Hi Friends,
Happy 2026! I cannot believe it’s a New Year with a ton of new possibilities. But today I am taking a journey back to 2025 to share with you my top 10 reads of last year. I read many good books in 2025, but I was also in a massive reading slump, making this list pretty challenging to put together. Still, here are my favorite reads of last year!
Blending the adventure and magic of Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson books, the wit and enchantment of Ilona Andrews’ Magic Bites series, and the soul-stirring romance of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Guilty Pleasures novels, Born of Blood and Magic is a thrilling, fun, sexy, urban fantasy unlike anything you’ve ever read before.
The instant USA Today bestseller that is a “warm, witchy, and wonderful” family story that is the queer love-child of Practical Magic and The Parent Trap as one woman is about to discover that she’s a witch (Sarah Beth Durst).
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Six roses. Six vials of blood. Six visits to a vampire who could be her salvation… or her damnation. A standalone fantasy romance set in the stunningly epic world of Carissa Broadbent’s #1 New York Times bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series.
Hafsah Faizal’s deliciously propulsive vampire-fantasy teems with slow burn romance, found family, and revenge, led by an orphan girl willing to do whatever it takes to save her self-made kingdom.
A cunning duchess faces a threat to her inheritance when a mysterious grandson appears. Despite his handsome looks and powers, she plots his demise while trying to outshine her sister’s royal wedding.
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes A Sorceress Comes to Call―a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm’s “The Goose Girl,” rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic.
A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle–inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.
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In a world ruled by gods and their magical descendants, healer Diem Bellator discovers dangerous secrets about her past while navigating royal politics, rebellion, and romance.
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Two rival second-grade teachers become unlikely allies when Emily needs Jack’s help to protect her secret romance writer identity, leading to unexpected romantic tension between them.
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The Gingerbread Bakery is a cozy romantic novel with an enemies to lovers dynamic, small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed!
So, were any of my favorite reads of 2025 also some of yours? If you haven’t read any of these books yet, let me know in the comments if they’re on your TBR. Don’t forget to like and share this post with other readers. And before you go, it would be amazing if you supported my blog by signing up for my mailing list.
Until The Next Chapter,
Bunny
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