Out of nearly 200 books I read in 2025, these are ones that stick out in my mind. Some ran deep, helping me grieve or challenging me to think about life differently, and some were simply fun distractions in troubling times.

Collage of book covers: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb; An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green; How To Read a Book by Monica Wood; Saturday Night Widows by Becky Aikman; The Glass Maker by Tracy Chevalier; The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson; The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley; The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan; Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend; Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi; The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace; Picks & Shovels by Cory Doctorow; The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson; Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts by Kate Racculia; The Boxcar Librarian by Brianna Labuskes