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Read Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury’s new Christmas story, created especially for Big Issue

Michael Rosen has written a stirring and timely festive story of a family struggling at Christmas

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The ultimate guide to the best books of 2025 – as chosen by Big Issue critics

Big Issue literary critics’ books of the year

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Children's books of the year

From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025

Here is our pick of 2025’s books for kids, by age group. Your Christmas list sorted

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts

Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre

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Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children’s author Sophie Kirtley

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The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors

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A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction

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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

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Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog

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Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world

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My aunt was a nun. Even she read Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusters

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Top 5 seafaring books, chosen by award-winning writer Carolyn Kirby

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Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde review – a radical, gorgeous queer novel

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Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – connections across the Indian diaspora

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Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler review – speculative fiction with an emotional core

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The Man on the Endless Stair by Chris Barkley review – mind-bending revelations

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Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – mortal reflections from a hospital bed

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Top 5 historical novels, chosen by best-selling author Lana Kortchik

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Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello review – captivating poetic sensibilities

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The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic

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Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City

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Moderation by Elaine Castillo review – modern love story falls short

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Top 5 books for children under eight, chosen by author Truly Johnston

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Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins

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