Hello and happy Sunday. Something I love about the end of a year and the beginning of a new one is looking at the ‘best of’ lists and seeing how many titles were on my radar, which of those I actually read, and also discovering new ones to add to my wishlist.

To continue with what is shaping up to be a fun tradition, I will look at Amazon’s Best Books of 2025 (as of Nov. 12th, 2025) and compare that list both with my ‘Books I’m Adding to My Wishlist in 2025’ post and my actual wishlist.

To make this easier for all of us, I’ve come up with some categories for you:

This book wasn’t in any of my lists, but I’ve added it to my wishlist.

This wasn’t in my list, and I won’t be adding it to my wishlist.

I added this book during 2025, even though it wasn’t a part of my wishlist at the beginning of the year.

1. Buckeye by Patrick Ryan.
2. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans.
3. The Boys in the Light by Nina Willner.
4. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong.
5. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.
6. The Intruder by Freida McFadden.
7. Awake by Jane Hatmaker.
8. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
9. Replaceable You by Mary Roach.
10. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.
11. Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall.
12. Paper Girl by Beth Macy.
13. Katabasis by R.F. Kuang.
14. Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
15. Next of Kin by Gabrielle Hamilton.
16. King of Ashes by S.A Cosby.
17. The Beast in the Clouds by Nathalia Holt.
18. Heart the Lover by Lily King.
19. The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey.
20. Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs.