Cue the confetti, Class of 2025!

Cue the confetti, Class of 2025!

The She Reads Best of Awards had its biggest year ever! Nearly 20,000 votes were cast to determine your favorite reads. We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 winners and turn our tassels on another amazing year of reading.

Best Book of 2025:
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Best Audioook of 2025:
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan

Best Book Club Pick of 2025:
We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr

Best Debut of 2025:
Passion Project by London Sperry

Best Book-to-Screen Adaptation of 2025: The Summer I Turned Pretty from Jenny Han

Best Book Cover of 2025:
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine, illustrated by Sarah Madden

Best Literary Fiction of 2025:
The Names by Florence Knapp

Best Contemporary Fiction of 2025: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Best Historical Fiction of 2025:
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick

Best Mystery & Thriller of 2025:
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby

Best Romance of 2025:
Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt

Best Romantasy of 2025:
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Best Fantasy & Magical Realism of 2025: The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
Best Science Fiction of 2025: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Best Horror of 2025: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Best Memoir & Nonfiction of 2025: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Best Young Adult Novel of 2025: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Most Anticipated Books of 2026

While we celebrate the best books of 2025,
we’re also getting started on our 2026 #TBR list.

BEST BOOKS OF 2025

WINNER: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

BEST BOOKS OF 2025

WINNER: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

ALL CATEGORIES

Best Book
Audiobook
Book Club Read
Debut
Book-to-Screen Adaptation
Book Cover

Literary Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Romance

Romantasy
Fantasy & Magical Realism
Science Fiction
Horror
Memoir & Nonfiction
Young Adult Book