Best of Maude’s Book Club Picks 2025
Maude’s Book Club launched two years ago, and our 2025 slate was filled with wonderful books. Over the past year, the MBC community has voted on the books we wanted to read, most of which have been winners for the Goodreads Choice Awards.
It’s hard to pick our favourite books of the year because we have gone through so many. For 2025, Maude has picked her top three main books and bonus books from our book club!
When MBC starts a series and ends up loving the book, the community is always excited to continue reading together. The first three main book picks of 2026 are all sequels we’ve grown to love.
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Main Books
Bury OuR Bones in the Midnight Soil
BY V.E. SCHWAB
Maude Garrett has read many of V.E. Schwab’s novels and has had discussions with her about her novels. She has been able to explore such deep connections with her characters, which has gained her critical acclaim over the years. Her latest, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, was released in June this year and was the Goodreads Choice Awards Winner for Best Fantasy.
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2. Oathbringer
by brandon Sanderson
Maude’s Book Club started the Stormlight Archive and has felt rewarded after completing each novel in the series. These are hefty books, and Maude Garrett will always hold the book club accountable to finish these massive ones. Sanderson’s worlds are so fully realized and developed that it’s impossible not to get lost in them.
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3. The Inevitable Ruin
by Matt Dinniman
At Maude’s Book Club, LITRPG is where it’s at. We love our gaming, and Matt Dinniman brought it to our love of novels as well. We have been going through the Dungeon Crawler Carl series with our book club, and Dinniman’s books keep getting better. If you’re a fan, come and join our Discord to get into some pretty fun discussions!
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BONUS BOOKS
Edgedancer
by Brandon Sanderson
To meet our reading goals, Maude likes to incorporate novellas and shorter novels throughout the year. Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson is a book that is part of the Stormlight Archive, which is placed between Words of Radiance and Oathbringer. This is Maude’s favourite out of all the Bonus Books we’ve read this year!
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2. A Court of Wings and Ruin
by Sarah J. Maas
One of Maude Garrett’s favourite authors is Sarah J. Maas, and it wouldn’t be a sci-fi/fantasy book club without diving into this Romantasy series. A Court of Thorns and Roses has been so fun to read with our book club. We can’t wait to continue the series with our members and complete another lengthy series together.
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3. Kaiju Preservation Society
by John Scalzi
John Scalzi has become an instant read and one of our favourite science fiction authors. His sharp wit and clever writing keep our book club returning to him time and time again. Maude Garrett will always keep a Scalzi book in conversation, and we’re excited to read whatever he releases next.
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