2025 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2025.
Anniversaries
[edit]- 14 January – Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 18 January – Gilles Deleuze was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 20 January – Ernesto Cardenal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 20 January – Eugen Gomringer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 1 February – Alfred Grosser was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 4 February – Russell Hoban was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 6 February – Pramoedya Ananta Toer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 22 February – Edward Gorey was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 24 February – Etel Adnan was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 10 March – Manolis Anagnostakis was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 12 March – Harry Harrison was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 21 March – Peter Brook was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 25 March – Flannery O'Connor was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 11 May – Rubem Fonseca was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 27 May – Jean-Paul Aron was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 27 May – Tony Hillerman was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 6 June – Thomas Mann was born in 1875 (150th Anniversary).
- 10 June – James Salter was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 30 June – Philippe Jaccottet was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 19 July – Jean-Pierre Faye was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 20 July – Frantz Fanon was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 26 July – Ana María Matute was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 1 August – Ernst Jandl was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 18 August – Brian Aldiss was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 25 August – Thea Astley was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 27 August – Saiichi Maruya was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 6 September – Andrea Camilleri was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 15 September – Giuseppe Fava was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 19 September – Tatsuhiro Ōshiro was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 24 September – Kunio Tsuji was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 3 October – Gore Vidal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 11 October – Elmore Leonard was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 13 October – Frank D. Gilroy was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 20 October – Art Buchwald was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 2 November – Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered in 1975 (50th Anniversary).
- 14 November – Jean Paul died in 1825 (200th Anniversary).
- 4 December
- Rainer Maria Rilke was born in 1875 (150th Anniversary).
- Hannah Arendt died in 1975 (50th Anniversary).
- 5 December – E. Marlitt was born in 1825 (200th Anniversary).
- 7 December – Thornton Wilder died in 1975 (50th Anniversary).
- 8 December – Carmen Martín Gaite was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 12 December – Ahmad Shamlou was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 16 December – Jane Austen was born in 1775 (250th Anniversary).
- 19 December – Tankred Dorst was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
New books
[edit]Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.
Fiction
[edit]| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aria Aber | Good Girl | January 14 | [1] |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Dream Count | March 4 | [2] |
| Amal El-Mohtar | The River Has Roots | [3] | |
| David Szalay | Flesh | March 11 | [4] |
| Suzanne Collins | Sunrise on the Reaping | March 18 | [5] |
| Abdulrazak Gurnah | Theft | [6] | |
| Ben Okri | Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted | [7] | |
| John Scalzi | When the Moon Hits Your Eye | March 25 | [8] |
| Lindsey Davis | There Will Be Bodies | April 3 | [9] |
| Katie Kitamura | Audition | April 8 | [10] |
| Isabel Allende | My Name Is Emilia del Valle | May 6 | [11] |
| Ocean Vuong | The Emperor of Gladness | May 13 | [12] |
| Jessie Elland | The Ladie Upstairs | May 22 | [13] |
| Stephen King | Never Flinch | May 27 | [14] |
| Katie Yee | Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar | July 22 | [15] |
| Ian McEwan | What We Can Know | September 18 | [16] |
| Lily King | Heart the Lover | October 7 | [17] |
| Salman Rushdie | The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories | November 4 | [18] |
Children and young adults
[edit]| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
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Poetry
[edit]| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Coburn | The Foal in the Wire | May 28 |
Drama
[edit]Nonfiction
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Biography and memoirs
[edit]| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Garner | How to end a story: collected diaries, 1978–1998 | March 13 | [19] |
| Eric Schmitt | Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court | August 19 | [20] |
| Joe Manchin | Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense | September 16 | [21] |
| Kamala Harris | 107 Days | September 23 | [22] |
| John Kennedy | How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will | October 7 | [23] |
| Eric Trump | Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation | October 14 | [24] |
