New Nonfiction Book Releases 2025. The 2025 reading challenge is here! Layered, experimental, and fragmented, this novel embraces the strangeness both in and around us.

As always, you can find a full list of new releases in the magical new release index, carefully curated by your favorite book riot editors, organized by genre and release. So we asked around the newsroom to find our staffers’ favorite nonfiction from the first half of 2025.