The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Inside Out: A Memoir

Sung J. Woo ❀️ loved this book because...

Demi Moore - the definition of a survivor. What a wild life she's led.

  • Loved Most

    πŸ₯‡ Emotions πŸ₯ˆ Teach
  • Writing style

    ❀️ Loved it
  • Pace

    πŸ‡ I couldn't put it down

By Demi Moore ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked Inside Out as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Daily Mail Book of the Year. A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year.

Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir.

For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight - or the headlines.

Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past, just one step ahead of the doubts and insecurities that defined her childhood. Throughout her…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Martyr!

Sung J. Woo ❀️ loved this book because...

Wacky and weird and yet also very affecting. Thoroughly enjoyed the structure and the quality of writing. Akbar is a natural poet and it shows in his prose.

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    πŸ₯‡ Character(s) πŸ₯ˆ Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❀️ Loved it
  • Pace

    πŸ• Good, steady pace

By Kaveh Akbar ,

Why should I read it?

11 authors picked Martyr! as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life' JOHN GREEN, author of The Fault in Our Stars

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2024
A BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE FINALIST
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, AMAZON, TIME AND SARAH JESSICA PARKER
ON BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2024

'Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.'
Ann Patchett, author…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Evensong

Sung J. Woo ❀️ loved this book because...

The fourth book in the life of the Maxwells! A novel about old folks that's somehow splendidly vibrant and full of life.

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    πŸ₯‡ Character(s) πŸ₯ˆ Writing
  • Writing style

    ❀️ Loved it
  • Pace

    πŸ‡ I couldn't put it down

By Stewart O'Nan ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

The Humpty Dumpty Club is distraught when their powerhouse leader, Joan Hargrove, takes a bad fall down the stairs, knocking her out of commission. Now, as well as running errands and shepherding those less able to their doctors' appointments, they have to pick up the slack.

Between navigating their own relationships and aging bodies and attending choir practice, these invisible yet indomitable women help where they can. Weaving together the perspectives of the four cardinal members as they tend to those in need, Stewart O'Nan has fashioned a rich and moving novel that celebrates our capacity for patience and care.…


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Lines

By Sung J. Woo ,

Book cover of Lines

What is my book about?

On a foggy morning in New York City, a man and a woman run into each other, literally. The man, a writer, invites the woman, an artist, for coffee. They married just two months later. And four years later, their marriage is crumbling. On a foggy morning in New York City, the same man and woman pass through the fog, oblivious of each other’s existence. Five years later, the writer finds a painted locket no bigger than his thumbnail.

My book is about possibilities, about our choices. It’s a love story and a tragedy. It’s about Josh and Abby and their intertwined lives, together and apart, through births, deaths, and the beautiful mess in between.

Book cover of Inside Out: A Memoir
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