We’ve entered into a time where people don’t equate hard work with getting ahead. Instead they want the work/life balance. They watched their parents work themselves to death, and they don’t want to do it.
These are the 2025 titles the Next Big Idea Club staff couldn’t stop thinking about.
These 10 books helped readers pause, zoom out, and understand what was really changing beneath the AI headlines.
These are the 18 titles that rose to the top in 2025—books that sparked conversation, challenged assumptions, and stayed with our readers long after the final page.
