Favorite Books (so far…)of 2025

It's never easy for me to rate books with star ratings. But I can find many books I've read so far this year that I enjoy enough to share! So here are 13 of my favorite books so far this year.

Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip

Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier

Fern of the Forest by JL Thaxton

Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer

Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Brower

Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan

The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick

Raven Scholar by Antonio Hodgson

A Language of Dragons by SF Williamson

Teller of Small Fortunes by Julia Leong

Winternight (Winter of the Witch) by Katherine Arden

Anna and Her Daughters by DE Stevenson

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer