Top Books of 2025

My favorite books of 2025 -- new releases, new finds, and re-reads.

Migrations (and Wild Dark Shore), by ​Charlotte McConaghy
​eerie, foreboding, hauntingly beautiful

The Bombshell: A Novel, by Darrow Farr
​gripping, sun-drenched, layered

The Giver, by Lois Lowry
poignant, hopeful, enduring

I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
absorbing, reflective, open-ended

Andromeda, by Therese Bohman
perceptive, challenging, aphoristic

To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers
awe-inspiring, cinematic, human