Properly, to this point, essentially the most learn books on Goodreads in 2025 look similar to essentially the most learn books in 2024! Earlier than you scroll down, attempt to guess which three authors have titles within the high 5. For those who’ve been following this sequence, you possibly can undoubtedly get all of them.
As a result of these are acquainted titles, I’ve additionally included essentially the most learn books in three international locations internationally. This time, we’re trying on the studying habits of Goodreads customers in Brazil, Indonesia, and Norway. There’s some overlap with the worldwide record, however there are additionally titles uniquely in style in every nation, together with one which isn’t accessible in English: the Portuguese e-book Ainda estou aqui by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, which is one the preferred titles in Brazil in the intervening time.
As traditional, the worldwide record of the preferred books on Goodreads doesn’t embody many authors of colour. Roughly 98% of the authors with books on the highest 50 record are white. (Relatedly, I like to recommend studying about The Insufferable Whiteness of the Goodreads Selection Awards.) I’ve included a few wonderful books by BIPOC authors that got here out this week on the finish of this record, however if you happen to’d like suggestions in your inbox each week, join E book Riot’s In Studying Shade publication!
#5:
A Courtroom of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Three of the highest 5 books this week are from romantasy sequence. Sarah J. Maas could “solely” be in fifth spot on this record, however she has 12 titles within the high 50. A Courtroom of Thorns and Roses was learn by greater than 20,000 customers this week and at the moment has 3.4 million rankings on Goodreads, with a 4.2 common ranking.
Brazil: Ainda estou aqui by Marcelo Rubens Paiva
Indonesia: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Norway: A Courtroom of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
#4:
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
Freida McFadden is the reigning queen of thrillers, and she or he has two titles within the high 5 this week. That is her latest title. It had greater than 28,000 readers on Goodreads, with a 4.0 common ranking.
Brazil: Humorous Story by Emily Henry
Indonesia: Laut Bercerita (The Sea Speaks His Title) by Leila S. Chudori
Norway: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
#3:
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
That is the primary e-book in Freida McFadden’s Housemaid sequence, adopted by The Housemaid’s Secret and The Housemaid Is Watching. It was learn by virtually 32,000 Goodreads customers this week, with a 4.3 common ranking.
Brazil: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Indonesia: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Norway: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
#2:
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Rebecca Yarros has claimed two of the highest 5 spots of the week together with her Empyrean sequence. E book three, Onyx Storm, comes out on January twenty first. Iron Flame, e-book two of the sequence, was learn by over 32,000 customers this week and has a 4.4 common ranking.
Brazil: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Indonesia: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Norway: Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi
#1:
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The #1 most learn e-book on Goodreads this week was Fourth Wing, the primary e-book within the Empyrean sequence. This romantasy sequence a few dragon-riding academy is likely one of the hottest within the style. Fourth Wing was learn by greater than 46,000 customers this week and it has a 4.6 common ranking.
Brazil: A Cabeça do Santo (The Head of the Saint) by Socorro Acioli
Indonesia: Days on the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Norway: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Two New Books Out This Week You Ought to Know About
Sadly, essentially the most learn books on Goodreads have a tendency to not be numerous by any definition of the phrase. So, listed below are a few new books out this week that deserve wider readership.
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
This e-book is beginning 2025 with a buzz. In it, Suchi’s and Haiwen’s childhood friendship sweetens into teenage love in Forties Shanghai, and it looks as if their futures are specified by tandem. However then Haiwen secretly indicators up for the military to spare his brother from the draft, and that shared future is fractured. Their lives diverge for many years, apart from at some point when Haiwen is grocery procuring in LA, appears to be like up, and sees Suchi. It appears like they’ve a second likelihood at what ought to have been, however all the dwelling they’ve completed weighs on them, and it’s not clear that they are going to have the ability to make one thing new and worthwhile. —Erica Ezeifedi
The Surprising Diva by Tiffany L. Warren
Opera singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield has carried out on famend phases, even placing on a efficiency at Buckingham Palace. Eliza, born into slavery however adopted by a rich girl who raised her within the shelter of a Quaker group, has lived a comparatively charmed life. However then her mom dies and her white cousins contest her inheritance, leaving her with few selections. Her mom all the time needed her to pursue her reward for music, and when a efficiency on a steamboat in Buffalo units her on a path towards stardom, she leaps on the likelihood. However for an informed, free Black girl, even fame and success aren’t sufficient to persuade everybody she deserves the outstanding life she builds for herself. —Rachel Brittain
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