The best books of 2025

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Flashlight

By Susan Choi ,

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John Whittier Treat ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Story/Plot

  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it

  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace
Flashlight

By Susan Choi ,

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

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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Caledonian Road

By Andrew O'Hagan ,

Book cover of Caledonian Road

John Whittier Treat ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing

  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it

  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace
Caledonian Road

By Andrew O'Hagan ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

'Utterly awe-inspiring.' Douglas Stuart
'Extraordinary.' Marina Hyde
'An utter joy to read.' Monica Ali
'Majestic.' Independent
'A masterpiece.' John Lanchester
'Addictively enjoyable.' Guardian
'Pitch-perfect.' Observer

** Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction **
** A Sunday Times Bestseller **

From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation novel - the story of one man's epic fall from grace.

Campbell Flynn - art historian and celebrity pundit - is entering the empire of middle age. Fuelled by an appetite for controversy and novelty, he doesn't take people half as seriously as they take themselves. Which will prove the…

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My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Beartooth

By Callan Wink ,

Book cover of Beartooth

John Whittier Treat ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Thoughts

  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it

  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace
Beartooth

By Callan Wink ,

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

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First Consonants

By John Whittier Treat ,

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What is my book about?

Brian is an unremarkable child, until he isn't. As other children start to babble, adding to their vocabularies day by day, Brian grows quieter with age, stumbling over the words he needs to lead a normal life: He is a stutterer. This speech disorder defines his formative years, filled with prejudice and bullying, as he creates his own scales of right and wrong, both justified and unjustified. He uses his fists whenever words fail him. As he increasingly fills with rage after life-changing abuse at the hands of a priest who takes advantage of his vulnerability, he resorts to ever greater acts of violence, risking everything he has worked hard for in life. Brian's one hope for his redemption? Alaska. An elderly Brian moves to the Alaskan outback, and here he attempts to redeem himself and the world.

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