With 2025 in the rearview, it’s time to narrow all those books finished into a small group and slap a blue ribbon on them as the best of the group. I finished 130ish books during the year (I say “ish” because Goodreads and Storygraph have different numbers, and I have no idea which one is more correct nor the energy to compare lists), so here’s a breakdown of my favorite 15 of the year.