| John Fetterman | Unfettered | November 11 | [25] |
| Dick Van Dyke | 100 Rules for Living to 100 | November 18 | [26] |
Deaths
[edit]| Individual | Background | Date of death | Age | Cause of death | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lodge | British author and critic (Small World: An Academic Romance, Changing Places, The Picturegoers) |
January 1 | 89 | [27] | |
| Joseph Monninger | American novelist and academic (The Letters) | 71 | lung cancer. | [28] | |
| Tidiane Diakité | Malian-born French historian and academic | January 2 | 80 | [29] | |
| Noreen Riols | British novelist and essayist | 98 | [30] | ||
| Howard Buten | American author and clown | January 3 | 74 | [31] | |
| Andrew Pyper | Canadian novelist | 56 | Cancer | [32] | |
| Peter Schaap | Dutch singer-songwriter and author | 78 | [33] | ||
| José Claer | Canadian novelist and poet | January 4 | 61 | [34] | |
| Richard Foreman | American playwright (Rhoda in Potatoland) | 87 | pneumonia | [35] | |
| Na D'Souza | Indian novelist and short story writer | January 5 | 87 | [36] | |
| Lee Hoesung | Japanese-South Korean novelist | 89 | [37] | ||
| František Šmahel | Czech historian and academic | 90 | [38] | ||
| Henry Beissel | Canadian poet, playwright and editor | January 9 | 95 | [39] | |
| Mukhtar Magauin | Kazakh writer, translator and publicist | 84 | [40] | ||
| Stephan Krasovitsky | Russian poet, translator, and priest | January 10 | 89 | [41] | |
| Keith Dewhurst | English playwright and scriptwriter | January 11 | 93 | [42] | |
| Paul Benacerraf | French-American philosopher | January 13 | 94 | [43] | |
| André Sollie | Belgian author and illustrator | 77 | [44] | ||
| Kjell Gjerseth | Norwegian novelist and journalist | January 14 | 78 | [45] | |
| Li Kuei-hsien | Taiwanese poet and translator | January 15 | 87 | [46] | |
| Geneviève Callerot | French novelist and resistance fighter | January 16 | 108 | [47] | |
| Howard Andrew Jones | American author and editor | 56 | brain cancer | [48] | |
| Ridley Wills II | American author and historian | 90 | [49] | ||
| Jules Feiffer | American cartoonist, playwright (Knock Knock), and screenwriter (Popeye, Munro), Pulitzer Prize winner (1986) |
January 17 | 95 | heart failure | [50] |
| Kulanthai Shanmugalingam | Sri Lankan playwright | 93 | [51] | ||
| Don Cupitt | English philosopher | January 18 | 90 | [52] | |
| Jalal Matini | Iranian writer and scholar | January 19 | 96 | [53] | |
| Michael Longley | Northern Irish poet (The Weather in Japan) | January 22 | 85 | complications from surgery | [54] |
| Tabish Mehdi | Indian poet and literary critic | 73 | [55] | ||
| Esther Jansma | Dutch writer and poet | January 23 | 66 | cancer | [56] |
| Joseph A. Amato | American historian and writer | January 24 | 86 | [57] | |
| Suzanne Massie | American historian and academic | January 26 | 94 | [58] | |
| Maung Khin Min | Burmese writer and linguist | January 27 | 83 | [59] | |
| Marina Colasanti | Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist | January 28 | 87 | [60] | |
| Mahmoud Saeed | Iraqi-born American novelist and short story writer | 86 | [61] | ||
| Tom Robbins | American novelist | February 9 | 92 | [62] | |
| Antonine Maillet | Canadian novelist and playwright | February 17 | 95 | [63] | |
| Joseph Wambaugh | American novelist | February 28 | 88 | esophageal cancer | [64] |
| Alex Wheatle | British novelist | March 16 | 62 | prostate cancer | [65] |
| Denise Boucher | Canadian poet and playwright | March 18 | 89 | [66] | |
| Alastair Niven | British literary scholar and author | March 26 | 81 | [67] | |
| Mario Vargas Llosa | Peruvian novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (2010) | April 13 | 89 | [68] | |
| Judith Copithorne | Canadian poet and playwright | May 15 | 85 | [69] | |
| Edmund White | American novelist | June 3 | 85 | [70] | |
| Victor-Lévy Beaulieu | Canadian playwright | June 9 | 79 | [71] | |
| Denys Chabot | Canadian novelist and journalist | June 24 | 80 | [72] | |
| Anne Walmsley | British editor, scholar, critic and author | July 12 | 93 | [73] |
Awards
[edit]Notable new movies and TV series based on books
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Below are some of the most prominent film and television productions expected to premiere/broadcast during 2025:
| Title | The book on which the movie/TV series is based | Type | Genre | Premiere date | Distribution company / original broadcasting network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Dog Man" | "Dog Man" by Dav Pilkey | Movie | Superhero film, comedy | January 15, 2025 | Universal Pictures |
| "The Monkey" | "The Monkey" by Stephen King | Movie | Comedy, horror | February 21, 2025 | Neon |
| "Mickey 17" | "Mickey7" by Edward Ashton | Movie | Science fiction | March 7, 2025 | Warner Bros. |
| "Snow White" | "Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm | Movie | Musical, Fantasy | March 21, 2025 | Walt Disney |
| "The Bad Guys 2" | "The Bad Guys" by Aaron Blabey | Movie | Animation, Heist film, comedy | August 1, 2025 | Universal Pictures |
| "Freakier Friday" | "Freaky Friday" by Mary Rodgers | Movie | Comic fantasy | August 8, 2025 | Walt Disney |
| "Fear Street: Prom Queen" | "The Prom Queen" by R. L. Stine | Movie | Horror | TBD | Netflix |
| "The Running Man" | "The Running Man" by Stephen King | Movie | Science fiction, action | November 7, 2025 | Paramount Pictures |
| The Dead Girls | Las muertas by Jorge Ibargüengoitia | Limited TV series | Drama | September 2025 | Netflix |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Aber, Aria (2025). Good girl. New York, NY: Hogarth. ISBN 978-0-593-73111-6.
