My 2025 Favorites Public

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My favorite books I read in 2025

  1. Group Living and Other Recipes by 

    5 stars

    A spirited and timely exploration of group living that encourages readers to reconsider the meaning of family and home.

    Lola …

    Pixel says:

    Recommended by my therapist

    Tags: Asian

  2. The Outside by 

    4 stars

    Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when …

    Pixel says:

    Recommended by several people on Mastodon as I wanted more books with autistic representation.

  3. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) by 

    4 stars

    Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows the beginnings of the colonization …

    Pixel says:

    Recommended by someone I don't remember. Reminded me a bit of "A Stranger in a Strange Land". The first book was pretty good but boy these books are long. I didn't make it until the end of the series.

  4. The Actual Star by 

    5 stars

    The Actual Star takes readers on a journey over two millennia and six continents —telling three powerful tales a thousand …

  5. All Systems Red by 

    5 stars

    "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

    In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …

    Pixel says:

    Recommended by several people. I like the books and read them all, but they're not exactly refined literature.

  6. Dead Collections

    4 stars

    A whirlwind romance between an eccentric archivist and a grieving widow explores what it means to be at home in …

    Pixel says:

    Fantastic trans lit.

  7. Rabbits by 

    4 stars

    It's an average work day. You've been wrapped up in a task, and you check the clock when you come …

  8. Sister Snake by 

    4 stars

    A glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters—one in New York, one in Singapore—who are bound by an ancient …

    Pixel says:

    My friend sent me this book because the cover art was cool and I ended up really enjoying it. Super interesting.

    Tags: Asian, LGBT+

  9. Sapling Cage by 

    4 stars

    In the gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, author Margaret Killjoy spins a tale of …

    Pixel says:

    I listened to an interview with the author in a podcast for something completely unrelated but was really curious!

    Tags: LGBT+

  10. Ancillary Justice by 

    4 stars

    On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.

    Breq is both …

    Pixel says:

    The first time I read it, I couldn't get into it. Then my friend who had originally suggested it said to try "Translation State". I'm glad because then I found the motivation to read the rest of the books.

    Tags: LGBT+

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