Best Book of the Year

Last year we read 12 books, and for the first time we voted for our favourite book of the year. The results for Best Book of 2025 are as follows:

1. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegen 17
2. You Are Here by David Nicholls 12
3. The Cone Gatherers by Robert Jenkins 10
4.(=) Community by Jane Smith 9
4.(=) The Women by Christine Hannah 9
6.(=) Slow Horses by Mick Herron 8
6.(=) A Gardener Against Time by Olivia Laing 8
8. Held by Anne Michaels 4
9.(=) Precipice by Robert Harris 3
9.(=) Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 3
11(=) Silent Earth by David Goulson 0
11(=) The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas 0