The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of The New House

Lisa Black ❤️ loved this book because...

This is one of the more unique plots I’ve encountered in the past couple of years—and it’s, um, the very opposite of a cozy—but it’s the characters that make it truly special. The three women at the heart of it are all tough as nails in their own ways.

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    🥇 Originality 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Tess Stimson ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

'Took my breath away!... The ending is mind-blowing. I loved it!' NetGalley review
'WOW WOW WOW... Heart-pulsing, non-stop, mind-blowing thriller' NetGalley review
'OH MY GOD!... Gripping... Left me completely speechless! All the stars!' NetGalley review

Three couples. Three houses. One home to die for...

Stacey and Felix are the glamorous owners of the stylish, modern Glass House, with its pool and floor-to-ceiling windows. Now they're downsizing, but Stacey can't sell to just anyone. She needs the right buyer, who will keep her secrets.

Millie and Tom have always imagined living in the Glass House. Now it's for sale. With property…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of There Is No Ethan

Lisa Black ❤️ loved this book because...

This nonfiction account of an online predator—an interest of mine— who does not seek money but emotional manipulation takes a twist when three victims find each other and work together to unmask ‘Ethan,’ finding what no one would ever have expected. An absolutely unbelievable story!

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    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Teach
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Anna Akbari ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked There Is No Ethan as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

Lisa Black ❤️ loved this book because...

The story of an apparently unrepentant manipulator is not only fascinating but a tour through the 1970s in many way, with many cultural references and tie-ins that rang bells up and down my memory lane.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Teach 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Rick Emerson ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, Go Ask Alice remains a divisive bestseller, outraging censors and earning new fans, all of them drawn by the book's mythic premise: A Real Diary, by Anonymous.

But Alice was only the beginning.

In 1979, another diary rattled the culture, setting the stage for a national meltdown. The posthumous memoir of an…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Not Who We Expected

By Lisa Black ,

Book cover of Not Who We Expected

What is my book about?

Now forensic experts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies are pulled into solving a deadly mystery unfolding in the shadow of a celebrated rock star.

The two crime experts are enlisted by legendary rock star Billy Diamond to find his missing daughter. A level-headed student at Yale, Devon left six months earlier with her boyfriend, Carlos, for a career development retreat in Nevada. Her calls and notes became less frequent until they stopped. Billy wanted to give his daughter space—but after learning Carlos' body was found a few miles upstream from the ranch, he needs answers.

Rachael and Ellie hatch a plan—as Ellie goes undercover, Rachael will work with Billy to find out about Devon. But Rachael has a second agenda, to find out why Billy seems so familiar with her late sister Isis, whose little boy Rachael is raising. The music idol is hiding something, but what?

The southwest ranch is full of surprises. Devon is not only alive but thriving, and no one mentions Carlos. The attendees follow their leader, Galen, with slavish devotion, and their daily mind-body exercises stretch from brain-numbing to downright treacherous. If Galen is behind some nefarious scheme, how does it relate to the rock star and his daughter?

To answer those questions, Rachael will also have to ask: Who was her sister Isis, really? The answers will draw Ellie and Rachael deeper into danger. In Billy’s world and in Galen's, the living, the missing, and the dead all have secrets.

My book recommendation list

Book cover of The New House
Book cover of There Is No Ethan
Book cover of Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

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