Apple started its year-end recap season this week with Apple Music Replay, and now Apple Books has joined in. You can now check your 2025 Year in Review directly in the Apple Books app. The feature sits inside the Home tab, right where you usually start your reading sessions. It gives you a clean snapshot of your habits, and it helps you see what shaped your reading year.
You get clear summaries of your top genres, favorite authors, total books finished, and how often you read each month. Because Apple Books lays out your activity in simple charts, you understand your reading streaks at a glance. The experience mirrors Apple Music Replay and builds on Apple Books’ own recap tradition from recent years.
Apple also updated the Home tab with its official picks for the best books and audiobooks of 2025. These selections come from Apple’s editorial team, and they highlight a mix of fiction, nonfiction, and major releases from well-known authors. The lists pair well with the recap, since you see how your own reading compares with larger trends.
Best Books and Audiobooks of 2025
Best Books of 2025
- 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
- Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell
- Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
- Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow
- Arcana Academy by Elise Kova
- King Sorrow by Joe Hill
- Motherland by Julia Ioffe
Best Audiobooks of 2025
- 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
- The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
- The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
- Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
- Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
- The Next Conversation by Jefferson Fisher
How to View Your Apple Books Year in Review
- Open the Apple Books app on your device.
- Go to the Home tab.
- Tap the Year in Review card displayed at the top.
- Scroll through your reading stats, genres, authors, and activity charts.
Apple’s 2025 recap arrives at the right time, giving you a clear and simple way to look back at the stories you finished this year.
