January 12, 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 528 books I read in 2025. This is my 25th list of Sonderbooks Stand-outs, so the #Sonderbooks25 celebration continues!

André: André Leon Talley - A Fabulously Fashionable Fairy Tale, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders, illustrated by Lamont O'Neal, is a picture book biography that shines with the exuberance of a Black boy who dreamed of fashion and grew up to be editor of Vogue magazine.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund