Like every end of the year, we have seen a multitude of lists with what is supposed to be the best books of 2025.
Some of these rankings are highly commented on and tend to be useful in Christmas shopping, especially for those who do not keep up to date with literary news. But beyond casual readers, there are others who analyze them carefully: writers, editors and the rest of the professionals in the literary industry.
I’m not saying anything new if I say that when creating many lists we try to meet a series of obligations. For example, being a writer, one of them is include at least one title from the publisher who published one. If possible, also another contact person or a good friend.
Relationships are so important that sometimes these lists turn into winks, hellos, and shoulds. In truth, many selections make sense if you know who someone gets along with, if they wrote the prologue to the novel they recommend, if they presented this book in a big space, if they are going to publish it with another publisher in 2026… And also who is free, because there are people like that.
In the cultural sector, these spaces They naturally become a fake LinkedIn and serve to strengthen professional ties. Ultimately, the lists are like many movie awards: personalities from an industry celebrating itself.
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