Books of 2025

2025 was full of great stories and unforgettable characters. Here is a roundup of the books I read or listened to this year, including some wonderful novels and truly inspiring self improvement reads. I think it’s so important to keep growing, to do better, to expand your interests, and to seek out different perspectives.

Since I’m not much of a TV gal, books are my entertainment. I love imagining the characters, escaping into other lives, and letting a good story carry me somewhere else for a while.

While so many of these stayed with me…and some were just not my cup of tea…my favorite novel of the year was Broken Country, and my favorite self improvement read was The Let Them Theory.

Here’s my 2025 book list (in no particular order.)

Heart the Lover
The Correspondent
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
The Frozen River
Gone Before Goodbye
The Wedding People
My Friends
Many Lives, Many Masters
Everyone Is Lying to You
Wild Dark Shore
Atmosphere
Wives Like Us
The Sirens
Make Money Easy
The Tell
Broken Country
Isola
The Let Them Theory
The Love We Found
Self Help
The Great Big Beautiful Life
The Night We Lost Him
We All Live Here
How to Manifest

Looking back, this feels like a year spent living many lives. Some quiet, some complicated, some heavy, some hopeful. Follow along with The Goods Book Club on the gram to stay in the loop next year. I’m excited to see where 2026 takes me, and I hope you read alongside me.