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Are These the Best Books of 2025? Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Vlog
It's a marathon vlog! I have decided to go on the hunt for the best books of 2025, and so I decided to join there Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge and read 10 of the books long listed in the Fiction category. It was a lot of books! A lot of books I wouldn't otherwise have read. So join me in bashing books, loving books, and going a bit mad reading 10 books in December.
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0:00 - Intro
2:30 - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
5:07 - What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
9:13 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
12:53 - The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
15:50 - The Names by Florence Knapp
19:45 - My Friends by Freidrik Backman
22:48 - Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
26:04 - My Friends by Freidrik Backman
29:08 - Heart the Lover by Lily King
32:59 - The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
36:40 - Ranking
Books mentioned (all bookshop.org links are affiliate links)
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781787335738
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781784745752
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241770825
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781837265923
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241705506
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781787335400
Heart the Lover by Lily King uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781837265497
My Friends by Freidrik Backman uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781398516397
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781805463351
The Names by Florence Knapp uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781399624022
#literaryfiction #overratedbooks #bestbooks2025 #bestbooksoftheyear
Are These the Best Books of 2025? Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Vlog
It's a marathon vlog! I have decided to go on the hunt for the best books of 2025, and so I decided to join there Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge and read 10 of the books long listed in the Fiction category. It was a lot of books! A lot of books I wouldn't otherwise have read. So join me in bashing books, loving books, and going a bit mad reading 10 books in December.
✨ Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/roisinsreading
📚 Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/roisinsreading
📚 For business inquiries: roisinsreading@gmail.com
0:00 - Intro
2:30 - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
5:07 - What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
9:13 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
12:53 - The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
15:50 - The Names by Florence Knapp
19:45 - My Friends by Freidrik Backman
22:48 - Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
26:04 - My Friends by Freidrik Backman
29:08 - Heart the Lover by Lily King
32:59 - The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
36:40 - Ranking
Books mentioned (all bookshop.org links are affiliate links)
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781787335738
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781784745752
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241770825
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781837265923
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241705506
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781787335400
Heart the Lover by Lily King uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781837265497
My Friends by Freidrik Backman uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781398516397
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781805463351
The Names by Florence Knapp uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781399624022
#literaryfiction #overratedbooks #bestbooks2025 #bestbooksoftheyear
