As 2025 came to a close, we were inspired by the many “Best Books of 2025” lists circulating on social media channels, and we decided to create our own by putting a call out on WOW’s Westchase Neighborhood News Facebook page. Thanks to all who responded. Below are the Top 25 Reads of 2025 according to our readers (in no particular order):
- The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
- The Women by Kristen Hannah
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- The Names by Florence Knapp
- Never Flinch by Stephen King
- Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
- Alchemised by SenLinYu
- Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
- My Friends by Frederick Bachman
- Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
- How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
- The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
- The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb
- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
- The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
- The Guncle by Steven Rowley
- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boyland
- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
- Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller