The best books of 2025

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Join 1,210 readers and share your 3 favorite reads of the year.

My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Human Scars on Planet Skin

Niki Block ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Effie Joe Stock , Nathaniel Luscombe ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Human Scars on Planet Skin as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

After the humans tried to colonize her, Turr was forced to resort to mass violence to reclaim her skin. But in fleeing the planet, the humans left behind a chemical disaster-the dead zone.

To bring peace and life back to herself, Turr sends out a desperate plea to two shroom people: Invidia and Clyra. Invidia, though surrounded by death, is tasked with learning how to breathe life back into the land. Clyra must lead a group of broken failed experiments through the forest, following a trail of visions. Death and uncertainty face them at every turn, but only when they're…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Vampires of El Norte

Niki Block ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Isabel Cañas ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Vampires of El Norte as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda.

Nena knows a thing or two about monsters-as the daughter of a rancher in Mexico, her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead--something that once attacked Nena nine years ago.

Believing Nena dead, Nestor has been on the run from his grief ever since. He has night terrors of sharp teeth, and is…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Middle of the Night

Niki Block ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Riley Sager ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend—and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.

The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh's backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul-de-sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone…


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Polaris

By Niki Block ,

Book cover of Polaris

What is my book about?

SET IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC, DYSTOPIAN NEAR FUTURE, Jack Lanigan is a traumatized former CIA agent working as a security guard in Polaris - a powerful security agency that acts as its own nation-state within the city of Chicago. When Jack accidentally mistakes the president of Polaris for a thief, he shoots and kills the most powerful man in the agency. Condemned to execution without trial, Jack manages to escape, but finds himself amidst a manhunt that leads him on a trail of conspiracy he never could have expected. Polaris may be behind one of the world’s most deadly biological weapons, and Jack realizes he may have already had a role in its horrifying production. Determined to set things right, Jack joins forces with a team of rag-tag former agents in a mission to expose Polaris’ crimes.

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