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Books that made 2025 bearable
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items 2025 was defintley an interesting ride, but these books made this year a bit more enjoyable! These are all my top books of the year.
Easily fav book of 2025! A fairly quick read but really dives you deep into thought about life and how we understand it. I like that the author leaves a lot of it up to your interpretation, because it sort of feels like you’re creating your own story...
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
I didn’t know going into this book that it was emotional if I’m being honest! I just heard it was good from a friend but it definitely gives you a heartbreak. If you like Greek mythology at all this is right up your alley, but also that wasn’t someth...
The Song of Achilles|Paperback
This whole series is one of my favs and there’s also a tv series that is based off it too that I haven’t watched. I read this a few years ago but picked up the second book in the series more recently. It’s a mystery/thriller type book and I like 1. T...
Widows|Paperback
This book is a sci-fi book with a female lead, which has recently become my personal favorite! The woman lead basically gets separated from the rest of the world and finds comfort in some animals around her. It’s definitely a little psychologically d...
The Wall|Paperback
This book is fabulous. Like the title says, it follows Circe who is a lesser known Greek god that a lot of us probably read about when we were forced to read the “Odyssey” in high school. I love a book with a female protagonist which is what original...
Circe|Paperback
This book is short and sweet! It's a quick read but it is certainly relatable to anyones life. It will bring tears to your eyes the whole read and it's almost like a different life lesson in every chapter. It really makes you appreciate life!
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition|Paperback
This book just came out in October 2025, but it's a Mitch Albom book so I had to pick it up! Like with most of his books, it really makes you think about the importance of life and how we are able to get a second chance at everything, as the main cha...
Twice: A Novel|Hardcover
This book was the Barnes & Noble 2025 Book of the Year, and these past few years I've tried to read the winner of their book of the year. It's written from a child's perspective, which isn't a sub-genre I read often, but this was done so well. It...
Mona's Eyes (2025 B&N Book of the Year)|Hardcover
I feel like everyone and their mom has heard about this book, but it really is worth the hype! It is a self-help book, but not in that hyper-cheesy way that many other self-help books are, because the changes he suggests are small and way more manage...
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones|Hardcover
This is another “self-help” book that I felt like actually made a big difference for me! I read it in early 2025 and it's a quick read, but it gets you thinking. I remember reading the reviews before I bought it and seeing that a lot of people didn't...
Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering|Hardcover