There’s only one store to shop for the readers in your life this holiday season, and it’s at . Its range of books is seemingly endless, and while there’s something for everybody, Indigo also makes it easy to find “the one†the book lover on your list was hoping for.
To help you browse the sections and to narrow it down from all the bestsellers lists, there are a few key trends to note. Firstly, the fantasy section is where it’s at for female readers this year.
“We’ve seen four consecutive years of double-digit fantasy growth, with stories and series written by women, about women, for a women-audience topping the charts!â€Ìý said Rachel Law, Indigo print experience manager.
Many of us readers are still head over heels with romance. “Stories with happy endings (other than love, a key criteria for romance!) can be so appealing in uncertain times,†said Law. “New authors are finding, and established authors are growing, their reading audience as romance continues a multi-year growth trend.â€
Perhaps not so surprisingly, we’re also getting more inspiration from one another on Tik Tok. “We’re delighted to see peer-to-peer book recommendations continue to resonate and grow on #BookTok,†said Law. “The Romantasy trend looks set to continue and special editions with sprayed and stenciled edges are being produced to meet enthusiastic demand,†she added.ÌýÌý
So now that we know what’s buzzing, it’s time to start shopping. You can head into any Indigo store to find all of your top picks or add them to your cart with just a few clicks of a button on the .
Ahead, we’ve included the trending short-lists of this season’s hottest books guaranteed to inspire even the most discerning of readers. Scroll through, shop up, and leave the page turning to them. Oh, and don’t forget to check out Indigo’s curated selection of holiday gifts while you’re at it.
Indigo Wrapped: Bestselling categories in 2024
- Fiction
- Thrillers, contemporary, literary, historical, classics and horror
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Teen
- Manga
- Well-Being
- Cooking
- History & Political Science
- Business
- Biography
Top Books By Category
Fantasy - YOY growth in 2024, 37 per cent
- Most Anticipated in Spring 2025 - – January 21
Romance - YOY growth in 2024, 24 per cent
- Most Anticipated in Spring 2025 - Deep End by Ali Hazelwood – February 4
Horror
- Most Anticipated in Spring 2025 - – January 14
Kids
- Most Anticipated in Spring 2025 - – March 4
Well-Being
- Most Anticipated in Spring 2025 - – January 2Ìý
Top #BookTok titles of 2024 - YOY growth in 2024, 15 per cent
- Most Anticipated in Spring 2025
- Most Anticipated in Spring 2025
Bestselling books of 2024
Top publishing trends in 2024
- Sprayed edges
- Romantasy
- Cozy
- Taylor Swift
The top authors in 2024
- Sarah J Maas
- Ana Huang
- Rebecca Yarros
- Colleen Hoover
- Frieda McFadden
- Kristin Hannah
- Stephen King
- Emily Henry
- Holly Jackson
- Elsie Silver
What’s Ahead:
2025’s biggest book adaptations
- - FX
- - film in theatres
- - Netflix
- season 2 - HBO
- - Netflix
- - Prime
- - film in theatres
- - film in theatres
- - film in theatres
- - Netflix
- Netflix
- - Prime
- - Prime
- - film in theatres
- - Netflix
- - Apple TV+
- - film in theatres
2025’s buzziest spring book adaptations… that we know of!
- - in theatres January 31
- - in theatres February 14
- - in theatres January 31
- - on Netflix March 14
- - TBD
- - TBD
- - TBD
The 25 Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2025
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