The top 10 and the top 2 dozen of the year. Some of these were really tight calls. And a have a dozen still underway that I may finish this year. Could happen.
2025 Poetry:
Toward an Origin Story by Laurie D Graham (Model Press, 2025)
Seed Beetle by Mahaila Smith (Stelliform Press, 2025)
Hawk & Moon by Han VanderHart (Bottlecap Press, 2025)
2025 Essay:
No straight road takes you there by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket, 2025)
2025 Novels:
The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen (Orbit, 2025)
We Could be Rats by Emily Austin (Simon & Schuster, 2025)
2025 Fan Fiction:
Daily Affirmations by Raxacoricofallapatoriusrulez (AO3, 2025) [Prodigal Son]
The Earthbound Chronicles by Regal_Beezer (AO3, 2025) [Good Omens]
Are we meant to read the footnotes by RiaTheDreamer (AO3, 2025) [Good Omens]
2025 Kids Book:
A Home for Spark the Dragon by Michael Sheen and Jess Webb, Illus by Sarah Massini (Penguin, 2025)
2 dozen “Backlist” Favs
Poetry:
Gay Girl Prayers by Emily Austin (Brick, 2024)
To Assemble an Absence by John Levy (above/ground, 2024)
Sweet Vinegars: poems of wildflowers by Claudia Radmore (Shoreline, 2024)
Heliotropia: poems by Manahil Bandukwala (Brick, 2024)
Slowly Turning by Marco Fraticelli (Yarrow Press, 2024)
Small Arguments: poems by Souvankham Thammovongsa (M&S, 2003, 2023)
A “Working Life” by Eileen Myles (Grove, 2023)
Notes on Drowning by rob mclennan (Broken Jaw Press, 1998)
still the dead trees: haiku by Robert Piotrowski (Red Moon Press, 2017)
The Weight of Oranges: poems by Anne Michaels (M&S, 1997)
Essays:
From Desire Without Expectation by Jacob Wren (above/ground, 2024)
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books, 2004, 2016)
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022)
Fan fiction:
Sky Clear Blue by klikandtuna (AO3, 2024)
Find Every Sky by klikandtuna/Steph (AO3, 2024)
Old Vines by Sevdrag (AO3, 2021)
Short Stories:
Nothing Without Us Too, ed. by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson (Renaissance Press, 2022)
Novels:
Everyone in this room will someday be dead by Emily Austin (Simon & Schuster, 2021)
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence (Doubleday, 1928)
Looking for Her by Carolyn Marie Souid (Baraka Books, 2024)
Undefeated: Sydney Rye Mysteries, book 15 by Emily Kimelman (EK, 2022)
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen (Orbit, 2024)
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit, 2012)
History:
Divergent Paths: Family Histories of Irish Immigrants in Britain, 1820-1920 by John Herson (Manchester University Press, 2015)
What was my favourites before? Favourites in 2015.
I use inconsistent terms so a bit hard for even me to dig out posts.
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