## top 10 books of 2025 | my favorite reads from the year

it’s time …. let me tell you all about my favorite books from 2025!

### my top 10 favorite books of 2025: long form edition!

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**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

**Thank you to Saga Press and Heartdrum / HarperCollins for the gifted copies!**

#horrorbooks #indigenousbooks #nativebooks #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

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## your friend really, really needs to read these books …

**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

**Thank you to Bindery Books, Sourcebooks Landmark, Simon Teen, Viking Books, William Morrow, Tordotcom, and Tin House for the gifted copies!**

#fantasybooks #horrorbooks #scifibooks #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

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## look into my eyes …. i know what you want to read.

**Books mentioned:**
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
- Fawn’s Blood by Hal Schrieve
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Station Six by S.J. Klapecki
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
- The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez
- Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi
- Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin
- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
- Blood Orange by Yaffa As
- Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda
- Death’s Country by R.M. Romero
- Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott
- Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic: An LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fantasy Anthology of Unforgettable Adventures edited by g. haron davis
- Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead

#pridemonth #pridemonthbookrecs #lgbtqbooks #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

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## heyyyyy eldest daughters. here are some book recs

**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

**Thank you to Get Underlined, Tor Books, and Berkley Books for the gifted copies!**

#fantasybooks #horrorbooks #fantasybookrecs #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

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## Conclusion

This is a collection of recommended reads across various genres and themes, highlighting important narratives and voices.