The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of The Forest of Lost Souls

Sammy Stein 👍 liked this book because...

Great crafting as ever, especially descriptions of views

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Dean Koontz ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

A fearless woman, raised in the forest, fights against a group of powerful men in a novel about good versus evil, the enduring nature of myth, and the power of love by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.

Raised in the wilderness by her late great-uncle, Vida is a young woman with an almost preternatural affinity for nature, especially for the wolves that also call the forested mountains home. Formed by hard experience, by love and loss, and by the prophecies of a fortuneteller, Vida just wants peace. If only nearby Kettleton County didn't cast such a dark…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Fairy Tale

Sammy Stein ❤️ loved this book because...

The vivid depictions of another world, the characters and the totally immersive sense of place are what King does best.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked 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 The Secrets of Harbour House

Sammy Stein 👍 liked this book because...

A whimsical, nonsense story but very entertaining and funny

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Liz Fenwick ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

'Compelling, intriguing, romantic... deeply satisfying and emotional' Santa Montefiore

'A sweeping story of love, loss and finding the courage to be your true self' Phillipa Ashley

*****

When Kerensa is sent by her father's auction house to catalogue a neglected house overlooking the sea in Newlyn, Cornwall, it's a welcome escape. Once the home of two female artists, Harbour House is a treasure trove, but one painting in particular catches Kerensa's eye - a hypnotically sensual portrait of a beautiful young woman which dominates the hallway.

Captivated and intrigued, Kerensa finds herself piecing together the enigma of Bathsheba Kernow, a…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Candid

By Sammy Stein ,

Book cover of Candid

What is my book about?

Wonderful insights into the life of a woman in music. Beautifully detailed, told with style and flair, direct from the mouths of the women themselves.

My book recommendation list

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