Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Wrapping up ALL THE BOOKS I read in 2025: book battle style, where I pick the best book of the month. As always, lots of fantasy and sci-fi books :)

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb) by Tamsyn Muir
2:30 vs Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb) by Tamsyn Muir
4:04 vs Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
6:59 Age of Myth (Legends of the First Empire) by Michael J. Sullivan
9:19 vs The Outside (The Outside) by Ada Hoffman
11:16 vs The Reindeer People (The Reindeer People) by Megan Lindholm
14:27 Wolf's Brother (The Reindeer People) by Megan Lindholm
15:54 vs The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jiminez
17:48 vs Dreamer's Pool (Blackthorn & Grim) by Juliet Marillier
21:14 God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha) by Kameron Hurley
23:55 vs The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy) by Antonia Hodgson
26:34 vs The Inheritance (Breach Wars) by Ilona Andrews
31:03 SEMI-FINALS
33:20 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
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