Our Best Reads of 2025: A Book Besties Recap

In today’s episode, your book besties are officially closing out their 2025 reading year with a full recap, a sportsballs-legit bookish bracket, and the ultimate question: what was our best read of the year? Kat goes first, walking through her favorite read from each month, explaining how her wild cards came into play, and narrowing everything down to one standout winner. Amanda follows with her own month-by-month picks, reflecting on romantasy binges, audiobook obsessions, and the book that ultimately stole her heart this year. Along the way, we talk about reading patterns, surprise favorites, tough eliminations, and why seeing your year laid out in a bracket can change how you think about what you’ve read. Below are our 2025 reads, separated by bestie...  Kat’s 2025 Reads Monthly Picks January: Margot’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe February: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers March: Food for Thought by Alton Brown April: Heir by Sabaa Tahir May: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo June: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone July: The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown August: Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver September: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen October: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab November: The Day Tripper by James Goodhand December: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Wild Cards The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst Kat’s overall favorite of 2025: The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown Amanda’s 2025 Reads Monthly Picks January: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros February: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros March: Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given April: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson May: The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose June: Lights Out by Navessa Allen July: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid August: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid September: Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez October: Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver November: Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez December: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden Wild Cards A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst Amanda’s overall favorite of 2025: Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez 💙📚 Want to join our book club? Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. You can signup here Can I Bring My Book Social Links: Instagram: @canibringmybook_club TikTok: @canibringmybook_club Facebook: www.facebook.com/canibringmybook