Hi PB friends! It's almost December, which means for a lot of us it's nearly Christmas!

I am nosy, so tell me what book(s) you have on your wishlist this year!

Mine are: Mad Sisters of Esi by Tasha Mehta The Edge of Solitude by Katie Hale House of Frank by Kay Synclaire My Name is Iris by Brando Skyhorse

Hey bookish geniuses,

I'm attempting to reach my secondary reading goal in December. If I don't reach it I won't be upset but I like the challenge. I have a tendency to pull chunky books off my shelves (side eye to strength of the few rn) and I don't think that'll help me reach 100 before the end of the year.

I'd love all your recommendations for your favourite short stories, novellas & graphic novels. I'm a big fantasy/sci-fi fan, love a fantasy romance but also not opposed to lit fic and non fic either.

Thank you!

Update: after so many amazing responses I think I'm going to throw the decisions over to fate. I'll put together a wheel to spin for the last leg of my goal (other than Serviceberry which is a necessity for the winter badge) 🖤

Since [Redacted] is doing voting right now on the [Redacted] Choice Awards, I thought we could do our own end-of-the-year genre awards!! If you're feeling like a purist you could keep it to books published in 2025, but do whatever your heart desires. Please feel free to invent categories at your discretion.

Here are my award winners among the books I read this year:

2025 Fantasy Romance 🏆 The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig (2025) 🥈 The Ascended by Bree Grenwich & Parker Lennox (2025) 🥉 Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen (2025)

2025 Fantasy 🏆 Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (2025) 🥈 The Strength of the Few by James Islington (2025)

2022 Book Where The Main Character Speaks in Deeply Haunting Rhymes and Riddles 🏆 One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig (2022)

Pre-2025 Science Fiction Book That Became My Entire (!!!) Personality 🏆 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (2020)

The 2024 Fantasy Book I Adored But Haven't Met A Single Other Person Who Has Read It 🏆 Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan (2024)

The Book That Would've Won This Year's Hugo Award if I Were in Charge 🏆 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (2024)

Cutest Friendship Between Authors as Witnessed on Instagram 🏆 Rachel Gillig & Kalie Cassidy

I've been feeling a bit down lately and I'm looking for something to read that can cheer me up, preferably fiction (I've been reading some quite depressing political non fiction and I need a break). Any genre!