Critics’ choice: The year’s best novels

- “Quantum Echoes” by Haruki Murakami
- “The Last Human” by Margaret Atwood
- “Neon Ghosts” by Zadie Smith
- “The Algorithm of Consciousness” by Ted Chiang
- “Martian Rhapsody” by Andy Weir
- “The Holographic Heart” by Kazuo Ishiguro
- “Synthetic Eden” by N.K. Jemisin
- “Echoes of the Anthropocene” by Amitav Ghosh
- “The Quantum Tarot” by David Mitchell
- “Neuropolis” by William Gibson
These critically acclaimed novels of 2025 explore themes of technology, climate change, consciousness, and human nature, pushing the boundaries of literary fiction and speculative storytelling.