NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and our most popular pieces of writing this year. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading.
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Since we feature other things outside of reviews like HaBOs, Rec Leagues, and general opinion pieces, we wanted to look at what y’all really engaged with the most. I kept out sale posts, our regular new releases, and the Whatcha Reading columns.
Here’s the top five!
5. Track Your 2025 Reading With Our Community-Built Spreadsheet!
Last year’s reading spreadsheet also cracked the top five posts of the year. It’s glad to see the community still loves using the tool. Don’t worry, it’ll be back again in 2026. How’d your tracking go?
4. Careless People and Barbra Streisand
Meta did an oopsie and tried to stop Careless People from being published, and their lawsuit had the opposite effect of what they intended. Now, it was on everyone’s radar. I bought a copy. How about you?
3. Ali Hazelwood Dislikes Peeta, And That Was a Problem for Some Folks
This feels like it was a lifetime ago. Author Ali Hazelwood admitted on a panel that she found Peeta of The Hunger Games to be “useless.” The fandom backlash resulted in Hazelwood closing her Instagram for a time.
2. Fable’s Reader Summary Features Racism (And Probably AI)
AI and racism kicked off 2025. This was published on January 1st. Fable, a social media app for readers, implemented a tool for users to look at their reading stats and it was disastrous. Wonder how Fable is doing now?
1. Sinners & Stardust & Sexual Assault
This was the year of awful book events. I feel like every month, Sarah and I discussed some con or signing that went terribly. What started as a promising event for readers of dark romance ended with horrific stories of alleged sexual assault and predatory behavior.
Posts on the current bookish discourse really shined this year!
Did you have a favorite post this year that really stood out to you? Or are there any features you just love reading?