## 💭 what were your favorite reads from 2025?

💭 what were your favorite reads from 2025?

TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2025!! the first of my wrap up posts has ARRIVED! be on the lookout for a long form video...

### 10 Books

### Books mentioned:
- Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs
  
**👗💄:**  
- shirt is from Anthropologie, rented from Nuuly  
- eyeshadow is Sickly Sweet Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics  
- eyeliner is Vegan Longwear Eyeliner (Lilac) from Pacifica Beauty  
- mascara is from Badi Lash from Kulfi  
- lip combo is Matte Fix Lip Pencil (Midnight Seduction) from about-face and ShineOn Plumping Lip Jelly (Act Natural) from Tower28  
- thank you to Saga Press and Heartdrum / HarperCollins for the gifted copies!

### Other posts:  
  
[your friend really, really needs to read these books …](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/r3idbohpqMBIgBSjDAZ0/)

### Books mentioned:
- Our Sister’s Keeper by Jasmine Holmes
- Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado
- Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine
- Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington
- Canon by Paige Lewis
- You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado
- Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
- Open Throat by Henry Hoke
- Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier
- Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow
- Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
- The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
- Fury by Shirley Marr  
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### Other posts:  
  
[heyyyyy eldest daughters. here are some book recs](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/9uHhgZyuETFkvNcPDbfB/)

### Books mentioned:
- Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
- The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez
- Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

**👗💄:**  
- eyeshadow is The Spring Symphony Palette from Dandy Lion Cosmetics and In A Trance Palette from Colourpop  
- shimmer is a single eyeshadow (Mermaculate) from Half Magic  
- mascara is Lash Extensions XL from Milani  
- lip combo is Suede Matte Lip Liner (Moonwalk) from NYX Cosmetics and Gloss Up Sheer Finish Lip Gloss (Quiet Luxury) from The Lip Bar  
- thank you to Get Underlined, Tor Books, and Berkley Books for the gifted copies!