Published 22nd December 2025

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Readers' Favourite Books of 2025

All available for loan at your local PAE Library.

Fiction

My Friends

Cover image for My Friends / Fredrik Backman.

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Historical Fiction

Atmosphere

Cover image for Atmosphere / Taylor Jenkins Reid.

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Mystery and Thriller

Not Quite Dead Yet

Cover image for Not Quite Dead Yet / Holly Jackson.

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Romance

Great Big Beautiful Life

Cover image for Great Big Beautiful Life / Emily Henry.

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Romantasy

Onyx Storm

Cover image for Onyx Storm / Rebecca Yarros.

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Fantasy

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Cover image for Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil / V.E. Schwab.

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Science Fiction

The Compound

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Horror

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Cover image for Witchcraft for Wayward Girls / Grady Hendrix.

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Debut Novel

Alchemised

Cover image for Alchemised / SenLinYu.

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Audiobook

Onyx Storm

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Young Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Sunrise on the Reaping

Cover image for Sunrise on the Reaping / Suzanne Collins.

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Young Adult Fiction

Fake Skating

Cover image for Fake Skating / Lynn Painter.

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Nonfiction

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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Memoir

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

Cover image for The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom / Shari Franke.

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