My Favorite Books 2015 – 2025

I decided to go back and make a list of my 15 favorite stand-alone books that I have reviewed on Reading Matters from 2015 – 2025. Each of these novels affected me deeply and I highly recommend all of them. In no particular order here are my favorites

Life and Other Near Death Experiences by Camille Pagan.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
New Grub Street by George Gissing
Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
Earth Abides by George Stewart
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
Middlemarch by George Elliot
Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Last talk with Lola Faye by Thomas Cook
The Shining by Stephen King
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
Call of The Wild by Jack London

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6 responses to “My Favorite Books 2015 – 2025”

  1. Lark@LarkWrites Avatar
    Lark@LarkWrites

    How did you ever manage to limit yourself to just one favorite book a year? I find that really hard to do. I really love Middlemarch. And I’m a fan of Darcy Coates’ ghost stories, as you know, so those are the two books on your list that I totally agree with. ;D

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      kathyvullis1

      Hi Lark, I went back to my reviews from 2015 to 2025 and in the beginning years I reviewed about 25 books a year so it was not too difficult to pick out my overall favorites but I did have to prune the list down to come up with 15. Midlemarch in particular is a book I want to read again. I feel in a second reading I will learn so much more.

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    janegs1

    Fifteen favorites within a ten year period is a nice exercise. I like your list–Middlemarch is a favorite, as is Jane Eyre. I really liked Frankenstein but don’t see myself rereading it. I also really liked Belinda, which sort of surprised me, and it has been decades since I read it.

    I really do need to read The Good Earth and Things Fall Apart.

    I went through a Jack London phase (after he visited the remains of Wolf House in Northern CA thirty years ago, and Call of the Wild is the best. I loved the episode of Northern Exposure when Chris read it aloud over a story featuring Holling and Maurice…but I digress.

    Excellent list!

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      kathyvullis1

      Thanks Jane and I can heartily recommend every book on the list. Two books I read prior to 2015 that were definitely all time favorites Crime and Punishment and Pride and Prejudice.

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    tracybham

    Kathy, I have missed so many of your latest posts, I haven’t felt well but that isn’t a good excuse… I love this list of favorite books in the last 10 years. That is a great idea. Three of those books (Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, and Middlemarch) are on my list to read this summer. I have read a couple of other books on the list and I will check out some more of them.

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      kathyvullis1

      Hi Tracy, no need to apologize at all. I love hearing from you. And I am sorry to hear that you haven’t been feeling well. I hope you are starting to feel better.

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