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Goodreads has released its list of the 144 Most Read Books of the 2025 Reading Challenge (So Far)<\/a>, separated by genre. Each category has 12 titles, and the genres are: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, Young Adult, Memoirs, History & Biography, and General Nonfiction.<\/p>\n

Some authors dominate their categories: Sarah J. Maas has 11 titles split between Romantasy and Young Adult, and eight of the 12 books in Mystery & Thriller are by Freida McFadden.<\/p>\n

This list includes both new and backlist titles, and it shows that despite new releases getting the vast majority of marketing and publicity, they\u2019re not the be-all end-all of popularity. In fact, there are even some classics on this list, especially in Science Fiction, including 1984<\/a> by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451<\/a> by Ray Bradbury, and Parable of the Sower<\/a> by Octavia E. Butler. (Hmm, I wonder why dystopian novels are so popular right now\u2026)<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for just the biggest new releases of 2025 so far, Goodreads has a separate list for that: Readers\u2019 Hit New Books of the Year (So Far)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of the most read books of the first half of the 2025 Goodreads Reading Challenge.<\/p>\n

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Yellowface<\/a> by R.F. Kuang (Fiction)<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow<\/a> by Gabrielle Zevin (Fiction)<\/p>\n

James<\/a> by Percival Everett (Historical Fiction)<\/p>\n

Lessons in Chemistry<\/a> by Bonnie Garmus (Historical Fiction)<\/p>\n

The Crash<\/a> by Freida McFadden (Mystery & Thriller)<\/p>\n

The God of the Woods<\/a> by Liz Moore (Mystery & Thriller)<\/p>\n

Babel<\/a> by R.F. Kuang (Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Before the Coffee Gets Cold<\/a> by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot (Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Onyx Storm<\/a> by Rebecca Yarros (Romantasy)<\/p>\n

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I Who Have Never Known Men<\/a> by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz (Science Fiction)<\/p>\n

Parable of the Sower<\/a> by Octavia E. Butler (Science Fiction)<\/p>\n

We Used to Live Here<\/a> by Marcus Kliewer (Horror)<\/p>\n

Bunny<\/a> by Mona Awad (Horror)<\/p>\n

Twisted Love<\/a> by Ana Huang (Romance)<\/p>\n

Funny Story<\/a> by Emily Henry (Romance)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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