Roundup

Best Books of the Year (So Far!)

June 12, 2025

Who says we can only celebrate the best books of the year in December? We cannot stop talking about these business, personal finance, and self-help titles that have published this year. If you’re looking for something new to read this summer, we recommend starting with the books on this list.

Careless People

by Sarah Wynn-Williams

An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. Careless People is a deeply personal account of why and how things have gone so horribly wrong in the past decade—told in a sharp, candid, and utterly disarming voice.

*Amazon Editors’ Best Books of the Year So Far*
*Barnes & Noble Best Business Books of 2025 So Far*
*New York Times Best Books of the Year So Far*

The Let Them Theory

by Mel Robbins and Sawyer Robbins

In The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins—New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s most respected experts on motivation, confidence, and mindset—teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can’t control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life. Written as an easy-to-understand guide, Robbins shares relatable stories from her own life, highlights key takeaways, relevant research and introduces you to world-renowned experts in psychology, neuroscience, relationships, happiness, and ancient wisdom who champion The Let Them Theory every step of the way.

*Amazon Best Nonfiction Books of 2025 So Far*

*Barnes & Noble Best Personal Growth Books of 2025*

We Can Do Hard Things

by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle

When you travel through love, heartbreak, joy, parenting, friendship, uncertainty, aging, grief, new beginnings—life—you need a guidebook, too. We Can Do Hard Things is the guidebook for being alive. The authors asked each other, their dearest friends, and 118 of the world’s most brilliant wayfinders: As you’ve traveled these roads—marriage, parenting, work, recovery, heartbreak, aging, new beginnings—have you collected any wisdom that might help us find our way? They put all of that wisdom in one place: We Can Do Hard Things—a place to turn when you feel clueless and alone, when you need clarity in the chaos, or when you want wise company on the path of life.

*Amazon Best Nonfiction Books of 2025 So Far*

*Barnes & Noble Best Personal Growth Books of 2025*

Source Code

by Bill Gates

The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age. Everyone is programmed a little differently, and Bill Gates’ unique insight led to business triumphs that are now widely known. Source Code is not about Microsoft or the Gates Foundation or the future of technology. It’s the human, personal story of how Bill Gates became who he is today: his childhood, his early passions and pursuits. Bill Gates tells this, his own story, for the first time: wise, warm, revealing, it’s a fascinating portrait of an American life.

*Amazon Best Business and Leadership Books of 2025 So Far*

*Barnes & Noble Best Business Books of 2025 So Far*

You Deserve to Be Rich

by Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings

A revolutionary playbook for building generational wealth, no matter where you grew up—from the founders of the explosively popular podcast and financial literacy platform Earn Your Leisure. As kids, Rashad and Troy, were fascinated by finance, curious about the stock market and how money moves among systems and pockets. But they began to notice that—for people in their community—hard work wasn’t enough. The system wasn’t set up to help people like them turn our hustle into lasting wealth. You Deserve to Be Rich is their answer to the thousands upon thousands of people who have asked them for a detailed blueprint. The key to earning your leisure is to see money as a strategic tool for wealth development. You deserve to be rich. This is the playbook to make it happen.

*Amazon Best Business and Leadership Books of 2025 So Far*

* Barnes & Noble Best Business Books of 2025 So Far

Hubris Maximus

by Faiz Siddiqui

Once frequently heralded as a modern-day Edison, Elon Musk has taken up a new place in the public consciousness with his growing desire to disrupt not just the automotive and space industries but the policies that shape our nation, placing him at the center of America’s most complex undertakings in manufacturing, politics, and defense and technology, even as his increasingly erratic personal behavior has raised questions about his stability and judgement. At a moment when America’s tech gods are more influential than ever, Hubris Maximus is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of lionizing magnetic leaders. Washington Post journalist Faiz Siddiqui offers a gripping, detailed portrait of a singularly messy and lucrative period in Musk’s career, as well as a case study in the power of using one’s platform to shape the public narrative in a world that can’t turn away from its screens.

Barnes * Noble Best Business Books of 2025 So Far

No More Tears

by Gardiner Harris

An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies. Filled with shocking and infuriating but utterly necessary revelations, No More Tears is a landmark work of investigative journalism that lays bare the deeply rooted corruption behind the image of babies bathing with a smile.

*Amazon Editors’ Best Books of the Year So Far*

The 5 Types of Wealth

by Sahil Bloom

Throughout your life, you’ve been slowly indoctrinated to believe that money is the only type of wealth. In reality, your wealthy life may involve money, but in the end, it will be defined by everything else. After three years of research, personal experimentation, and thousands of interviews across the globe, Sahil Bloom has created a groundbreaking blueprint to build your life around five types of wealth: Time Wealth, Social Wealth, Mental Wealth, Physical Wealth, and Financial Wealth. A life of true fulfillment engages all five types—working dynamically, in concert across the seasons of your journey. No matter where you are on your path—a recent graduate, new parent, midlife warrior, retiree, or anything in between—The 5 Types of Wealth will help you act on your priorities to create an instant positive impact in your daily life, make better decisions, and design the life you’ve always dreamed of.

*Amazon Best Business and Leadership Books of 2025 So Far*

Rich Girl Nation

by Katie Gatti Tassin

Women experience money differently than men do. What can women do to build wealth and claim financial power in a system that wasn’t designed for them? Katie Gatti Tassin, personal finance writer and host of the popular podcast The Money with Katie Show, has built an energized following of smart, ambitious women seeking a deeper understanding of the financial issues that affect them. In Rich Girl Nation, Tassin deconstructs the unique challenges women face on their journey to financial freedom, offering context and nuanced guidance on money matters. Packed with scrupulous research and Tassin’s trademark wit, Rich Girl Nation uncovers the real story behind our financial system and shows us exactly how to thrive within it while we fight for broader change.

*Barnes & Noble Best Business Books of 2025 So Far*