The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of The Awakening

Nika Rhone ❤️ loved this book because...

I was so totally sucked in by the story, the characters, the writing, all of it! I love most books by Nora Roberts, but this book (and the other 2 in the trilogy) took it to another level. I couldn't stop reading, but I also never wanted to finish the last book because then it would be over.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Nora Roberts ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

From Sunday Times bestseller Nora Roberts - a tale of adventure, magic and finding your home

Mists, shimmering silver fingers, rose over the pale green water of the lake. They twined and twisted toward a sky quietly grey, while in the east, over the hills, a pink blush waited, like a held breath, to waken.

Breen Kelly had always been a rule follower. So, when her father left when she was twelve years old, promising to return, she waited. Now, more than a decade later, she's working at a job she hates and is tired of the life that playing…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Fairy Tale

Nika Rhone ❤️ loved this book because...

This wasn't what you'd think of as a typical Stephen King; it took his storytelling skills to a whole other level. The main character came totally alive for me, and I hated putting the book down every single time.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Stephen King ,

Why should I read it?

22 authors picked Fairy Tale as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A #1 New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice!

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for that world or ours.

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Fourth Wing

Nika Rhone ❤️ loved this book because...

I wasn't sure what to expect after all the hype this book received, but I totally get it now. The underdog MC is immediately someone to root for, and there were enough twists to keep me turning the pages late into the night, then jump online to order the next book in the series before I even finished the first.

  • Loved Most

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

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Rebecca Yarros ,

Why should I read it?

43 authors picked Fourth Wing as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book

"Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy." --Booklist, starred review

"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end... A fantasy like you've never read before." #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history.…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Just the Way You Are

By Nika Rhone ,

Book cover of Just the Way You Are

What is my book about?

Losing her sight may have ended Miranda Hernandez’s Marine Corps career, but she’s determined not to lose her independence as well. With her guide dog, Sam, by her side, she’s taking the first steps toward a new life despite her overprotective family’s interference. But there’s one last mission to complete before she can put her past—and her guilt—to rest. She has no time for the velvet-voiced neighbor who keeps showing up at her door. And in her dreams.

FDNY firefighter Ben Murphy has a reputation for always keeping things casual in the bedroom, and his heart well out of reach. But there’s something about Miranda’s strength and resilience that makes him want more than just another temporary fling. Despite her blindness, she sees him more clearly than anyone ever has before...including himself. And for the first time, he wonders if he could truly be enough for a woman to love.

But everything shatters when a well-intentioned white lie spirals into a firestorm of doubt and betrayal. Can they find the courage to face their deepest fears, or will the wounds of the past prove too deep for even love to heal?

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