You Should Read These Books in 2025
A List of 20 Totally Fabulous Books
I read 88 books in 2024 ranging across many genres and 20 of them became some of my favorite books! So, here I am, imparting my favorites to you with the hope that you will also read and enjoy them! I also include a 1 sentence synopsis/review of each book. ❤️
A triptych of stories centered around the dynamics between women and men. Short and punchy!
Bill Furlong makes a terrifying discovery that makes him question his past and silence in a town controlled by the church. Will he sacrifice his comfort and peace to stand up for the truth?
So sweet and beautiful and sad! A little girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm not knowing if she will return to her birth parents. Little does she know, she will be met with a love she’s never known,
Incredibly terrifying and simultaneously entertaining. Annie Bot is created to be the perfect mate to her owner, but she starts to come into her own, and as she does the more difficult she becomes to control.
Jennette McCurdy chronicles her life as a Nickelodeon star while living in a home riddled with abuse and uncertainty and how all of that impacted the rest of her life. I related to her dark humor and directness!
Another fabulous memoir! Absolutely devastating yet hopeful and encouraging and made me feel understood. I love how Davis shows grace against all odds, selflessness, and grit! One of my only 6 star reads of 2024!
I’m going to group all of Hilderbrand’s novels together for he sake of reducing repetitiveness. If you haven’t read anything by Elin you are missing out! The characters are so well rounded with the right amount of drama and tug on your heartstrings. She knows how to keep you engaged by infusing her stories with life lessons.
I LOVE stories that highlight choice and how those choices lead to consequences whether good or bad. Nora is transported to the Midnight Library where each book represents an alternate path had she made different decisions. We follow her as she is moved through each alternate reality and the conclusions she reaches in each one.
World War II historical fiction following two sisters and the devastating sacrifices they make living in Nazi occupied France in 1939. I’ll just say, this one had me absolutely bawling my eyes out.
Faeries, a bad-tempered professor, and a mission to uncover the secrets of the hidden ones. So fun and I found it to be very cozy yet exhilarating.
One of my favorite fantasy books! The characters, magic system, setting… all perfection! There is a mist (darkness) that is covering the kingdom of Blunder and in order to rid the town of the mist they must gather twelve Providence Cards! There is so much more to this story, but I don’t want to give too much away.
This is J.D. Vance’s memoir! Very encouraging and mostly about his poor upbringing and the steps he took to make his life his own. A story of you aren’t where you came from or who your parents are and the importance of upward mobility!
I’m going to group Annabel Monaghan’s novels as well! These are both romances and she is an incredible writer! I’m not a huge romance reader, so this is kinda a big deal that I love these so much lol. There are LOTS of underline-able quotes!
Vietnam war historical fiction that will rip your heart out. That’s all you need to know.
Anna and West get married out of convenience in order to receive subsidized housing in college. They divorce… or so she thought, but when West’s family requires him to be happily married for five years to cash in on his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance, she has to continue on in the marriage! This has a tropical setting, family drama, and a laugh out loud plot.
YA novel about a group of adolescence that have special gifts the FBI uses to catch serial killers and solve cases. So fun and although YA, a little dark!
What a difficult task to describe a Sally Rooney novel!!! Her writing is deep and multifaceted and quirky and relatable. You really just have to read it to understand the hype!
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Finding Me is an incredible book. Gave me so much hope that where we start is not where we end. Will def be a reread!