Year-End Lists

Electric Lit: Best Novels of 2025

Top 5 Novels of the Year

• Audition
  Katie Kitamura
• Beings
  Ilana Masad
• Dominion
  Addie E. Citchens
• Flashlight
  Susan Choi
• The Wilderness
  Angela Flournoy

Additional Favorite Novels

• Good Girl
  Aria Aber
• Hot Girls with Balls
  Benedict Nguyễn
• The Grand Paloma Resort
  Cleyvis Natera
• Stop Me If You've Heard This One
  Kristen Arnett
• Heart the Lover
  Lily King
• Homeseeking
  Karissa Chen
• Minor Black Figures
  Brandon Taylor
• Big Chief
  Jon Hickey
• The Edge of Water
  Olufunke Grace Bankole
• Blob

  A Love Story
  Maggie Su
• Loca
  Alejandro Heredia
• The High Heaven
  Joshua Wheeler
• These Memories Do Not Belong to Us
  Yiming Ma
• A/S/L
  Jeanne Thornton
• Middle Spoon
  Alejandro Varela
• The Summer House
  Masashi Matsuie
• Fulfillment
  Lee Cole
• Awakened
  A.E. Osworth
• Sky Daddy
  Kate Folk
• The Payback
  Kashana Cauley