Best Books of 2025 (so far)
My 10 favorite reads of 2025 (so far) ✨
We are just over halfway done 2025 and I have read a total of 30 books so far!
I would like to thank unemployment, audiobooks, and my local library – get your damn library card! – for aiding me in already achieving my Goodreads reading challenge.
Since I have the spare time, I figured I would share my favorite books of 2025 (so far) ✨
It should be noted that almost every book I read has to have murder or romance and if they have both, watch the fuck out! I do on occasion vibe with literary fiction but it usually has some weird disassociating plot.
I am basically just laying down the groundwork to make it clear that these are MY best books of 2025 (so far). I don’t really care if they make it on some other publications list or if they are talked about on TikTok etc. I enjoyed these titles and if you vibe with my vibe – you may also 😉
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin
A woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate.... Now it's up to her great-niece to catch the killer.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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Prime Time Romance
Kate Robb
Is love on the small screen better than the real thing? A young divorcée finds herself in the ideal world of her favorite 2000s teen soap.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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First-Time Caller
B.K. Borison
A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Kate Fagan
Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she’s one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn’t really exist. She’s never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Format: Audiobook
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Deep Cuts
Holly Brickley
Moving from Brooklyn bars to San Francisco dance floors, Deep Cuts examines the nature of talent, obsession, belonging, and above all, our need to be heard.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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Sunrise on the Reaping
Suzanne Collins
When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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Julie Chan Is Dead
Liann Zhang
In this razor-sharp, diabolical debut thriller, a young woman steps into her deceased twin’s influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V.E. Schwab
Set over 500 years, this tale of three sapphic vampires is a story about hunger, rage and the ways in which women are told to be satiated even when they aren’t.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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Murder on Sex Island
Jo Firestone
When a cast member goes missing from the hit reality show Sex Island, producers ask the mysterious detective Luella van Horn to go undercover as a contestant and solve the case.
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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Let me know what books you have enjoyed so far this year in the comments 🫶🏼