Books I’m Hoping to Read in 2025

Hey all, Sam here.

There have been so many incredible sounding releases in the past couple of years, and sadly I have not had enough time to keep up with them all. I keep making myself TBR lists, hoping that I’ll be able to find the reading time to get through them all in a timely manner. I used to be pretty darn good with keeping up with any TBR list I made, but lately I have been way more of a mood reader.

There’s nothing wrong with mood reading necessarily. It’s mostly just me getting frustrated with myself because it has been hard to figure out exactly what books are going to hit the spot for me. There are so many epic and adventurous tomes out there, but with everything going on in life and in the world the past few years it is difficult to balance out my desire for epic reads with the need to just feel all the cozy, happy, low-stakes stories because the world is a dumpster fire.

Anyway, I was looking at my bookshelves the other day, as well as browsing through my book releases spreadsheet and my NetGalley review spreadsheet, and I saw a number of books that I’d really like to make sure are included in my 2025 Reading Wrap-Up…which means there are still quite a few books I’m really hoping to read before the end of the year. And I thought perhaps y’all would want to see what books I still plan/hope to read in 2025.

So, let’s get started. Oh, and if it is a book that has not yet been released, I’ll also include the expected release date (as of the time of this posting, anyway).

This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher

Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris

Road of Bones by Demi Winters

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

The Phoenix King by Aparna Verma

Arcana Academy by Elise Kova

The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. Maclean

Until the World Falls Down by Jordan Lynde

This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne (Nov 11, 2025)

Curses & Cold Brew by Ali K. Mulford and K. Elle Morrison

To Bargain with Mortals by R.A. Basu (Oct 28, 2025)

Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho (Oct 28, 2025)

Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife by Deston J Munden (Oct 14, 2025)

The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong (Oct 14, 2025)

All right….this is also probably where I should do a quick check-in on my progress towards my 25 in 2025 reading goal.

Let’s see…I’ve read part of Rain of Shadows and Endings by Melissa K. Roehrich, but I had to set it aside because I was feeling more drawn to other books and I haven’t felt the reading urge swing back to it yet.

I finished North is the Night by Emily Rath, and it was incredible. I definitely need to get a review written for it, because I thought it was a fantastic read. I also finished reading House of Frank by Kay Sinclaire and Good Game, Gamer Girl by Reina Zoric. And okay, well I don’t have reviews up for either of those books either.

And…that’s it. Honestly it’s a bit sad that I’ve only finished three books and gotten about 25% of the way through a fourth. I definitely have some reading that I need to get accomplished if I want to finish off this 2025 goal before the year is up.

Well, that is all from me for today. What books are you still hoping to read in 2025? Let me know in the comments, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.