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2025 Most-Viewed Books on RGC Website

With another year of reading behind us and 2026 officially underway, we’re rounding up the 20 books that readers couldn’t stop clicking on across the RGC website in 2025. These aren’t all brand-new releases, but each title made a strong impression and earned its place among the year’s most popular picks.

Which of these books did you already love, and which are calling your name now? Our 2025 RGC reading recap showcases an eclectic range of stories and subjects, from fiction and nonfiction to young adult favorites, across multiple formats – proof that great reads come in many forms!

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Best of the Best Books 2025

Our “best of the best” returns for 2025! We’ve reviewed the end-of-year best book lists and narrowed them down into one reference guide.

Overwhelmed by what to read from the past year? We’ve gathered the fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles we recommended in 2025 that also appear on at least one of the favorite lists from:

Book Riot, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Bookpage, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Washington Post, Silent Book Club,

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Most Popular Books 2025

We’ve gathered the most popular books in 2025 for a look back at the year! In each of our monthly newsletters, we share the top two most-viewed titles on the Reading Group Choices site for that month.

Here are the titles — a mix of fiction and nonfiction — that caught our readers’ attention from January to December: the most popular books in 2025. Do you remember these great reads? See if they match your own group’s most popular books…

January

1. Grace of the Empire State
by Gemma Tizzard

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Reading Group Choices 2025 Book Gift Guide

Looking for the perfect gift for the readers in your life? We’ve gathered a curated selection of standout titles we featured on Reading Group Choices throughout the year.

These are books that sparked conversations, lingered in our minds, and captured the hearts of book clubs everywhere. Whether you’re shopping for a friend, a family member, or treating yourself to a new favorite, this book-themed gift guide offers thoughtful picks for every kind of reader. Let the browsing begin!

For the Art Lovers

One of our recommended books is Mona's Eyes by Thomas SchlesserOne of our recommended books is The Club by Jennifer Dasal

1. Mona’s Eyes
by Thomas Schlesser

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Most Read Books from RGC 2023

Our 2024 survey results are in! And along with our readers’ favorite books of the year, we have a list of the most-read titles specifically from Reading Group Choices 2023.

Has your group read all of these terrific books yet?

Most-Read of 2023

1. The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson

 

Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book club read following Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman,

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Reading Group Choices 30th Anniversary Edition is Here!

Welcome to the 30th anniversary edition of Reading Group Choices! 

Reading Group Choices 2024-2025 is now available for purchase (eBook and paperback) on our website! The fact that recommending books can foster and encourage togetherness and an exposure to new ideas is not lost on us. We know that we are not only recommending a good book to read or providing discussion questions to help with conversations; we are also encouraging mornings, afternoons and evenings around the world where people sit down – and slow down – together for a few hours, and talk about books.

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