Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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In this video, I discuss three honorable mentions and ten favorite novels that I have read in 2025.

BookTubers Mentioned:
@ShawnDStandfast
@bookssongsandothermagic
@arockinsamsara
@readandre-read
@hardbooks770
@spreadbookjoy
@TootightLautrec
Patricia H

The Pineiro Project:
@BernasBookishAdventures
@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
@BookishTexan
@readandre-read
@anotherbibliophilereads
@stalkingkafka
@spreadbookjoy
@RaynorReadsStuff
@books_and_bocadillos
@scallydandlingaboutthebooks
@BookChatWithPat8668
Arianne F.
Erin H.

Fun at Finnegans Wake
@royreadsanything
@art.and.lit.matters
@TootightLautrec
@jennyjaybles
@hardbooks770
@BookChatWithPat8668
@RaynorReadsStuff

My Review of The Names:
youtu.be/PsA-E1Iry3o?si=hV_7L0ssqo3AU5aU

My Review of My Friends:
youtu.be/MmJb-ZaQnL4?si=HodkoLqGNbolRFrV

My Review of Starlight and Moonshine:
youtu.be/ocgiOmQx1OI?si=O2jmMVkDeCJVJpe1

My video on The Pineiro Project:
youtu.be/Yqo6cNUbWl4?si=lIDot4MlHb7KtUCt

My video on reading Finnegans Wake:
youtu.be/UfS_cd5A8LM?si=PlVACfMoAHGanRGF


Books Mentioned:
Knapp, Florence. The Names.
Thien, Madeleine. The Book of Records.
Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake.
Backman, Fredrik. My Friends.
Simak, Clifford D. The Goblin Reservation.
Bertino, Marie Helene. Beautyland.
Jackson, Shirley. We Have Always Lived at the Castle.
Steinbeck, John. The Winter of Our Discontent.
Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Children of Time.
O'Malley, Joseph. Starlight and Moonshine.
Trollope, Anthony. The Warden.
Alameddine, Rabih. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother).
Pineiro, Claudia. Elena Knows.