Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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My Favourite Books of 2025 (So Far!) | Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry Book Recommendations

Taking you through the best books I've read in the last 6 months, or most of the books I've rated 4 stars or higher this year. I'm reviewing and recommending the best books I've read in 2025, I hope you find more books to add to your TBR

Let me know in the comments what your favourite books of 2025 are at this half year mark! Did any of these make your list?

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0:38 - Rereads
2:56 - 4 stars
10:50 - 4.5 stars
15:34 - 5 stars

Books Mentioned (all bookshop.org links are affiliate links)
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781526679055
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780008381691
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241968581
The Pretender by Jo Harkin uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781526678348
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780993414916
Days of Light by Megan Hunter uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781529010183
Ripeness by Sarah Moss uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781529035490
The Book of Records by Madeline Thien uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781803510729
We Do Not Part by Han Kang uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241600269
Silverborn by Jessica Townsend uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781510107359
Nobody by Alice Oswald uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781787331969


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