Staff Favorites of 2025

Of all the books that came out in 2025, these were some of our staff members' favorites.

Updated December 17, 2025
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Accomplice to the villain
Maehrer, Hannah Nicole
Paper Book
REWARD OFFERED- Apprentice to The Villain wanted for treason (light), magical property damage (alleged), and one incident involving a weaponized scone (accurate). Frequently seen with a grumpy frog (crowned, judgmental). Answers to \"Evie\" or \"Stop that.\" Evie Sage didn't mean...
The antidote
Russell, Karen
Paper Book
From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town
Broken country
Hall, Clare Leslie
Paper Book
​*****AMAZON'S BOOK OF THE YEAR​​​***** INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK AMANDA LAMB BOOK CLUB PICK ...
Cash : A New Must-Read, Wildly Sexy, Enemies-to-lovers Small-town Cowboy Romance
Peterson, Jessica
Paper Book
'One of the best cowboy romances I've ever read!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you're looking for your next cowboy romance, look no further. Jessica has set us up with a family of sexy cowboys, and Cash has me feral!' Reader...
Everything Is Tuberculosis
Green, John.
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! . #1 Washington Post bestseller! . #1 Indie Bestseller! . USA Today Bestseller! 'Earnest and empathetic.' - New York Times Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu-manity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of...
Famous last words
McAllister, Gillian
Paper Book
THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME 'Famous Last Words blindsided me with twists and surprises that had me gasping... A brilliant, brilliant book' Jodi Picoult 'What an...
The favourites
Fargo, Layne
Paper Book
To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession. 'Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones and the Six . . . As brilliantly choreographed as a gold-medal performance' JODI PICOULT BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick
Heart the lover
King, Lily
Paper Book
Katabasis
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED 2025's most unexpected love story is going to be hell in...
The listeners
Stiefvater, Maggie
Paper Book
A beguiling, powerful and heartbreaking novel from an exceptional voice in fiction, The Listeners is the story of ordinary people thrown together in extraordinary circumstances, and the things we do to survive. 'Cinematic and so very satisfying... a phenomenally...
Mark Twain
Chernow, Ron
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times Bestseller * A Barack Obama Summer Reading List Pick * A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book * Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, and Kirkus Reviews ...
Murder at gulls nest
Kidd, Jess.
Paper Book
The first in a sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series, featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen.
My Friends
Backman, Fredrik.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later. Most...
Onyx Storm
Yarros, Rebecca.
Paper Book
THE STORM IS COMING . . .Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.Pre-order your copy now!OTHER BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES:FOURTH WINGIRON FLAME
Red city
Lu, Marie
Paper Book
The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab, Red City is a dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition and the pursuit of...
The sirens a novel
Hart, Emilia
Paper Book
A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward 2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover's throat. Horrified,...
Sunrise on the Reaping
Collins, Suzanne.
Paper Book
These summer storms
MacLean, Sarah
Paper Book
'Deliciously impossible to put down' JODI PICOULT 'Powerful, tragic, and beautiful. Is there anything Sarah MacLean can't do?' ASHLEY POSTON From bestselling author Sarah MacLean comes a sharp, sexy novel about a family's long-overdue reckoning with...
This Thing of Ours
Joseph, Frederick
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller! "A thought-provoking exploration of storytelling dynamics in a social media-driven society." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The powerful and timely YA novel debut from three-time New York Times...
Too old for this
Downing, Samantha
Paper Book
It's never too late to teach an old woman new murders...A razor-sharp, edge-of-your-seat new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Samantha Downing 'Sharp, sly and darkly hilarious' i -- You'd never guess Lottie Jones had...
Tourist season
Weaver, Brynne
Paper Book
"The undisputed queen of dark rom-coms is back with a new swoony, one-of-a-kind banger, and the book world better get ready for it!" --Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes a wickedly delicious...
Wild dark shore
McConaghy, Charlotte
Paper Book
An ENTHRALLING new novel from the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. Dominic Salt and his...
A wizard of Earthsea
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Paper Book

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