- ^ Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (4 March 2025). Dream Count. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-0-00-872514-3.
- ^ El-Mohtar, Amal (4 March 2025). The River Has Roots. Quercus. ISBN 978-1-5294-4337-0.
- ^ Szalay, David (11 March 2025). Flesh: A Novel. Random House. ISBN 978-0-7710-7803-3.
- ^ "Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) | the Scholastic Parent Store". Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "Theft: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Okri, Ben (18 March 2025). Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted. Other Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-63542-528-4.
- ^ Review in Publishers Weekly, November 27, 2025.
- ^ "There Will Be Bodies [publisher's announcement]". Macmillan. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Kitamura, Katie (2025-04-08). Audition. Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-0593852323.
- ^ "My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende". Penguin Random House.
- ^ "Jonathan Cape to publish Ocean Vuong's 'breathtaking' new novel". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ "Baskerville pre-empts 'Emmerdale' actress Jessie Elland's haunted house debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ King, Stephen (May 27, 2025). Never Flinch. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-6680-8933-0.
- ^ "Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar". Kirkus Reviews. 2025-05-04. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ Ellah Creamer (7 February 2025). "Ian McEwan novel What We Can Know to be published this year". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "Heart the Lover". Kirkus Reviews. 2025-08-01. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ^ "The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Saunders, Emma (2025-11-05). "'Addictive' diaries win prestigious non-fiction prize". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
- ^ "Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court". Porchlight Book Company. 2025-11-18. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ "Dead Center". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ 107 Days. 2025-09-23. ISBN 978-1-6682-1165-6.
- ^ "How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will by John Kennedy".
- ^ Under Siege. 2025-10-14. ISBN 978-1-6682-0587-7.
- ^ "Unfettered by John Fetterman: 9780593799826 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ McNeil, Liz (2025-11-25). "Dick Van Dyke 'Feels Pretty Good for 100.'".
- ^ "David Lodge, 1935–2025". Penguin Random House. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ Author Joseph Monninger Dies at 71
- ^ L'historien malien et breton d'adoption, Tidiane Diakité, est décédé à 81 ans (in French)
- ^ Noreen Riols obituary
- ^ Howard Buten, alias le clown Buffo, auteur de « Quand j’avais cinq ans, je m’ai tué », est mort (in French)
- ^ Stoffman, Judy (January 17, 2025). "Prolific novelist Andrew Pyper captured readers with tales of monsters and demons". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Groningse zanger Peter Schaap ('Adem mijn adem') overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ L'auteur et poète trans José Claer est décédé (in French)
- ^ Richard Foreman, Iconoclastic Playwright and Impresario, Dies at 87 (registration required)
- ^ Well-known writer Na. D’Souza passes away
- ^ 李恢成さん死去 89歳 芥川賞作家、北海道新聞文学賞選考委員 (in Japanese)
- ^ Zemřel historik Šmahel, znalec Lucemburků, husitství či reformace (in Czech)
- ^ Henry Beissel (in German)
- ^ Известный казахстанский писатель Мухтар Магауин умер в США (in Kazakh)
- ^ Умер поэт, священник, религиозный деятель Станислав Красовицкий (in Russian)
- ^ Keith Dewhurst obituary: prolific playwright and scriptwriter (subscription required)
- ^ Paul Benacerraf (1930-2025)
- ^ Bekroonde jeugdschrijver en illustrator André Sollie (77) overleden (in Flemish)
- ^ Kjell Gjerseth er død (in Nynorsk)
- ^ Veteran Taiwanese poet Lee Kuei-shien dies at 87
- ^ Mort de Geneviève Callerot, l’une des plus anciennes résistantes françaises, à l’âge de 108 ans (in French)
- ^ Howard Andrew Jones Obituary
- ^ Nashville historian, Vanderbilt benefactor Ridley Wills II dies at 90
