePremiere dateDistribution company / original broadcasting network
"Dog Man""Dog Man" by Dav Pilkey MovieSuperhero film, comedyJanuary 15, 2025Universal Pictures
"The Monkey""The Monkey" by Stephen King MovieComedy, horrorFebruary 21, 2025Neon
"Mickey 17""Mickey7" by Edward AshtonMovieScience fictionMarch 7, 2025Warner Bros.
"Snow White""Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm MovieMusical, FantasyMarch 21, 2025Walt Disney
"The Bad Guys 2""The Bad Guys" by Aaron Blabey MovieAnimation, Heist film, comedyAugust 1, 2025Universal Pictures
"Freakier Friday""Freaky Friday" by Mary Rodgers MovieComic fantasyAugust 8, 2025Walt Disney
"Fear Street: Prom Queen""The Prom Queen" by R. L. Stine MovieHorrorTBDNetflix
"The Running Man""The Running Man" by Stephen King MovieScience fiction, actionNovember 7, 2025Paramount Pictures

See also

References

  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. "Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) | the Scholastic Parent Store" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  6. "Theft: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  7. Okri, Ben (18 March 2025). Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted. Other Press LLC. ISBN   978-1-63542-528-4.
  8. Review in Publishers Weekly, November 27, 2025.
  9. "There Will Be Bodies [publisher's announcement]". Macmillan. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  10. Kitamura, Katie (2025-04-08). Audition. Riverhead Books. ISBN   978-0593852323.
  11. "My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende". Penguin Random House.
  12. "Jonathan Cape to publish Ocean Vuong's 'breathtaking' new novel". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  13. "Baskerville pre-empts 'Emmerdale' actress Jessie Elland's haunted house debut". The Bookseller . Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  14. King, Stephen (May 27, 2025). Never Flinch. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   978-1-6680-8933-0.
  15. Ellah Creamer (7 February 2025). "Ian McEwan novel What We Can Know to be published this year". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  16. "David Lodge, 1935–2025". Penguin Random House. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  17. Author Joseph Monninger Dies at 71
  18. L'historien malien et breton d'adoption, Tidiane Diakité, est décédé à 81 ans (in French)
  19. Noreen Riols obituary
  20. Howard Buten, alias le clown Buffo, auteur de « Quand j’avais cinq ans, je m’ai tué », est mort (in French)
  21. Stoffman, Judy (January 17, 2025). "Prolific novelist Andrew Pyper captured readers with tales of monsters and demons". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  22. Groningse zanger Peter Schaap ('Adem mijn adem') overleden (in Dutch)
  23. L'auteur et poète trans José Claer est décédé (in French)
  24. Richard Foreman, Iconoclastic Playwright and Impresario, Dies at 87 (registration required)
  25. Well-known writer Na. D’Souza passes away
  26. 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)
  27. Zemřel historik Šmahel, znalec Lucemburků, husitství či reformace (in Czech)
  28. Henry Beissel (in German)
  29. Известный казахстанский писатель Мухтар Магауин умер в США (in Kazakh)
  30. Умер поэт, священник, религиозный деятель Станислав Красовицкий (in Russian)
  31. Keith Dewhurst obituary: prolific playwright and scriptwriter (subscription required)
  32. Paul Benacerraf (1930-2025)
  33. Bekroonde jeugdschrijver en illustrator André Sollie (77) overleden (in Flemish)
  34. Kjell Gjerseth er død (in Nynorsk)
  35. Veteran Taiwanese poet Lee Kuei-shien dies at 87
  36. Mort de Geneviève Callerot, l’une des plus anciennes résistantes françaises, à l’âge de 108 ans (in French)
  37. Howard Andrew Jones Obituary
  38. Nashville historian, Vanderbilt benefactor Ridley Wills II dies at 90
  39. Jules Feiffer, Famed Cartoonist and ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Screenwriter, Dies at 95
  40. Sri Lankan Tamil Playwright Kulanthai M. Shanmugalingam, Creator of “Mansumantha Manier,” Passes Away at 93
  41. Don Cupitt 1934-2025
  42. دکتر جلال متینی ، رئیس سابق دانشگاه فردوسی درگذشت (in Persian)
  43. Poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
  44. Obituary: Famous Urdu writer, poet, Dr Tabish Mehdi is no more
  45. Dichter Esther Jansma (66) overleden (in Dutch)
  46. ‘Generous with his wisdom’
  47. Suzanne Massie, former Reagan advisor known as ‘the woman who ended the Cold War,’ dies at 94
  48. မြန်မာစာပေလောကမှာ ထင်ရှားတဲ့ မောင်ခင်မင် (ဓနုဖြူ) ကွယ်လွန် (in Burmese)
  49. Escritora Marina Colasanti morre aos 87 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)
  50. Novelist Mahmoud Saeed dies at age 86
  51. Bestselling novelist Tom Robbins dies at 92
  52. Léger, Isabelle (February 17, 2025). "'It's a very sad day': N.B. mourns loss of novelist, playwright Antonine Maillet". CBC News .
  53. Joseph Wambaugh Dead: Creator of 'Police Story' Was 88
  54. Laila Maalouf and Jean Siag (March 18, 2025). "La femme de lettres qui avait soif d'émancipation". La Presse .
  55. Muere el escritor peruano Mario Vargas Llosa. Tenía 89 años (in Spanish)
  56. Eric Schmaltz, "Judith Copithorne, creator of ‘poem-drawings,’ helped redefine what literature could be". The Globe and Mail , June 4, 2025.
  57. Cain, Sian (June 4, 2025). "Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85". The Guardian.
  58. Marie-Christine Rioux, "Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, écrivain et éditeur, est décédé à 79 ans". Ici Radio-Canada, June 9, 2025. (in French)
  59. Marie-Hélène Paquin, "Décès du journaliste et auteur valdorien Denys Chabot". Ici Radio-Canada, June 25, 2025. (in French)
  60. Nicole Thompson, "Valérie Bah wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award for 'Subterrane'". Victoria Times-Colonist , June 6, 2025.
  61. "Canisia Lubrin wins Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for ‘Code Noir’". Toronto Star , May 1, 2025.
  62. David Friend, "Natalie Sue wins Leacock Medal for Humour for novel ‘I Hope This Finds You Well’". Toronto Star , June 21, 2025.
  63. "Maurice Vellekoop and Jake Byrne win 2025 Trillium Book Awards". CBC Books, June 18, 2025.