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2025
Year in Books
16,692
pages read
Akilah
62
books read
Akilah
The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang
Shortest Book
32
pages
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn
Longest Book
653
pages
Average book length in 2025
269
pages
The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Most Shelved
4,070,555
people also shelved
Toxic Masculinity by Fernando Albert Salinas
Least Shelved
3
people also shelved
Akilah’s average rating for 2025
4.1
4.1
Black AF History by Michael Harriot
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.59 average
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

Akilah’s first review of the year

it was amazing
What See does brilliantly in this book (seriously, it is a master class) is presents the various women's lives and experiences without editorializing, and I was FURIOUS almost the entire time at the injustices they all (no matter the class) faced.

This was my first See. I doubt it will be my last.

Also, I listened to the audiobook narrated by Jennifer Lim. Highly recommend (EXCEPT for the parts where she described foot binding and/or some other me ...more
AKILAH’S 2025 BOOKS
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
it was amazing
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
A Legend in the Baking by Jamie Wesley
I'll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone
The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Historically Black Phrases by Jarrett Hill
Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
Seen It All and Done the Rest by Pearl Cleage
With a Little Luck by Marissa Meyer
Fake ID by Lamar Giles
Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Sharice's Big Voice by Sharice Davids
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
it was amazing
Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls by Beth McMullen
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
it was amazing
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams
Audre & Bash Are Just Friends by Tia Williams
Throwback by Maurene Goo
it was amazing
Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
We Dream a World by Yolanda Renee King
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
It's Never Too Late by Dallas Clayton
A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis Pinkney
We Who Produce Pearls by Joanna Ho
it was amazing
Mountain Chef by Annette Bay Pimentel
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
Areli Is a Dreamer by Areli Morales
Jimmy's Shoes by Patricia Tanumihardja
Fearless and Free by Josephine Baker
Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Toxic Masculinity by Fernando Albert Salinas
it was amazing
Pedro's Yo-Yos by Rob Peñas
The Great Stink by Colleen Paeff
Lola Out Loud by Jennifer Torres
Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
The Black Girl Survives in This One by Desiree S. Evans
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Black AF History by Michael Harriot
it was amazing
At Her Service by Amy Spalding
The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Yours for the Season by Uzma Jalaluddin
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Akilah’s last review of the year

really liked it
Listen, I will always be here for a Breakfast Club homage. So this is basically the Breakfast Club but make it they're accused of murder.

I actually knew the end of this one before I read it, but convinced myself to forget the resolution for the most part. Still, it was a fun ride to see the characters grow (esp. Addy) and their relationships cement.

I listened to a couple of chapters via audio since I had a long car ride, and I did enjoy and appr ...more
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