The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of A Merry Little Lie

Sylvie Kurtz ❤️ loved this book because...

I loved the family dynamics and how the Christmas gathering brought out all the old baggage.

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    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Sarah Morgan ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked A Merry Little Lie as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

This Christmas, the Balfour family will have more secrets to unwrap than presents...

Becky is stranded at the airport, so when she bumps into her brother's best friend, Will, and he suggests they drive home together, Becky reluctantly agrees. For the first time, Becky is dreading Christmas, and only Will knows why. Can she trust him to keep her secret?

Her twin sister, Rosie, married Declan after a whirlwind romance, and now the cracks are starting to appear. Rosie and Declan have agreed to hide their problems from her family, but Rosie's insecurities are growing. Will this Christmas bring them…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of It's a Love Story

Sylvie Kurtz ❤️ loved this book because...

Jane's change from being everything to everyone to being her true self.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Annabel Monaghan ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked It's a Love Story 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

“Poignant, funny, and bingeable, Annabel Monaghan writes five star reads.” —Abby Jimenez

From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV actress-turned-Hollywood producer whose “fake it till you make it” mantra sets her on a crash course with her past, forcing her to spend a week on Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love.

Love is a lie. Laughter is the only truth.

Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as "Poor Janey Jakes," the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punch line on America's…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of The Love Haters

Sylvie Kurtz ❤️ loved this book because...

The character's growth from hating her body to accepting her whole self.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Katherine Center ,

Why should I read it?

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


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Rescue You

By Sylvie Kurtz ,

Book cover of Rescue You

What is my book about?

Second chances, friendship, betrayal…and dogs that can rescue hearts.

Lark Eamon has been ridiculed and ostracized for her ability to hear thoughts…specifically the thoughts of dogs. So, over the hears, she’s learned to hide her gift. Instead, she’s built a solid reputation as a dog trainer and owner of a canine center dedicated to dogs’ happiness.

Until one autumn day, when Max the Terrible, a terrier who’s used up all his chances, lands on her doorstep. To make matters worse, she learns her ex-best friend has returned home and wants to make up. Hobbled by PTSD anxiety, her brother’s best friend, on whom she’s had a crush forever, resists her offer of a service dog. And her landlord has just announced he won’t renew her lease.

Now Lark has less than a month to find a new place for her center, run the annual dog Adopt-a-Thon at the Pumpkin Festival…and find Max a new home.

As Lark juggles her obligations, she struggles with her inability to rescue everything and everyone. But when everything she’s built finally falls apart, she discovers that telling the truth opens her life to new relationships in ways she’d never imagined.

My book recommendation list

Book cover of A Merry Little Lie
Book cover of It's a Love Story
Book cover of The Love Haters

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