临近年底，又到年度书单发布季了。过去我中意过不同网站/机构推荐的书单，近几年我只关注两个：The New Yorker（《纽约客》杂志）、The New York Time（纽约时报）。
下面两份书单也供你参考。
The New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2025
2025年12月2日，纽时公布了今年的10本好书，虚构和非虚构类各5本。
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/books/review/best-books-2025.html
Fiction
Angel Down, by Daniel Kraus
The Director, by Daniel Kehlmann
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
The Sisters, by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Stone Yard Devotional, by Charlotte Wood
Nonfiction
A Marriage at Sea, by Sophie Elmhirst
Mother Emanuel, by Kevin Sack
Mother Mary Comes to Me, by Arundhati Roy
There Is No Place for Us, by Brian Goldstone
Wild Thing, by Sue Prideaux
The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2025
《纽约客》今年选了24本最佳图书，一半是非虚构类，一半是小说和诗歌类。
https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2025
A Marriage at Sea, by Sophie Elmhirst — An enthralling account of a couple adrift in the Pacific for 118 days after a whale collision.
A Truce That Is Not Peace, by Miriam Toews — A memoir grappling with her sister’s suicide, blending grief with humor.
Buckley, by Sam Tanenhaus — A biography of William F. Buckley, Jr., tracing postwar American conservatism.
Dead and Alive, by Zadie Smith — Essays on culture, art, and time in the digital age.
The Fort Bragg Cartel, by Seth Harp — An exposé on moral depths in U.S. Special Forces and drug-related scandals.
Is a River Alive?, by Robert Macfarlane — A travelogue exploring rivers’ legal rights and the rights of nature movement.
Lorne, by Susan Morrison — A biography of “S.N.L.” producer Lorne Michaels.
Melting Point, by Rachel Cockerell — A history of Jewish immigration redirection to Galveston, Texas, told through primary sources.
Strangers in the Land, by Michael Luo — A study of Chinese immigrants’ turbulent history in America.
Things in Nature Merely Grow, by Yiyun Li — A memoir responding to her sons’ suicides.
We the People, by Jill Lepore — An examination of the U.S. Constitution through its amendments.
The Zorg, by Siddharth Kara — The harrowing story of an 18th-century slave ship incident and its abolitionist aftermath.
Fiction and Poetry (12 essential)
Audition, by Katie Kitamura — A novel about an actress blurring reality and performance.
Flashlight, by Susan Choi — An expansive family saga interwoven with global politics.
Flesh, by David Szalay — Following a man’s life from Hungary to London.
Joy Is My Middle Name, by Sasha Debevec-McKenney — Sharp poetry on young womanhood and American culture.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai — A sweeping novel of arranged marriage and personal choice.
Ocean of Clouds, by Garrett Hongo — Philosophical poetry on childhood, landscape, and endurance.
Perfection, by Vincenzo Latronico (trans. Sophie Hughes) — A couple’s life in Berlin critiquing modern aesthetics.
The Sisters, by Jonas Hassen Khemiri — A metafictional novel about sisters haunted by a curse.
Good and Evil, by Samanta Schweblin (trans. Megan McDowell) — Stories exploring moral gray areas.
God and Sex, by Jon Raymond — A novel of affair and transcendence amid environmental crisis.
The Old Man by the Sea, by Domenico Starnone (trans. Oonagh Stransky) — An elderly man’s reevaluation of life and art.
Dusk, by Robbie Arnott — Twins hunting a puma in Tasmania, confronting morality.
佛老自己的2025年度10大好书书单也在整理中，年底公布，敬请期待。
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