novels I’m glad I read in 2025: a year in review

Welp. 2025, huh? It’s been … something.
 
But do you know what’s great? Contemporary genre fiction. I’m grateful and honored to have continued helping lots of wonderful writers this year, and also delighted to get to read for fun in a world where tenaciously joyful people write fiction even when things are (understatement) tough.
 
Here are 15 of the novels I really enjoyed this year—not published in 2025, that’s just when I happened to get around to them. I hope this list inspires you to further reading and joy, and I (always) welcome you to email me with authors and titles you think I should check out :)

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