The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Leviathan Wakes

J L Wilson ❀️ loved this book because...

I love books that start me on a series with characters that grow and evolve.

  • Loved Most

    πŸ₯‡ Immersion πŸ₯ˆ Originality
  • Writing style

    πŸ‘ Liked it
  • Pace

    πŸ• Good, steady pace

By James S. A. Corey ,

Why should I read it?

28 authors picked Leviathan Wakes as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Humanity has colonized the planets - interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions - the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars and the political and military clout they wield over the Belt and beyond. Now, when Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

J L Wilson πŸ‘ liked this book because...

A great example of world-building and political intrigue.

  • Loved Most

    πŸ₯‡ Immersion πŸ₯ˆ Originality
  • Writing style

    πŸ‘ Liked it
  • Pace

    πŸ• Good, steady pace

By Christopher Paolini ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked To Sleep in a Sea of Stars as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Now a New York Times and USA Today bestseller!

Winner of Best Science Fiction in the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards!

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini.

Kira NavΓ‘rez dreamed of life on new worlds.

Now she's awakened a nightmare.

During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move.

As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of A Knight in Shining Armor

J L Wilson πŸ‘ liked this book because...

Unlike most 'time travel romances', this one seemed more authentic than others. While it's part of a family series, I read it as a standalone years ago and recently re-read it. I still like it!

  • Loved Most

    πŸ₯‡ Story/Plot πŸ₯ˆ Writing
  • Writing style

    πŸ‘ Liked it
  • Pace

    πŸ• Good, steady pace

By Jude Deveraux ,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked A Knight in Shining Armor as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A time-travel romance featuring a present-day heroine and a dashing hero from the sixteenth century!

Abandoned by a cruel fate, lovely Dougless Montgomery lies weeping upon a cold tombstone in an English church. Suddenly, the most extraordinary man appears. It is Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyck...and according to his tombstone he died in 1564.

Drawn to his side by a bond so sudden and compelling it overshadows reason, Dougless knows that Nicholas is nothing less than a miracle: a man who does not seek to change her, who finds her perfect, fascinating, just as she is. What Dougless never imagined…


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Twistered

By J L Wilson ,

Book cover of Twistered

What is my book about?

A shift on the old Oz story

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