The Most Anticipated Books of 2025

"Good Dirt" by Charmaine Wilkerson ($21, originally $30)

Charmaine Wilkerson, the bestselling author of "Black Cake," is back with another multigenerational family novel. "Good Dirt" is the story of Ebby Freeman, a member of one of the only Black families in a particularly well-to-do enclave of New England. The unsolved murder of Ebby's brother when she was just 10 years old vaulted her family into the headlines. When adult Ebby suffers a high-profile breakup, she flees to France to avoid another media frenzy . . . only for her past to follow her there.

Available Jan. 28, 2025