Favorite Reads of 2025

It’s March, and I’m overdue to share my favorite reads of 2025! I was surprised by how much nonfiction and sci-fi I read. Those are two genres I usually don’t find myself gravitating towards. I’m not mad about it. What were your favorite books from last year?

Fantasy

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

Heartbreaking

And Then He Sang A Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somtochukwo

Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter

Nonfiction

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Feel Good Finance by Aja Evans

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Radium Girls by Kate Moore

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Sci-fi

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

Wtf did I just read!?

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Strange Pictures by Uketsu