Every year at this time, I look back at the books I’ve read over the past twelve months and choose ten favourites. The list is wholly subjective and based entirely on my personal reading preferences. I read 62 books in 2025 and had a tough time narrowing down the list—hence, why it’s actually a dozen. It was an outstanding year in books.
In no particular order, here are my top ten favourite reads of 2025 with links to Amazon.ca and a special notation indicating Canadian authors, because the world needs more Canada.
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The Correspondent (2024) by American novelist Virginia Evans
🇨🇦 A Great Country (2024) by Canadian novelist Shilpi Somaya Gowda
🇨🇦 The Other Side of the Bridge (2006) by Canadian novelist Mary Lawson
Stone Yard Devotional (2025) by Australian novelist Charlotte Wood
Here One Moment (2024) by Australian novelist Liane Moriarty
Before the Swallows Come Back (2023) by Scottish novelist Fiona Curnow
The Snow Child (2012) by American novelist Eowyn Ivey
The Measure (2022) by American novelist Nikki Erlick
Miss Jane (2024) by American novelist Brad Watson
The Autumn of Ruth Winters (1991) by American novelist Marshall Fine
French Braid (2025) by American novelist Anne Tyler
Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by American novelist Ray Bradbury
(I am sooo late to the party on this one, and it is not my usual reading genre. I sampled it based on a recommendation and couldn’t put it down. It might have been written yesterday, not 72 years ago. Chilling and disturbingly relevant to the world we live in today.)
Some of you are sharing your favourite reads this year and I love checking them out and adding to my TBR list. I’d love to know if any of these have been your favourite in any year too.
