January 6, 2026

Announcing my 2025 Sonderbooks Stand-outs! Check out my list of my favorite books read in 2025. And read in my blog about the 527 books I read in 2025. This is my 25th list of Sonderbooks Stand-outs, so the #Sonderbooks25 celebration continues!

My #6 Sonderbooks Stand-out in More Teen Fiction, Reasons We Break, by Jesmeen Kaur Deo, shows us the heart of a young adult pulled into a gang, along with the good girl who gets involved with the gang to try to save him.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund