Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Hello Everyone and Happy New Year. I cannot believe it is 2026, and I am starting my first full year as a Portland resident. We are so in love with where we live, and happy to be here. Today I am here to share the best books I read in 2025. Given all that was going on in life, I still go some really good reading in. So, come take a look and hopefully add one or two to your TBR.

Books Discussed
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - ECCO (Paperback) 384 pages
10. The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie - Putnam (Hardback) 368 pages
9. A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews - Bloomsbury (Hardback) 192 pages
8. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson - ECCO (Hardback) 244 pages
7. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong - Penguin Press (Hardback) 416 pages
6. Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer - Harper (Hardback) 256 pages
5. Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor - Riverhead (Hardback) 400 pages
4. Flashlight by Susan Choi - FSG (Hadback) 464 pages
3. Heart the Lover by Lily King - Grove (Hardback) 256 pages
2. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans - Crown (Hardback) 304 pages
1. Audition by Katie Kitamura - Riverhead (Hardback) 197 pages