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Published: February 4, 2026
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I'm back once again to read and review *almost* all of the winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards, this time for 2025... and as always it's a bit of a mixed bag 😅 This is a long-running annual series on my channel focused on critically reviewing the most popular, heavily marketed books of the year, especially those that receive a lot of uncritical hype. This series helps me assess whether widely marketed books actually live up to the praise they receive, offer alternatives when I can, and many of you have shared that you find these reviews helpful before spending your time and money.
I hope we can have nuanced, respectful, and fruitful discussions about the most popular books of 2025 and how they reflect our community in the comments. Thank you for allowing me the space to have these conversations and for engaging in good faith!
🕰️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
4:38 History & Biography
10:24 Memoir
20:17 Nonfiction
23:24 YA Fiction
31:35 YA Fantasy & Fiction
37:55 Audiobook
40:36 Debut
46:32 Horror
59:37 Science Fiction
1:07:34 Fantasy
1:11:08 Romantasy
1:13:51 Romance
1:16:49 Mystery & Thriller
1:21:33 Historical Fiction
1:24:50 Fiction
📚 Books Mentioned & Reading Vlogs
History & Biography 🏆 How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women
by Zoe Venditozzi and Claire Mitchell
Memoir 🏆 The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke
🎥 Ex-Mormon's video on this situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCKMyfkxpfk
Nonfiction 🏆 Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
Young Adult Fiction 🏆 Fake Skating by Lynn Painter
Young Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi 🏆 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Audiobook 🏆 Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (didn't read)
🥇 My Pick: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry 🎥 https://youtu.be/JRfFLKrV7ww
🎥 Fourth Wing Reading Vlog: https://youtu.be/QELT5S2qmbw
Debut Novel 🏆 Alchemised by SenLinYu (didn't read)
🥇 My Pick: The Names by Florence Knapp
Horror 🏆 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
🥇 My Pick: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker 🎥 https://youtu.be/Lgu4XOoLWGk
🎥 Buffalo Hunter Hunter: https://youtu.be/2tuyQJR5tcM
🎥 We Love You, Bunny: https://youtu.be/N6oRV13TQYc
Science Fiction 🏆 The Compound by Aisling Rawle
Fantasy 🏆 Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
🎥 https://youtu.be/Jg9gTCZ6OgY
🎥 Katabasis: https://youtu.be/QQrD-aE83zw
🎥 The Strength of the Few: https://youtu.be/N6oRV13TQYc
Romantasy 🏆 Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (didn't read)
Romance 🏆 Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
🎥 https://youtu.be/JRfFLKrV7ww
Mystery & Thriller 🏆 Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
🥇 My Pick: The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers 🎥 https://youtu.be/OIWhZQtiAbw
Historical Fiction 🏆 Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
🥇 My Pick: The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis 🎥 https://youtu.be/2tuyQJR5tcM
Fiction 🏆 My Friends by Fredrik Backman
🥇 My Pick: The Names by Florence Knapp
🎥 All the Colours of the Dark Reading Vlog: https://youtu.be/OIWhZQtiAbw
⚠️ See Content Warnings for the books read in this video here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16vOVt9iNnqs5rhjzaAczhVXSsEpVjko9znk6fc2QYPw/edit?usp=sharing
➡ It looks like it displays much better in the Google Sheets app and on desktop. I’m still looking into whether I can fix how it displays on a mobile browser, but in the meantime, viewing it horizontally and tapping the three dots (browser settings) and selecting “request desktop site” makes it easier to view!
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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.