Best books of 2025, by Hannah Kent, Arundhati Roy, Charlotte McConaghy and more

Welcome to ABC Arts’ much-anticipated wrap of the best books of 2025.

Our literary critics have done the near impossible work of choosing their favourite books of the year and are itching to share their picks with you.

On the list are a much-vaunted novel that was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker…