Favorite Books of 2025

Today I'm sharing my favorite reads published in 2025. 

It has been a tough year for me. I got covid in August for the first time and it knocked me on my butt for over 5 weeks. I still feel like I'm dragging a little bit but I'm hoping to shake that off with the new year and try to get back on track.

I did surpass my Goodreads reading challenge by reading 106 books. I reread several books this year and several novellas so I was able to pull it out. It was definitely a struggle.

I participated in a Readalong challenge put on by Books of My Heart blog and read The Edge series by Ilona Andrews for the first time and I absolutely enjoyed it. I don't think they could write a book I wouldn't like. I'm definitely looking forward to This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me coming out this March!

There are also so many books that I didn't get a chance to read this year but I have them on my list to read for my 2026 reading goal. 

Rebecca Zanetti is one of my favorite authors and she's got several books on my favorites list this year. And I'm absolutely not sorry about it 😉

Without further ado, these are 20 of my favorite 2025 published reads in no particular order!

1. Archangel's Ascension by Nalini Singh (Guild Hunter #17)
2. The Lodge by Kayla Olson
3. Get What You Need by Jessica Topper (Love & Steel #5)
4. Kingdom of Claw by Demi Winters (The Ashen #2)
5. Dead Man's List by Karen Rose (Romantic Suspense #31)
6. Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #9)
7. Kindred Spirits at Hartling Hall by Sharon Booth (Ghosts of Rowan Vale #1)
8. Prince of Darkness by Rebecca Zanetti (Dark Protectors #17)
9. Silver Elite by Dani Francis (Silver Elite #1)
10. Knife in the Back by Karen Rose (New Orleans #4)
11. Thaw of Spring by Rebecca Zanetti (Knife's Edge, Alaska #2)
12. You Can Scream by Rebecca Zanetti (Laurel Snow #5)
13. Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti (The Anna Albertini Files #7)
14. All I Want for Christmas is a Hitman by Katie Reus (Holiday With A Hitman #3)
15. The Black Dagger Brotherhood: 20th Anniversary Insider's Guide by J.R. Ward
16. Sleigh Bells at Moonglow by Deborah Garner (Moonglow Christmas #11)
17. A Scar in the Bone by Sophie Jordan (A Fire in the Sky #2)
18. By the Horns by Ruby Dixon (Royal Artifactual Guild #2)
19. Christmas With a Chimera by Isabelle Taylor (Claw Haven #2)
20. The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews

I hope you discovered many wonderful books this year! See y'all next year!