What to Put On Your 2025 TBR and Watchlist

Hey creators! A new year means new stories and you already know how excited I am for some of the new books, tv shows, and movies, as well as the ones that are coming back with sequels and second seasons. Shall we dive in?

Let’s start with the books. I’ll break it down by fantasy and let you know which ones are authored by Black or POC writers.

FANTASY

  • The Grimm Reapers’s Lawyer 💁🏾‍♀️

  • The Last One

  • A Whisper of Poison

  • Kiss and Spell 💁🏾‍♀️

  • Immortal Dark 💁🏾‍♀️

ROMANCE

  • This Could Be Us 💁🏾‍♀️

  • Vicious Bonds 💁🏾‍♀️

MYSTERY/THRILLER

  • The Inheritance Games (Books 1-3)

  • End of Story

  • Where Sleeping Girls Lie 💁🏾‍♀️

  • The Reappearance of Rachel Price

  • Their Vicious Games 💁🏾‍♀️

  • Promise Boys 💁🏾‍♀️



Okay, for those of us who have a proclivity to watch our stories, here are the watches for you!

TV SHOWS

  • Paradise (Disney+)

  • Zero Day (Netflix)

  • Dare Devil: Born Again (Disney+)

  • Watson (CBS)

  • Severance - Season 2 (AppleTV+)

  • The Last of Us - Season 2 (Max)

  • You - Season 5 (Netflix)

  • The Apothecary Diaries - Season 2 (Crunchyroll)

  • The Night Agent - Season 2 (Netflix)

MOVIES

  • One of Them Days

  • Sinners

  • Wicked: Part 2

  • Now You See Me 3

  • Freakier Friday

  • Fear Street: Prom Queen (Netflix)

  • I Know What You Did Last Summer TBD TITLE SEQUEL

  • Captain America: Brave New World

  • Frankenstein

  • Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

Here’s a Deadline article with a list of what else you can watch this year with their premiere dates and where you can catch them. What else is on your Watchlist or TBR?

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