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My 2025 favorite books
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items My top books for the 2025 year that I would not stop recommending
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐this is the book that invented dark academia and no one can convince me otherwise! i loved the perfect interweaving of modern and classical. the lyrical writing and complex characters really remind oneself why one likes reading (as donna tart wo...
The Secret History|Paperback
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I asked for an unpredictable plot, a hero's journey that shocked me, one so completely original that I couldn't see it coming until it was exploding right in my face. The Will of the Many stepped up and said, "Bitch hold my hoops." Never in a mi...
The Will of the Many|Paperback
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐this book felt like it was directed by christopher nolan or martin scorsese, honestly. take inception or shutter island for example: if you've seen these movies, you probably can relate to how i'm feeling right now. i'm in a whole other universe...
Therapy|Paperback
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ this book was great. The twist were coming up one after the other and I couldn't have predicted the ensing. It's a really great read. Read it in two days!
The Package|eBook
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I loveeddd this book so much!! One of my first sci-fi books and I think I might become a sci-fi girl? If you have any sci-fi book recs let me know! Anyway... I loveddd the friendship in this book. Ryland & Rocky are the BEST and had such a w...
Project Hail Mary|Paperback
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I feel empty inside. I need time to make sense of everything
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass Series #7)|Paperback
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐For all fans of the fantasy genre, PLEASE READ THE SERIES! Without a doubt, it is among the best I have read… The author’s talent simply overflows from the pages. The plot moves outrageously fast, the characters are truly interesting and complex...
The Poppy War (Poppy War Series #1)|Paperback
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐IT WAS SO GOOD! The romance was suchhhh a slow burn and had sooo much tension. I'm obsessed. And the way its sooo forbidden romance😍 And I think the fantasy world is really interesting. The book is super fast paced. And the trials were giving m...
Powerless
⭐⭐⭐⭐4.5 A long journey, but so worth it!!!! This is a story of toxic lesbian vampires, but it’s also so much more!!! It was a sloooowwww burn, but by the end of it every pov and backstory felt necessary to the big picture (also how I felt about Addie...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I actually am not articulate enough to explain or describe how Fredrik Backman’s writing makes me feel, but I’ll try my best 🫡 You know the storytelling is good when you think you know everything, but the author not only continuously surprises ...
My Friends by Fredrik Backman