The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting: A Novel

❤️ loved this book because...

So fun and touching. Rare to have a middle-aged woman as the main character. Highly recommend! I was giggling the whole way through and just fell in love with the characters and was so sad when the book ended. I wanted to hang with these people in real life!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Clare Pooley ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project: Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It’s a rule. But what would happen if they did?

“A hilarious and sweet creation about a group of individuals who form a family with love at its core.” —USA Today

Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Bookworm and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do.…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Broken Country

❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Clare Leslie Hall ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

*****AMAZON'S BOOK OF THE YEAR *****
INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK
FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK
AMANDA LAMB BOOK CLUB PICK

'An unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives . . . but it's also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming'
REESE WITHERSPOON

'This story of a love affair is so addictive it could be at home with the thrillers . . . A simmering book of secrets,…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of The Correspondent

❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Virginia Evans ,

Why should I read it?

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


Book cover of Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting: A Novel
Book cover of Broken Country
Book cover of The Correspondent

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