Yes, reading is subjective. Still, we're naming the 15 best books of 2025, from gripping fiction to celebrity memoirs, horror ...

There are plenty of media publications that post about the best e-readers of 2025 throughout the year. If you read something from a big tech blog or newspaper, they tend not to paint the entire ...

It’s that time of year again, remembering some of the best books I read this year. Surprisingly (at least to me), there was quite a bit of non-fiction on my list. (I’m much more of “fun fiction” ...

This is what the Defector staff read and enjoyed in 2025. The Trials of Gabriel Ward Murder Mystery Series, by Sally Smith ...

I’m a stand-up comedian. Not a book critic. I don’t want to be a book critic. And writing about books is really fucking hard. I don’t want to recap the plots or write shit like “languorous prose.” I ...