Hello wonderful, bookish friends and welcome to the first day of 2026. As a new year starts, I think this is the perfect time to reflect on the books that have stayed with me throughout 2025. This past year was a year of discoveries and slow, thoughtful reading and I found so many reads that invited me in to linger in new worlds. This list is my top ten reads of 2025, the books I couldn’t stop thinking about long after I turned the final page, and the ones I kept recommending to friends. So please, dear reader, pour yourself a warm cup of coffee, settle into a comfy spot,…