The best books of 2025

This list is part of the best books of 2025.

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

My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of We Could Be So Good

❤️ loved this book because...

I loved this. Such a gentle and sweet romance.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Cat Sebastian ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked We Could Be So Good as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023A New York Times Books Review Best Romances of 2023 pick • Apple Books’ Best Books of the Month • Amazon Best Books of the Month Editor’s Pick, Romance • An NPR “Books We Love” • Library Journal Romance Pick of the Month • LibraryReads Hall of Fame: June 2023 • Publishers Weekly Best Romances of 2023Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century grumpy/sunshine rom-dram about a scrappy reporter and a newspaper mogul’s son "‘for Newsies shippers,’ [that] absolutely delivers” (Dahlia Adler, Buzzfeed Books).“A spectacularly talented writer!” —Julia…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of I'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom

❤️ loved this book because...

I had so much fun with this book. It's weird and funny and exciting and also, somehow, hopeful. I think reading this book actually changed the way my brain works a bit. Since finishing it, any time I start thinking about how the world feels like it's ending and everything is terrible I hear Ether's voice telling me that isn't true and to pull myself out of the black box of doom.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Outlook 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Jason Pargin ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked I'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

THE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER

A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin.

Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC.

But there are rules:

He cannot look inside the box.
He cannot ask questions.
He cannot tell anyone.
They must leave immediately.
He must leave all trackable devices behind.

As these eccentric misfits hit the road, rumors spread on social…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Starling House

❤️ loved this book because...

I loved everything about this book, the characters, the plot, the House, the atmosphere, but especially the writing. I highlighted so many lines from this book that were funny or beautiful or evocative or all of the above.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Alix E. Harrow ,

Why should I read it?

7 authors picked Starling House as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

'Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent' - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six

Step into Starling House - if you dare . . . Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern Gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and Naomi Novik.

Nobody in Eden remembers when Starling House was built. But the town agrees it's best to let this ill-omened mansion - and its last lonely heir - go to hell. Stories of the house's bad luck, like good china, have been passed down the…


Book cover of We Could Be So Good
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Book cover of Starling House

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