- ^ Jules Feiffer, Famed Cartoonist and ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Screenwriter, Dies at 95
- ^ Sri Lankan Tamil Playwright Kulanthai M. Shanmugalingam, Creator of “Mansumantha Manier,” Passes Away at 93
- ^ Don Cupitt 1934-2025
- ^ دکتر جلال متینی ، رئیس سابق دانشگاه فردوسی درگذشت (in Persian)
- ^ Poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
- ^ Obituary: Famous Urdu writer, poet, Dr Tabish Mehdi is no more
- ^ Dichter Esther Jansma (66) overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ ‘Generous with his wisdom’
- ^ Suzanne Massie, former Reagan advisor known as ‘the woman who ended the Cold War,’ dies at 94
- ^ မြန်မာစာပေလောကမှာ ထင်ရှားတဲ့ မောင်ခင်မင် (ဓနုဖြူ) ကွယ်လွန် (in Burmese)
- ^ Escritora Marina Colasanti morre aos 87 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)
- ^ Novelist Mahmoud Saeed dies at age 86
- ^ Bestselling novelist Tom Robbins dies at 92
- ^ Léger, Isabelle (February 17, 2025). "'It's a very sad day': N.B. mourns loss of novelist, playwright Antonine Maillet". CBC News.
- ^ Joseph Wambaugh Dead: Creator of 'Police Story' Was 88
- ^ Carpenter, Caroline (20 March 2025). "'Beloved' author Alex Wheatle MBE dies aged 62". The Bookseller.
- ^ Laila Maalouf and Jean Siag (March 18, 2025). "La femme de lettres qui avait soif d'émancipation". La Presse.
- ^ Tonkin, Boyd (10 April 2025). "Alastair Niven obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ Muere el escritor peruano Mario Vargas Llosa. Tenía 89 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Eric Schmaltz, "Judith Copithorne, creator of ‘poem-drawings,’ helped redefine what literature could be". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2025.
- ^ Cain, Sian (June 4, 2025). "Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85". The Guardian.
- ^ Marie-Christine Rioux, "Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, écrivain et éditeur, est décédé à 79 ans". Ici Radio-Canada, June 9, 2025. (in French)
- ^ Marie-Hélène Paquin, "Décès du journaliste et auteur valdorien Denys Chabot". Ici Radio-Canada, June 25, 2025. (in French)
- ^ Brown, Stewart (2025-07-16). "A memory of THE Anne Walmsley". Peepal Tree Press.
- ^ Nicole Thompson, "Valérie Bah wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award for 'Subterrane'". Victoria Times-Colonist, June 6, 2025.
- ^ Marshall, David (10 November 2025). "David Szalay's 'Flesh' Wins 2025 Booker Prize". The New York Times.
- ^ Bent, Horace (21 November 2025). "The Pornographic Delicatessen triumphs in the tightest race in Diagram Prize history". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "Canisia Lubrin wins Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for ‘Code Noir’". Toronto Star, May 1, 2025.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Souvankham Thammavongsa wins 2025 Giller Prize for debut novel Pick a Colour". The Globe and Mail], November 17, 2025.
- ^ Nicole Thompson, "Kyle Edwards wins Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction". Toronto Star, November 6, 2025.
- ^ Laila Maalouf, "Katia Belkhodja l’emporte dans la catégorie Romans et nouvelles". La Presse, November 6, 2025.
- ^ "Marc Perez, Bren Simmers and Chimwemwe Undi win 2025 League of Canadian Poets prizes". CBC Books, May 20, 2025.
- ^ "A Look at the 2025 National Book Award Winners". Publishers Weekly, November 21, 2025.
- ^ David Friend, "Natalie Sue wins Leacock Medal for Humour for novel ‘I Hope This Finds You Well’". Toronto Star, June 21, 2025.
- ^ "Maurice Vellekoop and Jake Byrne win 2025 Trillium Book Awards". CBC Books, June 18, 2025.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maria Reva, Roza Nozari among Writers’ Trust award winners". Quill & Quire, November 13, 2025.
- ^ Bailey, Ian (24 September 2025). "Raymond Blake wins political writing prize for book on Canada's postwar prime ministers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Journalist Vince Beiser wins the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy". The Globe and Mail, November 25, 2025.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Jess Goldman, Phillip Dwight Morgan, and Dora Prieto named 2025 Bronwen Wallace Award winners". Quill & Quire, June 2, 2025.