Indigo’s 2025 Best Books of the Year — Modern Mississauga Media

As Canada’s leading book authority, Indigo proudly curates its annual “Best Books of the Year” list, highlighting exceptional literary works of the past year. Indigo is thrilled to reveal 2025’s top 10 books. This year, half of the list is made up of Canadian authors and also includes titles from BIPOC and Indigenous voices.

“This year, we tackled something together that had not been done before. Since the last week of April, we have dedicated ourselves every week to getting our Best of the Year program to achieve new heights,” says Amanda Gauthier, Print Director & BOTY 2025 Committee Chair. “Nearly 100 Indigo booklovers volunteered to do deep reading, tackling many books in each genre to build a shortlist of 30, and from there, our final committee came up with the final 10. Together, we picked a list I am confident represents the passion of the dedicated readers of this program that will excite Canadians coast to coast.”

Fun Facts About Indigo’s Best Books of the Year

• Indigo is so confident in its Best Books of the Year that it has deemed the top 10 novels “Guaranteed Reads,” meaning if you read it and don’t love it, you can return it!

• Since April, Indigo’s team of book lovers and experts have read and reviewed hundreds of titles to find the top 10 standouts that make up the 2025 Best Books of the Year.

• The 2025 Best Books of the Year reflect Canada’s growing desire for books by home grown talent, with five out of the 10 books in the list written by Canadian authors.

• The list is proudly global, including authors from Australia, India, Vietnam and China.

• Last year’s top 10 list saw an average +130 per cent week-over-week sales lift after it was announced.

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