The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Player Manager

Erin Ampersand ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Ted Steel ,

Why should I read it?

9 authors picked Player Manager as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Could a seemingly average Premier League fan oversee a football club better than a top manager? Max is starting to think so . . .

Max Best is not living his—ahem—best life. His job’s a drag, his home’s a shooting gallery, his hopes are nil, and lately, even his beloved game of football has devolved from a chaotic, ecstatic delight into a cold, calculating equation complete with stats, tech terms, and mindless lingo. But then Max rescues a mysterious old man from a mugging. “Nick” seems friendly enough . . . until he innocently asks his saviour, “Would you sell…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of A Journey of Black and Red

Erin Ampersand ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Alex Gilbert ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked A Journey of Black and Red as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Waking up chained in a dark cellar, Ariane must struggle to survive and escape the strange fortress she finds herself in. All those around her play by rules she does not understand, and there is also this strange thirst that water cannot sate...


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of The Bystander

Erin Ampersand ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Thoughts
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Rob M. Lastrel ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

In a town where horror movie tropes come to life, one's only chance to survive is to

play their role, in the first book of a spine-tingling gamelit series.

When horror-obsessed Riley Lawrence and his group of college friends arrive in the small town of Carousel for their Centennial Celebration, the few decrepit cars parked in the street don't scare them. But when they enter a dimmed theater, the animatronic usher hands them each a ticket, and the lights dim, Riley realizes they've entered the inescapable patchwork of a horror movie set. And they've each been assigned an archetype―Scholar, Athlete,…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Book cover of Time to Play: Apocalypse Parenting, Book One

What is my book about?

A few minutes ago, Meghan Moretti’s biggest concern was getting the kids’ athletic clothes washed in time for practice this evening. Now, Earth has been forced into participating in some high-stakes intergalactic reality television. All electrical wiring has been slagged, and most combustibles neutralized. Some kind of evil space rodents are appearing on the front lawn, too.

Like any parent, Meghan’s first instinct is to keep her young children safely away from the monsters. When she learns that’s not possible, she has to find ways to help them thrive anyway.

What’s a mom to do?

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The beginning of an apocalyptic LitRPG saga.

Book cover of Player Manager
Book cover of A Journey of Black and Red
Book cover of The Bystander

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