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Best Books of 2025
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My favorite books I read in 2025, published in various years
 
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Dark academia fantasy with an explosive ending! I’m still thinking about it.
Blood Over Bright Haven: A Novel - M. L. Wang - Barnes & Noble
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Riveting historical fiction about female friendship, resistance, and coming of age during the Iranian revolution
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali, Hardcover
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I will think about this forever!! Dystopian novel about inmates from death row allowed to compete in fights to the death as reality TV
Chain Gang All Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Barnes & Noble
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Gripping middle grade sci-fi that adults will love too! Bring tissue
The Last Cuentista (Newbery Medal Winner) - Barnes & Noble
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Octavia Butler is the queen of weird, thoughtful sci-fi that sticks with you
Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
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Weird and trippy eco-horror! I loved it
Annihilation (Southern Reach Trilogy #1)|Paperback - Barnes & Noble
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Best middle grade fantasy!! Smart and engaging with layers and a relatable heroine with type 1 diabetes.
Accidental Demons by Clare Edge, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble®
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Loved this! Contemporary fiction with a sci-fi twist following a disabled Nigerian American woman who writes a bestselling sci-fi novel and isn’t the angel people think she should be.
Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition) a book by Nnedi Okorafor
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Emotional and romantic slow-burn romance that’s hookup to friends to lovers. He’s a sweetheart who needs better boundaries and she has emotional walls and works with victims of domestic violence. Their love story is sweet and steamy!
Hard to Get by Laura Moher, Paperback
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Amazing fantasy with court politics, deadly trials, and a murder mystery!
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson, Paperback
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Gorgeously written and emotional!
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, Hardcover
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Smart and compelling! Grad students journey into hell to save the soul of their advisor.
Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition) a book by R. F Kuang
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