Welcome to another TTT! And happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s 2026, can you? Wishing you all the good things this year has to offer, including many amazing books! Before I look forward, though, I thought it would be nice to share my favorite reads of 2025. These are not necessarily books that released in 2025, just books I read in 2025. I read 46 books last year and 16 of them were 5-star reads for me. I’m choosing my favorite ten of those 16! I’m going to share in the order I read them because you can’t possibly make me rank these! Surprisingly, half of my picks are novellas. 2025 was a rough reading year for me, so I read many novellas and found some really amazing ones!
Desert Island Duke by Kate Bateman
Two people shipwrecked on a deserted island over Christmas! Fake amnesia is adorably used here. lol.
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
This series owns me. It was mean of the author to leave us with such a cliffhanger with no idea when the next book is coming out, but I will survive because she deserve a break. lol. Cannot wait to see what happens next!
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
I happy sigh every time I think of this book. I’m not usually one for ghosts, and I don’t like A Christmas Carol at all… but this book is perfection and may be my favorite book of the entire year. Don’t tell my books that, though. It’s our secret.
Give Me Butterflies by Jillian Meadows
I love a STEM romance! This one is between two curators at a science museum and has a lot of depth as well as humor. And there’s major found family stuff going on here, too, which I loved!
Another Fish in the Sea by Amy Kelly
It’s wild to me that a 32-page novella had the impression on me that it did, but this was everything. I loved it so much. It’s so, so romantic. I swooned all over the place. I hope this author writes more, because I can only imagine how amazing a full-length novel from Amy Lee would be if this is what she does with 32 pages!
The Promise of a Kiss by K.C. Bateman
The Mummy movie, but make it steamy. Give me more romances set on a treasure hunt in Egypt!
Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
Give me book 2 IMMEDIATELY. One of the best romantasies I’ve read. It’s full of adventure and twists and turns. I could not put it down.
Falling by Christina Lauren
This one surprised me a lot. I hate stories with angels/fallen angels, but this was wonderful!
Snowed In by Catherine Walsh
Catherine Walsh writes my favorite Christmas books. This was so festive and fun!
Acting Merry by Martha Keyes
This book contains my favorite book boyfriend of 2025!
What was your favorite (or tell me a few favorites if you can’t pick like me) book you read in 2025?
