Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Hi everyone! It's that time of the year again. With one week left before we are in the year 2026, it is time to tell you the top 10 best books I've read in 2025. My top 10 best books of 2025 will consists of books I read for the first time this year. Although this is, somehow, the worst reading year for me, I still managed to find some new favorites! :)

I have posted a full spoiler-free review of all the books I mention in this video on my YouTube channel or Goodreads/Novel Notions. Let me know what you think of this list. And what are your favorite books of the year?

0:00 Intro
1:13 Best Novella
3:21 Top 10-6
13:22 Top 5 and 4
19:43 Top 3 Best Books of the Year
27:30 Conclusion

You can order the books mentioned in the video using my affiliate links:
-An Inkling of Flame by Z.B. Steele amzn.to/44FUr0S
-Katabasis by R.F. Kuang amzn.to/3YNrlsV
-A Song of Legends Lost by M.H. Ayinde amzn.to/3MRCCpB
-Network Effect by Martha Wells amzn.to/499ckXt
-Half the World by Joe Abercrombie amzn.to/3KZrhmS
-The Radiant King by David Dalglish amzn.to/3YFwqDA
-Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence amzn.to/3KZrmXI
-Into the Narrowdark by Tad Williams amzn.to/4pcJhrQ
-The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons amzn.to/49g9qjM
-Shadows Upon Time by Christopher Ruocchio amzn.to/4p7pbz2
-The Strength of the Few by James Islington amzn.to/4s2EjR4

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