The social cataloging website for book lovers, Goodreads, has just announced their readers’ Choice Awards for 2025. The Texas Talking Book Program has a good number of them in our collection. We also have some of them in Spanish. They appear in the list below in BOLD. No matter which genre you enjoy, the bibliophiles at Goodreads have chosen a favorite book within that genre, published this year. Contact us and we can help you find your next favorite book.

For more information check out the Goodreads Website.

Best Fiction

MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman (DB 129483, BR 26313 IN PROCESS)

Best Historical Fiction

ATMOSPHERE: A LOVE STORY by Taylor Jenkins Reid (DB 129909, BR 26357 IN PROCESS, en español DB 132477 IN PROCESS)

Best Mystery and Thriller

NOT QUITE DEAD YET by Holly Jackson (DB 131109, LB 0005721)

Best Romance

GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE by Emily Henry (DB 129103, BR 26246 IN PROCESS, LB 0003604, en español DB 132355 IN PROCESS)

Best Romantasy

ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros (DB 127035, BR 25749 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127448)

Best Fantasy

BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by V. E. Schwab (DB 130243, BR 26386 IN PROCESS, LB 0005773)

Best Science Fiction

COMPOUND by Aisling Rawle (DB 130769)

Best Horror

WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix (DB 126950, BR 25753, LB 0002960)

Best Debut Novel

ALCHEMISED by SenLinYu (IN PROCESS)

Best Audiobook

ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros and narrated by Rebecca Soler, Ted Hamilton, Justis Bolding, and Jasmin Walker (DB 127035, BR 25749 IN PROCESS)

Best Young Adult Fantasy

SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins (DB 127954, BR 26205 IN PROCESS, en español DB 128635)

Best Nonfiction

EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS: THE HISTORY AND PERSISTENCE OF OUR DEADLIEST INFECTION by John Green (DB 128745)

Best Memoir

HOUSE OF MY MOTHER: A DAUGHTER’S QUEST FOR FREEDOM by Shari Franke (DB 126942)