2025 was not a great year for reading, but here are the 13 books I loved the best this year.
Category: Books I Loved
Books I loved in 2024
In 2024 I read about 64 books--that is, I wrote about 64 books in my monthly roundups, not counting a few books I reread and some that I read for classwork, which feels like a substantively different kind of engagement to me. These were the ones I loved the best. Cracking good stories I just… Continue reading Books I loved in 2024
Books I loved in 2023
I read 55 books in 2023 for my own pleasure, plus another 13 in my capacity as a nonfiction book reviewer for Publishers Weekly before I took a hiatus from that role. 2023 felt like a fantastic year in reading, for me: I continued to really love reading on my couch during meals, enjoying daylight and… Continue reading Books I loved in 2023
Books I loved in 2022
I read 61 books in 2022 for my own pleasure, plus another 17 in my capacity as a nonfiction book reviewer for Publishers Weekly. Halfway through the year, I moved to a new house with a bright, sunny living room; I rediscovered reading in natural light, sitting upright on the couch, sometimes with music playing… Continue reading Books I loved in 2022
Books I loved in 2021
Climate fiction, memoir, social novels, classics, and more.
Books I loved in 2020
What an inherently troubling phrase! Books I loved in 2020. That is: books I managed to finish in 2020. Books that seemed oddly relevant in 2020 despite being written and edited before the pandemic year. Books that either provided escape from or insight into ten months of social isolation and near constant anxiety in 2020.… Continue reading Books I loved in 2020
Sara Davis 