The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

The Correspondent

By Virginia Evans ,

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❤️ loved this book because...

I seem to be drawn to epistolary novels (Guernsey Literary and 84 Charing Cross) though I resist it! It takes a great author to create a fascinating whole out of fragments. The main character is someone I feel I'd like to know IRL--and like I already do. The conclusion of the major plot point was unexpected. I've speculated about how it would affect me.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Character(s)

  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it

  • Pace

    🐕 Steady
The Correspondent

By Virginia Evans ,

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

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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

The Cartographers

By Peng Shepherd ,

Book cover of The Cartographers

❤️ loved this book because...

I loved that it involved museums and mystery. I could never have predicted the existence of the alternate world, nor the development of the characters--esp the villain! I like science fiction that's rooted in the actual earth and is believable.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Character(s)

  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it

  • Pace

    🐇 Fast
The Cartographers

By Peng Shepherd ,

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

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'Exquisitely written ... Be prepared to be swept away on an incredible journey' Brad Thor, #1 bestselling author of Black Ice

'A story about magical maps that lead to your heart's desire [and] the people who would do anything to find them ... A vastly rich experience' Charles Soule, author of The Oracle Year

There are some maps you can lose yourself in...
Nell Young has lived her life in and around maps. Her father, Dr. David Young, was one of the most respected cartographers in the world. But this morning he was found dead - or murdered? - in…

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My 3rd favorite read in 2025

I Have Some Questions for You

By Rebecca Makkai ,

Book cover of I Have Some Questions for You

❤️ loved this book because...

The characters' disintegration was so believable...no one was too good or too bad. I find that I like campus mysteries, and this one covers both school years and coming back in later life. I would definitely read other books by Makkai!

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    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Character(s)

  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it

  • Pace

    🐇 Fast
I Have Some Questions for You

By Rebecca Makkai ,

Why should I read it?

8 authors picked I Have Some Questions for You as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR OPRAH DAILY, TIME, NPR, USA TODAY, BUSTLE, STAR TRIBUNE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND MORE**

'Whip-smart and uncompromising' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'Quietly riveting' IRISH TIMES

'It's the perfect crime' NEW YORKER

'Impressive and complex' GUARDIAN

'Addictive' OPRAH DAILY

The riveting new novel from the author of The Great Believers, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past: the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the 1995 murder…

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