New One-Word Titles
This list was inspired by the reading prompt: Read a book with a one-word title in the Playing Card Reading Challenge (5 of Diamonds). Given that there are innumerable books with one-word titles, I added a parameter to come up with a more succinct list. So here we have 10 books published in 2025 with one-word titles.
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Katie Kitamura
An actress meets a younger man for lunch, leading to two competing narratives that explore the complex roles we play in relationships and the masks we wear. Booker Prize Winner.
Also Fullfills: Read a book that won an award
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love—this time among the stars.
Also Fullfills: Read a book with LGBTQ+ representation
Karissa Chen
A couple’s love story unfolds over 60 years, spanning war, famine, and opportunity, as they navigate the Chinese diaspora and explore the meaning of home.
Also Fullfills: Read a family saga
Samantha Harvey
This Booker Prize-winning novel follows six astronauts from different nations during 24 hours aboard a space station, observing Earth while forming bonds and contemplating our planet’s beauty.
Also fullfills: Read a book with LGBTQ+ representation. Read a book that won an award. Read a sci-fi set in space.
Lauren Roberts
Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya, where Paedyn must make a life-altering choice that will determine her fate and the fate of those around her in the ultimate battle of love and loyalty.
Also fullfills: Read a fantasy novel
R.F. Kuang
Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek: The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld.
Also fullfills: Read a fantasy novel.
Ali Hazelwood
A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Bride.
Also fullfills: Read a romance. Read a fantasy novel.
Hannah Grace
Two summer camp counselors reconnect after a passionate one-night stand and must navigate the complications of their attraction while adhering to the camp’s strict “no staff fraternization” rule.
Also fullfills: Read a romance.
Julia Ioffee
Acclaimed journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.
Also fullfills: Read a memoir/autobiography.
Allegra Goodman
A French noblewoman, deserted on an island, must rely on her faith and love to survive nature’s harsh challenges.
Also fullfills: Read a romance. Read a historical fiction set before 1800. Read a book set on an island.
What one-word titled books are your favorites? Leave a comment so we can check it out!
May your life be as full as your bookshelf and as long as your TBR list.
Happy Reading!
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