The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Capture or Kill

Monica Chase ❤️ loved this book because...

The Mitch Rapp series is my go to when I want sharp pacing and a world that feels one bad decision away from cracking open. This installment delivered exactly what I look for in a Rapp book. Bentley keeps the energy tight and the stakes high without ever losing the grounded feel that makes this series work. It felt like slipping back in into a familiar world, only to be reminded how good it is at keeping my pulse up.

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    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down
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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of The Fifth Kind: Awakening

Monica Chase ❤️ loved this book because...

This one hooked me with its atmosphere and sense of scale. Prescott has a way of making the unknown feel both intimidating and irresistible. The science is engaging, the twists land, and the characters pull you through a story that keeps expanding in ways you do not expect. It is the kind of read that transports you, not by force, but because staying in your own world suddenly seems far less interesting.

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    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By James D. Prescott ,

Why should I read it?

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


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of I Will Find You

Monica Chase ❤️ loved this book because...

Coben is unmatched when it comes to building a setup that looks unsolvable and then proving he had the answer all along. This book grabbed me immediately and never loosened its grip. The tension works, the characters are complex, and the turns are perfectly executed. It reminded me why I never hesitate to pick up his newest release. When he in full stride, it is just a joy to read.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Harlan Coben ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked I Will Find You as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From the # 1 author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Stay Close, a page-turning thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page. The new Harlan Coben blockbuster has arrived.
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David and Cheryl Burroughs are living the dream - married, a beautiful house in the suburbs, a three year old son named Matthew - when tragedy strikes one night in the worst possible way.

David awakes to find himself covered in blood, but not his own - his son's. And while he knows he did not murder his son, the overwhelming evidence against him puts…


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Echoes of Control

By Monica Chase ,

Book cover of Echoes of Control

What is my book about?

The war for your DNA is over. The war for your mind has begun.

Months after the genetic crisis shattered society, Memphis attorney Harper “Brass” Brasfield is still picking up the pieces, fighting for victims the system abandoned. The government insists the danger has passed. Harper knows better. The threat isn’t lingering—it's evolving. But when the danger comes for her, she knows the next battle has already begun.

Across the Atlantic, disgraced biotech magnate Thomas Baxter isn’t just planning a comeback—he’s clawing his way out of exile, determined to restore his power and reputation. And he’ll stop at nothing to get them back.

But in the shadows, a far more insidious force is rising—one that seeks not just control but the power to erase free will itself.

What started as a fight over genetic engineering has become something far worse—an all-out war for the soul of humanity.

As alliances blur and the truth unravels, Harper faces an impossible choice: trust the man she vowed to destroy or risk watching a conspiracy reshape the future—one manipulated gene at a time.

Echoes of Control is a high-stakes biotech conspiracy thriller where genetic manipulation and unchecked ambition collide, revealing the terrifying truth that whoever controls human biology controls the future itself.

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