Bookish Discoveries of 2025
Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review.
This TTT is meant to feature our bookish discoveries of the previous year, which can include new-to-you authors you discovered, new genres you learned you like, new bookish resources you found, friends you made, local bookshops you found, a book club you joined, etc.
New-to-Me Authors
These are the fifteen new-to-me authors that I plan to read more books from. I really enjoyed all of these (lowest rating is three stars, but I’m intrigued enough to read more). There were probably less than five new authors that I don’t plan to read from again, so that’s definitely a win!
Bookish Discoveries
Reading an hour a day keeps me on track
I’m someone who likes to have goals but doesn’t really like rigidity. It’s hard to explain. I started #75booked at the tail end of last year because I was behind on my Goodreads challenge by a few books and needed to lock in. I decided reading for an hour a day was the best middle-ground between challenging myself and being realistic. I have a couple weeks left of the challenge, so it was nice to bring that energy to start 2026 and increase my reading goal to 100 books. I’ve determined that reading for an hour a day is something I absolutely need to continue to strive toward because it keeps me on track, in the mood to read, and makes me scroll less on my phone when I don’t need to.
Reading one book across all formats is superior
I know I won’t do this all the time by any means, but there’s nothing better than locking in on ONE book at a time and reading it in all formats. I have the physical copy for the day time or early evening on the couch, the ebook for bedtime on my Kindle, and the audiobook for all of the times in between. I’m able to really immerse myself in the one story and finish it much faster rather than alternating between books. I plan to do this as much as possible this year thanks to Spotify Audiobooks.
I’m on a long library waitlist for Wild Dark Shore and can’t wait to read it.
I got to read Wild Dark Shore last year and loved it.
Great list!
That Deanna Raybourn series is a lot of fun — I need to catch up with the last two books! I keep meaning to try some of her others, too. Looks like a good list!
You discovered some great authors that I love. I’m intrigued by the reading method you discovered works for you. Thanks for sharing your #TTT
I’ve wanted to read A Curious Beginning for so long now! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Reading an hour a day is definitely a great way to get some reading in. I hope you make many more amazing discoveries this year 😊.
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-discoveries-i-made-in-2025/