The Best Books I Read in 2025

My top 8, plus a few honorable mentions 📚

Jan 5 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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December 2025

December Edit: Extreme Eating Out, Reading Challenges, and Publishing 12 of These

She's early! She's had enough of this year!

Dec 29, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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Every Book I Read for Nonfiction November

Thoughts on everything I read after I randomly decided to participate in Nonfiction November halfway through the month

Dec 15, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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November Edit: Thrift Queenery, Cozy Comforts, and Throwback Tracks

She's surviving! ✨

Dec 7, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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November 2025

October Edit: Eating Soup and Attempting Balance

Ramen, reading, overthinking...I'm nothing if not consistent

Nov 8, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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October 2025

8 "Self-Help" Books That Don't Suck

And why "self-help" is in quotes

Oct 30, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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In Panama, Paying Attention

On looking for beauty in a liminal space

Oct 20, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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September Edit: Working Womanhood, Adaptogen Mocktails, and All the Anchovies

What's helping me sleep, eat, and cope these days

Oct 4, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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September 2025

The Best Books of the (My) Summer

My top five, plus what I'm excited to read this fall

Sep 22, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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August Edit: Walking, Thrifting, and Writing at a Time Like This

That's a wrap on one particular bad time and the summer (almost)

Sep 4, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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August 2025

What I Owe My Friends

Lessons I’ve learned about the realities, requirements, and hierarchies of adult friendship

Aug 29, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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Good News

I got good news today. Here's some more.

Aug 15, 2025 • Shannon Whitehead Smith

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