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Top Trad Published Reads of 2025
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items This list contains some of my favorite traditionally published reads of 2025! I read all of the popular fantasy, romantasy, and thriller books and pick out the best ones so you don’t waste your time! This list will grow throughout the year as I read ...
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Fantasy
Horror
Classics
Literary Fiction
Fantasy
THIS DUOLOGY!! This is a sapphic fantasy duology that tells the story of Hellevir, an herbalist that can resurrect people, and Sullivan, the princess set to become Queen, and their shared history with The Antlered King. Hellevir loses parts of hersel...
The Gilded Crown: A Raven's Trade Novel
The follow up to The Deer and the Dragon was also an A+ read. I love Fauna SO MUCH and all of the mythology tying together made this such a fun read! It’s definitely time the Norse gods got their day!!
The Fox and the Falcon
THIS BOOK. If a cozy episode of Dr. Who was written and produced by Studio Ghibli, you would get this book. This is a cozy fantasy story (with stakes!) about familial responsibility, love, and what it means to live with regrets. PLUS the dust jacket ...
Water Moon: A Novel
People are divided into two groups—those with magic and those who do not. When the princess, the only in her family without magic, decides to stage an uprising she gets more than she bargains for. The Hellbringer, their most feared enemy kidnaps her....
Blood Beneath the Snow
This book is 15% plot, 85% spice and is what I would consider a magical ovulation fever dream. It’s a fantastic time and I’m so invested in this series now!
Kiss of the Basilisk: Deluxe Edition
The second book in a duology, everyone goes through another 400 pages of trauma before finding any sort of Joy! 10 stars, would experience the suffering and heartbreak again
The Lure of Their Graves by Laura R. Samotin
I relate to Neema SO much—I too, would rather sit in my library and read instead of participating in a series of trials to gain power and control. Did I mention she can talk to ravens?
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
Horror
First read of 2025 was an INCREDIBLE 5 star read! If you liked The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim or Mary by Nat Cassidy, you will LOVE this! Cora is a Chinese American woman living in NYC during the pandemic of 2020. After the loss of her sist...
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: A Darkly Funny, Gory, and Ghostly Horror Novel
Black Academia with magic and murder? Say SO much less!!
The Library at Hellebore
Classics
I LOVE The Literary Book Club! This is a quarterly subscription box perfect for classics lovers! In 2024, we had The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Enchanted April, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Blue Castle. All of the items in the box tie to a...
The Literary Book Club Subscription Box
Literary Fiction
Food connects us all—even in death. What if your grief could be channeled through food? What if a meal allowed you to see a loved one one last time? And what if all hell broke loose as a result?
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
This is SO timely and packs a punch in under 250 pages. If you’re angry about the state of women’s reproductive healthcare in the US, this is a must read!!
Books - State Champ: Plum, Hilary: 9781639735433