violsva | 2025 Reading

So I saw a few people talking about their favourite books of 2025, and I decided to see if I could actually come up with a (short) list since I generally don’t even try to name favourites.

This excludes rereads and fanfiction, which would about double the list. * indicates books published within the last two years, ~ indicates the last of a trilogy where I also recommend the rest. Listed in order of reading.

~Blood and Ember by Isabel Cooper
The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity and Christopher Baldwin (comic)
Dionysos by Richard Seaford (nonfiction)
~*Viscounts & Villainy by Allie Therin
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Adventures of Harlequin by Francis Bickley
*Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy (comments here)