The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Dissonance

❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Nicoli Gonnella ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked Dissonance as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A New World. A Thousand Threats. Welcome to The Continent.Felix's life on Earth had become a series of dead-end jobs, ruined relationships, and rotating apartments smaller than most postage stamps. By all accounts, even his own, he was a coward. Too afraid to move forward, to take risks. Yet when given the chance to choose between risking his life or walking away from a deadly encounter, he didn't hesitate.Moments before his untimely demise, Felix was snatched from earth and thrust into a magical world known only as ‘The Continent’. Empowered by the ‘System’, he learns that he can strengthen himself…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Legions

❤️ loved this book because...

A crafting series in an academy setting, wish there were more books like this!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Brian J. Nordon ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Legions as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Quest Academy's second semester has begun!

Crafting the first ever Mythic-Grade piece of equipment should have made Sal a Legend. Instead, it might end up getting him killed. That's what happens when you use the most coveted demonic material known to man... to build an attack drone.

Secrets are piling up, and Sal is tired of hiding his abilities. If he wants to live without fear, individual power won't be enough. It's time to establish the guild. Sal has the headquarters and the funds. All he needs are the right people to bring them up the rankings.

Salvatore finally has…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Small-Town Crafter

❤️ loved this book because...

Short, fresh, slice of life style books.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Tom Watts ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Small-Town Crafter as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Some people earn glory on the battlefield. Lewis earns it in a workshop.With nowhere to go, Lewis has two options: find an apprenticeship, or go hungry. Leaving home with only a pack on his back, he vows to secure a trade.With his last coins spent, he reaches the apprentice fair…But he’s too late. Every master is gone.All except one.Master Cooper is an old artificer who hasn’t trained anyone in decades. And he isn’t sure that he wants to start now.Lewis talks his way into an apprenticeship, learning a craft where the tools he uses are strange… and often misbehave. He…


Book cover of Dissonance
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