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From Y's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Y loves this book

This had me hooked from the first page and didn't let me go (I read it in 2 days). The plot moved along at exactly the right pace for me, so that I never got bored or wanted to stop reading; quite a feat for this length of book. I also never giggled so much through a book, there were so many funny lines, without it ever feeling like a comedy or taking away from the, at the heart, very emotional story. In fact, the last ~15 or so percent I shed tears several times 🙈.

By Holly Smale ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked I Know How This Ends as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

If you could see your future, how would you live now?

'Utterly joyous' Prima

'Irresistibly charming, heartbreakingly hopeful, and downright hilarious' Catherine Walsh

'Fabulously original' The Sun

Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a ten-year relationship, she's wilfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps, and living in total chaos.

Until one day, when Margot has a vision of herself with a man she's never met before. She doesn't believe in fate. But when Margot meets single-dad Henry, the vision comes true: exactly as she'd foreseen it.

As her future…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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From Y's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Y loves this book

Such a fun, engaging read, I was never bored, and especially the first half was so addictive, I just gobbled it up! Set exclusively at an isolated reality TV compound, this is really a story about the characters and their dynamics. The competition element of the show created the high stakes that always kept the tension and kept the story evolving, and changing the interpersonal dynamics as more and more people leave the compound. Characters, writing, and plot were all on point for me 👌.

By Aisling Rawle ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK **

'Relentlessly gripping' ABIGAIL DEAN

'Menace-dipped' THE TIMES

'Thrilling and haunting' NEW YORK TIMES

'Lord of the Flies meets Love Island' LOUISE O'NEILL

'Gripping and propulsive' TORREY PETERS

'THIS is the book to read this summer' CECELIA AHERN

'Brilliant' DAILY MIRROR

'Written with total verve and delight' STYLIST

You wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, with nine other women.

All of you are young, beautiful, and keen to escape the catastrophe of the outside world.

Cameras broadcast your every move to millions of reality TV fans.

Soon,…


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