The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week

The author of Nightcrawling is back with a story about a group of teenage moms in Florida. When Adela gets pregnant at 16, her parents send her to her grandmother’s house in Padua Beach. There, she meets the Girls: a group of young moms and pregnant teenagers. Together, they try to navigate through graduation, love, friendship, and betrayal. This is already makings its way onto several Best Books of 2025 So Far lists! —Danika Ellis

The Hunger Games series is still just as relevant (if not more so) than it was when it started more than 15 years ago. Collins’s latest, which tells Haymitch Abernathy’s story, also sold 1.5 million copies in English in its first week. It was read by almost 19,000 users this week and has a 4.6 average rating.

McFadden has been a familiar name in this feature ever since The Housemaid exploded onto the bestseller lists. In her newest thriller, Blake and his fiancée rent out a room in their house to a new tenant. Soon, strange things start happening around the house, and the neighbors begin treating them differently. This one was read by 22,000 Goodreads users this week, and it has a 3.9 average rating.

This is the second book in the Into Darkness dark romance series, which began with Lights Out. It follows Junior, who is in the mafia. In high school, he turned down bookish Lauren to protect her. But now, she’s a regular at a play club, and he becomes obsessed with getting her back. It was read by more than 24,000 users and has a 3.9 average rating.

Emily Henry is a staple author on the bestseller lists and the Goodreads most read list, so it’s no surprise to see her newest title here. It follows two writers competing to write the official biography of a reclusive heiress. It was read by almost 25,000 users and has a 4.0 average rating.