The 10 Best Books I Read in 2025 🏆

I love books and I love to gush about my favourite of them at every opportunity... these are the ten best books I read this year, and you should run, not walk, to read them! 🥰 🎉 End of Year 2025 Videos... 👎 10 Most Disappointing Books of 2025: https://youtu.be/Nq2fxEKrX48 ❌ 10 Worst Books of 2025: *coming on Wednesday!* ❤️ 10 Best Books of 2025: this video ☺️ 📖 2025 Book Bracket: https://youtu.be/6nqrGOPFo2I 🕰️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:13 Top Ten 21:19 Top Three 28:25 The Best Book of the Year 📚 Books Mentioned (& their reading vlogs or longer reviews) Heartstopper Vol. 1-5 by Alice Oseman 🎥 https://youtu.be/5gC5yHaWnbY Pet Sematary by Stephen King 🎥 https://youtu.be/Lgu4XOoLWGk Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang 🎥 https://youtu.be/SjKt0n3fjJs Woodworking by Emily St. James 💛 Join the book club on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/plantbasedbride Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker 🎥 https://youtu.be/Lgu4XOoLWGk The Waves by Virginia Woolf 🎥 https://youtu.be/3zWP35aED3c Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese 🎥 https://youtu.be/q0RrWV1K_Nw Sula by Toni Morrison 🎥 https://youtu.be/aTHsIUjMaOQ The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline 🎥 https://youtu.be/qtgDkOwdBgc Private Rites by Julia Armfield 🎥 https://youtu.be/2tuyQJR5tcM 🖋️ Shop my favourite supplies here (including tabs & annotating supplies): https://www.amazon.com/shop/plantbasedbride 💛 Join the book club on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/plantbasedbride 📖 Add me as a friend on Goodreads: http://goodreads.com/plantbasedbride 📸 Hang out with me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/elizabethturn/ 🎶 MUSIC Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/759i5d 📽 MY FILMING EQUIPMENT - Sony A6600 Camera: https://amzn.to/30W4GxE - 16mm Sigma Lens: https://amzn.to/398gM7N - Panasonic LUMIX GH6: https://amzn.to/3SFiOUp - Lumix 25mm Lens: https://amzn.to/3FizE5S SOCIAL LINKS 📸 instagram: http://instagram.com/elizabethturn 📌 pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/elizabethgturn 📖 goodreads: http://goodreads.com/plantbasedbride 🐦 twitter: https://twitter.com/ElizabethTurn 🎵 tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSQoWq9f/ BUSINESS INQUIRIES 💌 plantbasedbride@gmail.com FAQs What does your channel name mean? I picked "Plant Based Bride" for my blog when I started it back in 2015 as I was starting the process of planning my vegan wedding and wanted to document it. I have been vegan for 10+ years and married since 2016! What's your real name? Elizabeth Where are you from? I'm a Canadian from Toronto, Ontario, now living in the Canadian Prairies. Are you a natural redhead? No, I'm naturally a brunette. I dye my hair using Herbatint 8R. Are your nails natural? Nope, they're press ons and I do them myself (see how in this tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@plantbasedbride/video/6915488557721259270?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 ) What nail polish are you wearing? Cirque Colors