Best books of 2025
Explore the most impactful non-fiction of 2025. From considerations of how rivers work to understanding what it's like to work for META, these titles offer fresh perspectives and knowledge to enrich our understanding of the world. Discover the books that defined the year and challenged the way we think.




Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane

The Let Them Theory
Mel Robbins

Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

Careless People
Sarah Wynn-Williams

Everything Is Tuberculosis
John Green

Ocean
Sir David Attenborough, Colin Butfield

The Next Conversation
Jefferson Fisher

We Can Do Hard Things
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...
Steven Pinker

Wisdom Takes Work
Ryan Holiday

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