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12 Biggest Pageturners From 2025 - Books I Just Couldn’t Put Down
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items In 2025, I graduated college, moved to NYC, and found myself with ample time to read on my daily commute to work on the train. Disconnecting from your phone (since you only have signal at the stops anyway) and reading a book feels super freeing, and ...
One of my favorite reads of the year, this one is set in 1985 and follows a 19 year old department store salesgirl in a charming, and tender coming of age story about becoming the chooser in your life and chasing your dreams, not letting yourself be ...
Shopgirls: A Novel by Jessica Anya Blau
If you love messy characters, this one is absolutely for you. I was rooting for everyone so I had no idea how I wanted it to end.
Conversations with Friends: A Novel by Rooney
This one was insanely interesting and I just couldn’t put it down. No, seriously, started the audiobook while working, left work, listened on the train, and read the rest at home and in the car on the way to and from dinner, and finished it as soon a...
Annie Bot: A Novel by Sierra Greer
Bunny is such a Kate Bush fever dream, I couldn’t put it down. If anyone has gone to a prestigious college and loves narratives about the female experience, pour one out and read this book. You can relate.
Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad
Bunny continues in this follow up/prequel that lends a little more context on the events of the first novel. The POVs are fun, especially Bunny’s. (See what I did there?)
We Love You, Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad
If you haven’t read this one in a while (or ever!) it contains some interesting political commentary that feels really eye opening to read with an adult perspective, especially after 2025. “Patriot Games,” anyone??
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
This book is a tie-in to the Disney Fairies and Tinkerbell stories, written for a young/new adult audience! The writing is amazing and the world is one I wish I could step into forever. Plus, LGBT rep in the Disney Fairies Extended Universe???? Sign ...
Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft
If you’re between the ages of 18 and 23 you just have to read this book. You just have to. Normal People’s two protagonists felt so real to me, so far beyond being one-note. While reading, I felt like I was almost learning about life and love from th...
Normal People: A Novel by Sally Rooney
Okay, I know this series is everywhere too, and while it does have its flaws…they really are such engaging books. I’m a picky, picky reader, and the series pulled me in so quickly. I finished the first one and went onto the second without a second th...
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
I’ll admit, I did see the movie first. And yes, I did imagine Kirsten Dunst as book Lux too. I just loved this story.
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
While some of the characterisations of the Monster High ghouls in this book are a bit questionable when compared to the “true” MH we loved as kids, it was so fun to immerse myself in this world again.
Once Bitten, Twice Dead: A Monster High YA Novel by Tiffany Schmidt
The Bell Jar really is one of the best books of all time. I didn’t read it for the first time this year, but I love to read it and reflect on everything. Reflecting aside, this depiction of the life of a woman at this point in time is so raw and enga...
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath