A stunning romance thriller has bagged the title of finest guide of 2025 as an rising creator comes out on high, beating Suzanne Collins and Mel Robbins.
Amazon’s finest guide of the yr has been revealed (Picture: Getty)
The Greatest E book of the 12 months has been revealed, with an rising creator taking the title over much-loved Mel Robbins, Freida McFadden and Booker Prize winner David Szalay. Amazon UK has confirmed {that a} gripping romance thriller has taken the highest spot on this yr’s checklist.
Earlier winners of the title have been creator R.F. Kuang in 2023 and David Nicholls final yr. The choice finally comes all the way down to the Amazon Books UK workforce, who weigh reader critiques and guide charts alongside their very own skilled opinion. This yr’s profitable guide was launched in March and has already secured a movie adaptation.
The panel has declared Damaged Nation by Clare Leslie Corridor as its Greatest E book of the 12 months within the UK.
Damaged Nation managed to beat Intruder by Freida McFadden and bestselling The Let Them Idea by award-winning creator and podcaster, Mel Robbins.
The guide is ready within the English countryside and was impressed by Corridor’s house. The plot follows Beth, who lives on a farm along with her husband Frank. Nevertheless, her life turns into fractured by the return of her passionate but forbidden old flame, Gabriel Wolfe. Damaged Nation explores love triangles, household tragedy and courtroom drama as readers uncover the extent individuals go to for love.
Corridor’s guide was already a Sunday Instances bestseller and obtained acclaim from Reese Witherspoon’s E book Membership. Talking of her win, she stated: “It’s such an amazing honour to have Damaged Nation chosen as Amazon UK’s Greatest E book of the 12 months.
“It has meant the world to me to see readers connecting with Beth, Frank and Gabriel’s story, and I’m really delighted.” Jen Barrett, Amazon Books UK Editor, added: “Clare Leslie Corridor’s sweeping, unputdownable novel expertly fuses the heartache of an amazing love story with the tempo of a home thriller, making it a worthy winner of our Greatest E book of the 12 months for 2025.
“There was such a breadth of expertise throughout this yr’s shortlists, however Damaged Nation utterly captivated us with its refined, emotionally charged have a look at inconceivable selections and the lasting imprint left by a primary love. Corridor’s writing is lyrical and fantastically evocative, pulling readers deep into the Dorset panorama, which serves as a backdrop to simmering secrets and techniques and devastating betrayals.
Clare Leslie Corridor’s Damaged Nation has gained this yr’s award (Picture: Getty)
“The narrative masterfully strikes between previous and current, constructing insufferable suspense as an outdated love triangle, grief, and jealousy culminate in lethal penalties and a homicide trial. You’ll end up recommending it far and huge.”
In addition to revealing this yr’s winner, Amazon has additionally shared the shortlists for Greatest Fiction, Greatest Non-Fiction, and Greatest Younger Grownup or Kids’s E book. High non-fiction books included To the Girls by Donna Ashworth, When Gavin Met Stacey and Every part in Between by Ruth Jones & James Corden, in addition to The Traitor’s Circle by Jonathan Freedland.
Kids and younger grownup books within the shortlist included Dawn on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, A Poem for Each Query by Brian Bilston and Unimaginable Creatures: The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell.
Amazon UK’s High Ten Greatest Books of the 12 months (throughout all classes, in no explicit order)
WINNER Damaged Nation by Clare Leslie Corridor – John Murray Press
The Names by Florence Knapp – Headline
Flesh by David Szalay – Jonathan Cape (PRH)
The Let Them Idea by Mel Robbins – Hay Home (PRH)
Padella by Tim Siadatan – Bloomsbury Publishing
The Intruder by Freida McFadden – Poisoned Pen Press
Dawn on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins – Scholastic Ltd
Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns – HarperCollins Publishers
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