The best books of 2025

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Join 1,210 readers and share your 3 favorite reads of the year.

My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of The Wedding People

Jennifer Salvato Doktorski ❤️ loved this book because...

I loved the crisp, witty dialogue and laugh-at-loud moments. Espach elevates the “outsider at the wedding” set up and continues to surprise the reader as we get drawn deeper into these characters lives.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Alison Espach ,

Why should I read it?

27 authors picked The Wedding People as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.

It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Don't Forget to Write

Jennifer Salvato Doktorski ❤️ loved this book because...

A summer spent at the Jersey shore with an eccentric great aunt? This book spoke to my heart.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Sara Goodman Confino ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Don't Forget to Write as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In 1960, a young woman discovers a freedom she never knew existed in this exhilarating, funny, and emotional novel by the bestselling author of She's Up to No Good.

When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi's son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter's reputation, it's Philadelphia's strict premier matchmaker. Either that or Marilyn can kiss college goodbye.

To Marilyn's surprise, Ada's not the humorless septuagenarian her mother described. Not with that platinum-blonde hair, Hermes scarf, and Cadillac convertible. She's…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Run Away With Me

Jennifer Salvato Doktorski ❤️ loved this book because...

A perfect travel companion during my trip to Rome.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Brian Selznick ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Run Away With Me as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 14, 15, 16, and 17.

What is this book about?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author/illustrator
Brian Selznick, a profoundly romantic YA novel about two boys
finding each other and falling in love over one summer in Rome.

"I'm going to call you Danny. What are you going to name me?"

"Angelo."

Danny is spending his sixteenth summer in Rome. As his mother
spends the day at work in a mysterious museum, he wanders the ancient
sites and streets. Soon after his arrival, he encounters a shadow
... who becomes a voice ... who becomes a boy his age. Angelo.

Soon Danny and Angelo are spending as much time…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Finding Normal

By Jennifer Salvato Doktorski ,

Book cover of Finding Normal

What is my book about?

Sick of being told they’re sick, two teens run away to find the five towns in the U.S. named “Normal” and find love, friendship, and acceptance along the way.

Book cover of The Wedding People
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Book cover of Run Away With Me

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