The Most Popular Books and Audiobooks on NetGalley in 2025

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Ready to reflect on your 2025 reading year? As the year draws to a close, the NetGalley team has been thinking about the great books we read and the ones we can’t wait to read next year. Now we want to look at the buzziest books on NetGalley from this past year.

Below you’ll find the most popular books, audiobooks, and covers on NetGalley in 2025 (based on total member activity—including requests, widget invites, Read Now access, and auto-approved access) across each of the 15 most popular Categories. Click on the covers to learn more about each book and submit your review if you’ve read it!

General Fiction (Adult)

Book

With a Vengeance by Riley Sager

Audiobook

Good Spirits by B.K. Borison, narrated by Karissa Vacker, Will Watt

Cover

Good Spirits by B.K. Borison

Romance

Book

And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison

Audiobook

Bound by Ali Hazelwood, narrated by Brittany Pressley, William Macleod

Cover

And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison

Mystery & Thrillers

Book

My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney

Audiobook

The Tenant by Freida McFadden, narrated by Will Damron, Christine Helen Lakin

Cover

With a Vengeance by Riley Sager

Sci Fi & Fantasy

Book

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

Audiobook

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang, narrated by Morag Sims, Will Watt

Cover

Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

Women’s Fiction

Book

The Love Haters by Katherine Center

Audiobook

The Love Haters by Katherine Center, narrated by Patti Murin

Cover

The Love Haters by Katherine Center

Teens & YA

Book

Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

Audiobook

The Thrashers by Julie Soto, narrated by Eva Kaminsky, Jesse Vilinsky

Cover

Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

New Adult

Book

Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

Audiobook

Burning Daylight by Emily McIntire, narrated by Andi Arndt, Aaron Shedlock

Cover

People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young

Historical Fiction

Book

I, Medusa by Ayana Gray

Audiobook

The Story Keeper by Kelly Rimmer, narrated by Siho Ellsmore

Cover

I, Medusa by Ayana Gray

LGBTQIAP+

Book

Hazelthorn by CG Drews

Audiobook

Love in Focus by Lyla Lee, narrated by Natalie Naudus, Catherine Ho

Cover

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

Horror

Book

A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James

Audiobook

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker, narrated by Natalie Naudus

Cover

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison

Nonfiction (Adult)

Book

Ain’t Nobody’s Fool by Martha Ackmann

Audiobook

I Know I Should Exercise, But… written and narrated by Diana Hill and Katy Bowman

Literary Fiction

Book

Heart the Lover by Lily King

Audiobook

The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick, narrated by Lisa Flanagan

Multicultural Interest

Book

Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

Audiobook

Our Vicious Oaths by N.E. Davenport, narrated by Jeanette Illidge, Morris Kellswater

Cover

Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

Biographies & Memoirs

Audiobook

Big Dumb Eyes written and narrated by Nate Bargatze

Cover

Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-reum

Children’s Fiction

Book

Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Audiobook

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, narrated by Alexis Bledel, Gabrielle Zevin

Cover

Nightmare on Nightmare Street by R. L. Stine

We want to know the books, audiobooks, authors, narrators, and covers that stood out to YOU this year! Join us on Instagram for #MyNetGalleyYear templates and to discover what your fellow readers loved this year.

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