Best of 2025

Dazrin · Yesterday, 03:22 AM

If pdurrant can start the 2026 list thread early, then I can start the best of thread early, so ...

It's time! What were your favorite books of 2025?

As we get to the end of the year, please take some time to review (and update) your 2025 Challenge List, your GoodReads Year in Books, your StoryGraph library, or any other book diary you keep.

Then let us know what your favorite books were.

What are your favorite books that you read in 2025?

What books do you recommend that were published in 2025?

What books are you looking forward to in 2026?

If you have time, a short mention of why you chose these books so we can decide if they would be a good fit for us is appreciated. I know some people like to plan out their 2026 reading challenges.

If you want some prompt questions to help you decide on your choices, here are some ideas from previous years:
What are your favorite books that you read in 2025?

Is there a book that you have been thinking about since March?
A book you couldn't put down or have re-read three times just this year?
What books have you added to your "I'm going to re-read this" list?
Did your favorite author finally release that long awaited book?
What books did you tell your friends "you have to read this"?
Did you have a favorite book club selection?

What books do you recommend that were published in 2025?

Are there any contenders for your favorite literary/genre/other award?
What would you have in a hypothetical MR slate for the Hugos?
What debut author is now on your must buy list?

What books are you looking forward to in 2026?

Are any of your favorite authors publishing something new next year that we should look for?

Past "best of" threads:
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

drofgnal · Yesterday, 04:09 AM

My favorite books in published in 2025 were Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Lies They Told Us and Ken Collet's Circle of Days. Follet's was a bit of a let down from past works like Pillars of the Earth but it was still good. I also enjoyed David Greig's The Book of I, more of a long novella/very short novel. Those were my only reads published in 2025. Everything else I read was past works. I bought the new Shannara book, but have yet to read it. I may wait for book 2 and 3 to come out and read them all at once.

Yesterday, 03:22 AM	#1
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,742 Karma: 75825105 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	Best of 2025 If pdurrant can start the 2026 list thread early, then I can start the best of thread early, so ... It's time! What were your favorite books of 2025? As we get to the end of the year, please take some time to review (and update) your 2025 Challenge List, your GoodReads Year in Books, your StoryGraph library, or any other book diary you keep. Then let us know what your favorite books were. What are your favorite books that you read in 2025? What books do you recommend that were published in 2025? What books are you looking forward to in 2026? If you have time, a short mention of why you chose these books so we can decide if they would be a good fit for us is appreciated. I know some people like to plan out their 2026 reading challenges. If you want some prompt questions to help you decide on your choices, here are some ideas from previous years: What are your favorite books that you read in 2025? Is there a book that you have been thinking about since March? A book you couldn't put down or have re-read three times just this year? What books have you added to your "I'm going to re-read this" list? Did your favorite author finally release that long awaited book? What books did you tell your friends "you have to read this"? Did you have a favorite book club selection? What books do you recommend that were published in 2025? Are there any contenders for your favorite literary/genre/other award? What would you have in a hypothetical MR slate for the Hugos? What debut author is now on your must buy list? What books are you looking forward to in 2026? Are any of your favorite authors publishing something new next year that we should look for? Past "best of" threads: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

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Yesterday, 04:09 AM	#2
drofgnal Wizard Posts: 1,437 Karma: 10519918 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Ipad Pro/Kindle Oasis 3/iPhone 13 Pro Max	My favorite books in published in 2025 were Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Lies They Told Us and Ken Collet's Circle of Days. Follet's was a bit of a let down from past works like Pillars of the Earth but it was still good. I also enjoyed David Greig's The Book of I, more of a long novella/very short novel. Those were my only reads published in 2025. Everything else I read was past works. I bought the new Shannara book, but have yet to read it. I may wait for book 2 and 3 to come out and read them all at once.

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