January 9, 2026
My 5-star books of 2025

  (read in 2025, not necessarily published then):



Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Witchmark, Stormsong, and Soulstar by C.L. Polk

The Silent Tower, The Silicon Mage, and Dog Wizard by Barbara Hambley

Enemy, Outlaw, and Ally by K. Eason

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda

The Deepest Roots by Miranda Asebedo

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

The Necessity of Empty Places by Paul Gruchow

Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

In the Pleasure Groove by John Taylor

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Plenty-Coups by Frank Bird Linderman

Zamba by Ralph Helfer

The Last Lost Girl by Casey L. Bond

A Marriage Made in Heaven by Erma Bombeck

The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu