The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Discount Dan

Ephiny Gale ❤️ loved this book because...

Super fun. Unique world. Weird in the best way.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By James A. Hunter ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Discount Dan as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Noclip In, No Way Out... All Dan wants is to find a way home. He'd settle for a beer, a bite to eat, and a place to sleep off his hangover.But, in an endless, ever-changing dungeon cobbled together from twisted carnivals, abandoned shopping malls, janky laundromats, and condemned insane asylums, getting a bit of shut-eye is harder than it sounds.Dan has accidentally "Noclipped" into the Backrooms—a bizarro, extra-dimensional Alice-in-Wonderland world, overrun with horrific nightmare creatures known as the Dwellers. No one ever gets out. Hell, forget about leaving, if Dan wants to survive the week, he's going to need to…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Private Rites

Ephiny Gale ❤️ loved this book because...

Highly atmospheric. Original setting. Sapphic characters. Growing sense of foreboding.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Julia Armfield ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Private Rites as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Judicator Jane 2

Ephiny Gale ❤️ loved this book because...

A fresh take on litRPG stats and worldbuilding that continues to surprise and delight me.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Brian Rouleau ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Judicator Jane 2 as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

As Jane uncovers Alur's secrets, she learns a terrible truth.After the monumental events in the Wastelands, Jane now embarks on a mission to discover who built the enigmatic System and why it brought her to Alur. On top of that, she needs to take care of the demonic horde she is now responsible for, along with helping any others she can along the way.However, there is an insidious evil here, festering in the most unexpected of places. Can she unravel the mystery in time? Or will the allure of power pull her down a path of darkness?Ancient forces, deadly monsters,…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Pick Your Potion

By Ephiny Gale , Margot Jenner (illustrator),

Book cover of Pick Your Potion

What is my book about?

Magic, mystery, and the macabre collide in Pick Your Potion, a mesmerising collection of genre-blending fantasy, science-fiction, and horror stories from award-winning Australian author Ephiny Gale.

The 26 weird tales in Pick Your Potion are female-centric, mostly queer, and always intriguing.

Within these pages, you’ll find:
A deadly and addictive magical board game.
A time-loop demon apocalypse.
A dimension-jumping cruise ship.
A competition to win a magical orchard.
A collection of murder victims’ last texts.

Heartwarming, heart-stopping, and heartbreaking in turn, Pick Your Potion offers a full apothecary of speculative stories to serve the curious reader.

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