Community Book Recs
Every December, I ask the readers in my life what their favorite books were that year and I compile their recommendations into a giant list. Check out the dashboard below to see the entire list to find your next book rec. Or click through the infographic images to drill down into highlights & other interesting data from 2025.
If you click on the book title and then on “details” you can see who recommended it and what their review of the book was (if they provided one).
2025 Highlights
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2024 Highlights
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2024 Book Recs Highlights
2024 top-recommended books:
James by Percival Everett
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kinsolver
The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky) by N.K. Jemison
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Madeleine’s Favorites:
The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky) by N.K. Jemison
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kinsolver
The Winternight Trilogy (The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, The Winter of the Witch) by Katherine Arden
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Most popular book series:
The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky) by N.K. Jemison
The Emperyean (Fourth Wing and Iron Flame) by Rebecca Yarros
The Emily Wilde Trilogy (Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands) by Heather Fawcett
ACOTAR (A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight, A Court of Silver Flames) by Sarah J. Maas
Books on the New York Times (NYT) Bestsellers List
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Funny Story by Emily Henry
James by Percival Everett
The Wager by David Grann
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson