Best Books of 2025 So Far | Indigo

After months of reading and lively debates, we've handpicked the standout books from the first half of the year.

"Engaging and practical, this is the quintessential book for Canadians looking to better understand their place in reconciliation, and how they can practise it in their own lives." – Ameema, Print Category Manager

Hardcover
$20.00 Price reduced from $25.00 to

"Elsie Silver delivers yet another read that is both emotional and spicy—I read it in under 24 hours. With fan-fave tropes like enemies to lovers and marriage of convenience, it’s perfection!"

– Jessica, PR Coordinator

Paperback
$21.59 Price reduced from $26.99 to

"This coming-of-age story alternates between sheer delight and haunting grief. The storytelling is immersive and flawless."

– Amanda, Print Director

Hardcover
$24.50 Price reduced from $35.00 to

"Julie Chan: hero or villain? I changed my mind every chapter in this quickly (and darkly) escalating fraud-romp-caper of a book."

– Andrew, Print Director

Paperback
$17.49 Price reduced from $24.99 to

"It's never easy to write a follow-up to a bonafide hit, let alone conclude a duology, but this sequel to A Fate Inked in Blood lives up to all the hype. More Norse myths, more forbidden romance, and more at stake."

– Chihoe, Senior Print Category Manager

Hardcover
$31.50 Price reduced from $42.00 to

"The Canadian TikTok sensation brings us her first book of poems, a collection of deep yearning, gratitude, and kindness."

– Brandon, Print Category Manager

Hardcover
$24.00 Price reduced from $32.00 to

"This beautiful and devastating book might be the most important of the year, as we all try to reckon with the anger, violence, and despair of this epoch."

– Ryan, Print Category Manager

Hardcover
$27.00 Price reduced from $36.00 to

"I’m a bit of a sucker for historical fiction, and this one, set in the early 1900s and centred around a young, penniless Scottish woman, drew me in from the first page."

– Heather Reisman, CEO & Chief Booklover

Paperback
$17.49 Price reduced from $24.99 to

"It's always such a thrill when the contents of a book are every bit as captivating and intruiging as its striking cover. A homerun of a sophomore novel."

– Kristi, Senior Print Category Manager

Paperback
$24.95

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Taylor Jenkins Reid Paperback
$20.00 Price reduced from $26.99 to
V. E. SCHWAB Hardcover
$29.99 Price reduced from $39.99 to
Abby Jimenez Paperback
$19.49 Price reduced from $25.99 to
Clare Leslie Hall Paperback
$20.00 Price reduced from $26.99 to
Fredrik Backman Paperback
$18.89 Price reduced from $26.99 to
David Szalay Hardcover
$34.95
Freida Mcfadden Paperback
$18.89 Price reduced from $26.99 to
Allegra Goodman Paperback
$20.00 Price reduced from $26.95 to
Ocean Vuong Hardcover
$27.99 Price reduced from $39.99 to
Uzma Jalaluddin Paperback
$18.19 Price reduced from $25.99 to
Ana Huang Paperback
$20.24 Price reduced from $26.99 to
Brynne Weaver Paperback
$18.74 Price reduced from $24.99 to
Glennon Doyle Hardcover
$31.50 Price reduced from $45.00 to
Nita Prose Paperback
$20.00 Price reduced from $26.95 to
Ali Hazelwood Paperback
$27.99