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Best books of 2025
550 readers and authors share their 3 favorite reads of the year.
New book lists
13,000+ authors and interesting people share their favorite books around topics, themes, and moods.
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Autobiographies for overcoming incredible hardship by faith
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Learning from nature to design regenerative organizations and businesses
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Books where the strange bleeds through to the everyday
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Indie gems hidden in plain sight
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Underappreciated books that defy categorization (which is why they don’t have a bigger audience)
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Books about a father by his son or daughter
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Sci-fi romcoms that combine ideas, jokes, and feels
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Exceptional children with amazing experiences
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Understanding how the global order is changing
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Compelling poetic genealogy
Founding member book lists
Our fabulous Founding Members make this website possible.
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Philosophical, laughter-through-tears-coming-of-age stories celebrating art, family, and art-families -
About the Queen -
Reminding us that nonbinary people are human too -
Mary Queen of Scots for people who aren't into history -
The American Revolution beyond the Founding Fathers -
Untold stories from World War II