Libby’s 10 Best E-Books of 2025 All Have This One Thing In Common

‘The Women’ by Kristin Hannah

One of our reigning queens of historical fiction shines her light on the Army Nurse Corps who served in Vietnam. “Good girl” Frances “Frankie” McGrath follows her brother into war and finds confidence and purpose as a surgical nurse. Her parents are less evolved, with her military father withholding a place for her on his Wall of Heroes.

‘The Let Them Theory’ by Mel Robbins

The self-help guru first introduced the “let them theory” on her TikTok page, and it quickly went viral. If you’ve heard the phrase but haven’t embraced the practice, check out the book that delves further into how it works.

‘The Wedding People’ by Alison Espach

When Phoebe checks into the posh Cornwall Inn with plans to end it all, her day of doom is derailed when everyone mistakes her for part of the raucous wedding party that’s rented the rest of the hotel. Then she meets the über-controlling bride — who soon conscripts Phoebe into her service. As the two become unlikely confidants, both of their plans slowly shift in this funny, heartwarming homage to the magic of chance meetings.

‘Onyx Storm’ by Rebecca Yarros

Yarros’ Empyrean Series continues to dominate best-of lists this year. This one, the third in the series, comes after Iron Flame, which itself follows Fourth Wing, the book that first introduced readers to Violet Sorrengail, and Violet to the danger-filled world of dragon riders — one she learns to navigate throughout Yarros’ thrilling books.

‘Great Big Beautiful Life’ by Emily Henry

In Emily Henry‘s sharp and sexy latest, journalist Alice Scott gets the opportunity of a lifetime to write the biography of former tabloid star Margaret Ives. But when Alice arrives at Margaret’s island home, she learns that she’s competing for the job against Hayden Anderson, a prickly Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. As they spar for the coveted gig, they soon realize they crave more than a job.

‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ by Suzanne Collins

The latest in the hugely popular series is set 24 years before the events of the first Hunger Games novel. The book centers on Katniss Everdeen’s mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, when he’s chosen as a tribute for the 50th Hunger Games, otherwise known as the Second Quarter Quell. Read this one before you see the movie, coming in November 2026.

‘The God of the Woods’ by Liz Moore

Set in 1975, this page-turner follows a camp counselor who discovers that 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar, the daughter of the wealthy family who owns the summer camp, has gone missing. But she isn’t the only Van Laar who has disappeared before: Her older brother went missing 14 years earlier. As a panicked search ensues, dark family secrets are revealed along the way.

This book, which made a cameo in Taylor Swift’s new docuseries and President Barack Obama’s best books of the year list, is also being adapted for the screen.

‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Maas

Often referred to simply by its initials, “ACOTAR,” this Booktok sensation slows no signs of slowing down. The ACOTAR series tells the story of 19-year-old Feyre Archeron, who is the primary provider for her family, including her father and her two sisters, Elain and Nesta. In the beginning of the first book, readers meet Feyre in the middle of a hunt in a snow-covered forest, and her prey in that hunt — a wolf — ultimately seals her fate.

‘Fourth Wing’ by Rebecca Yarros

The first book in the viral dragon-riding Empyrean Series is where the viral mania all began. The addictive romantasy series is also in development as a TV show with protagonist Violet Sorrengail at its center as she navigates the dangers of life as a dragon rider at Basgiath War College — and her fiery chemistry with Xaden Riorson, the most fearsome dragon rider around.

‘Just for the Summer’ by Abby Jimenez

In this witty slow-burn, Justin is cursed, and thanks to Reddit,e veryone knows it. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soulmate as soon as they break up. So when a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they decide they’ll date each other and then split. Their curses will cancel each other’s out, and they’ll both go on to find love. It just might work — until both of their lives, and very real feelings, start to get in the way.