2025 Most-Viewed Books on RGC Website
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Best of the Best Books 2025
Our “best of the best” returns for 2025! We’ve reviewed the end-of-year best book lists and narrowed them down into one reference guide.
Overwhelmed by what to read from the past year? We’ve gathered the fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles we recommended in 2025 that also appear on at least one of the favorite lists from:
Book Riot, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Bookpage, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Washington Post, Silent Book Club,
Most Popular Books 2025
We’ve gathered the most popular books in 2025 for a look back at the year! In each of our monthly newsletters, we share the top two most-viewed titles on the Reading Group Choices site for that month.
Here are the titles — a mix of fiction and nonfiction — that caught our readers’ attention from January to December: the most popular books in 2025. Do you remember these great reads? See if they match your own group’s most popular books…
January
1. Grace of the Empire State
by Gemma Tizzard
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Reading Group Choices 2025 Book Gift Guide
Looking for the perfect gift for the readers in your life? We’ve gathered a curated selection of standout titles we featured on Reading Group Choices throughout the year.
These are books that sparked conversations, lingered in our minds, and captured the hearts of book clubs everywhere. Whether you’re shopping for a friend, a family member, or treating yourself to a new favorite, this book-themed gift guide offers thoughtful picks for every kind of reader. Let the browsing begin!
For the Art Lovers
1. Mona’s Eyes
by Thomas Schlesser
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The November Spotlight Group Is…
November 2025 Spotlight: Reading Between the Wines!
Our November 2025 Spotlight Group has been meeting for 13 years!
Our book club, Reading Between the Wines, formed in September 2007 in Upstate NY and has been going strong ever since. Many of the current members have been with us from the beginning, so we have become a close knit group over the years. We meet in person once a month, at a member’s house, or at a local restaurant. We try to theme the food to the book whenever we can. Sometimes we even write our own book club discussion questions.
Revisiting Author Conversations
During the pandemic, when book clubs and readers everywhere found new ways to connect, Reading Group Choices hosted a series of live virtual conversations with some of today’s most engaging authors. These thoughtful talks originally streamed on Facebook Live, bringing readers together from around the world at a time when stories offered much-needed connection and escape.
Now, we’re excited to reopen the archives and share these conversations once again! Over the coming weeks, we’ll be featuring select author videos here on the Reading Group Choices blog. Whether you’re discovering these interviews for the first time or revisiting them with fresh eyes,