#TopTenTuesday Books I Enjoyed in 2025 #TuesdayBookBlog

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

  • Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
  • Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
  • Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Best Books I Read in 2025. A list of my favourite books of 2025 would likely consist mainly of historical fiction so, to do something different, I’ve focused on books in other genres I enjoyed last year. Links from each title will take you to my review.

Nonfiction:

A Year in a Small Garden by Frances Tophill
The CIA Book Club by Charlie English
The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke

Crime/thriller:

The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan
That Which May Destroy You by Abda Khan
The Coming Fire by Greg Mosse

Contemporary/literary fiction:

The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway
Woman in Blue by Douglas Bruton
The Night Swimmer by Simon J. Houlton
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Front cover of The Night Swimmer by Simon J. Houlton

15 thoughts on “#TopTenTuesday Books I Enjoyed in 2025 #TuesdayBookBlog”

  4. Quite varied! The funny thing is that I thought The CIA Book Club was fiction. I still am intrigued but I will have to adjust my expectations.

    The Woman in Blue seems to be in a lot of Top Ten lists. I wonder if my book group would like it?

    Wishing you a great year of reading ahead!

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    1. There is a reason actually, aside from wanting to mention books in other genres. I’m a member of the judging panel for this year’s Winston Graham Historical Prize and in the interests of impartiality I didn’t want to single out any book that might appear on the shortlist (which is coming soon). Once I know what books are NOT on the shortlist there are some reviews I’ll be able to publish which might make authors who missed out feel a bit better. The prize doesn’t have a published longlist instead a list of eligible books is given to a readers panel to read and score. It’s very democratic in that respect. My reviews of shortlisted books will have to wait until the winner is announced in March.

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