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Top Books and Authors of the Current Year!

Top 20 Sensational Short Stories

This is for individual short stories, novellas, flash fiction, whether part of an anthology (anthology must consist of the same author's work) or individual book. 

Top 20 Sensational Short Stories 2025

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Top Short Stories Previous Years

2024:

Donald Firesmith- Atonement

Bob van Laerhoven- Scars of the Heart Collection

Kerry Alan Denney-The Sands of Dionysus 

Donald Firesmith - The Companion

Talia Haven- Delete

Talia Haven- Umaka Orr


5-Star Children's Books

The books listed are those that I enjoyed for this calendar year. Book Titles are added consecutively. 

At the end of the year, all book titles that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the Top 20 Children's Books of the year. 

Top 20 Children's Books of 2025

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Top Children's Books Previous Years

2024:

Ember White- The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Deer

Erika T. Wurth- When Naiche Visits the Star

Jane Yuolen, Marjorie Lotfi Gill, Racquel Elizabeth Artiga de Pas- Straw-Bag Tin-Box Cloth-Suitcase Three Immigrant Voices


Top 10 Books

The books listed are those that I enjoyed for this calendar year. Book Titles are added consecutively. 

At the end of the year, all book titles that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the top 10 books of the year.

Top 10 Books of 2025

  1. Michael Deeze - The Deathbed Confessions 
  2. Legacy Author TC Marti- Deceived Mage
  3. Rex Wilder- Rare Fuel
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Number one books from previous years

2024:

Kevin G. Chapman- The Other Murder


2023:

Jimmy and the Halloween Candy Monster by Donald Firesmith


2022: 

A Thousand Days In Auschwitz by Brenda Marie Webb 


2021:

DreamRovers 3: Hearts of Deliverance by C. Valentine Powell  


2020:

The Scarlet Queen: A Gripping Epic Fantasy  by M. Reinhardt

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2019:

Foul Play Is Not Suspected by S. Murphy

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2018:

Jagdlied: a Chamber Novel for Narrator, Musicians, Pantomimists, Dancers & Culinary Artists By  D. Landon


2017:

Unraveling  by S.P. Aruna

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2016:

Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight by I. Benator

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2015: 

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda


2014: 

Fallen by Nick Stephenson


2013: 

Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story by Carol Burnett

 

 

Top 10 Audiobooks

The audiobooks listed are those that I enjoyed for this calendar year. Book Titles are added consecutively. 

At the end of the year, all book titles that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the top 10 audiobooks of the year.

Top 10 Audiobooks of 2025

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Top Audiobooks from previous years


2024:

Janja Lalich - Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships

Rebecca Copeland- The Kimono Tattoo

LaNysha T. Adams, PhD- Me Power

Angel A - Mary Poser

Jeremy James Smith- Holtgart

Becky Parker Geist- The Left Turn: Two Lives, Worlds Apart

Kenneth R. McClelland - The Slave's Diary

Matt Cost- Pirate Trap

Dr. Helen McKibben - Drop: Making Great Decisions


Top 20 Authors

 At the end of the year, all authors that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the Top 20 Authors of the year. 

Top 20 Authors of 2025

  1. Legacy Author TC Marti
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Number One Authors from Previous Years

2024:

John Heldt

2023:

Donald Firesmith


2022: 

Will Mayo


2021: 

Christie Valentine Powell 


2020: 

Mitch Reinhardt​


2019: 

Kate Rigby​


2018:  

Will Mayo


2017: 

Ted Tayler


2016: 

R Weir


2015:  

Tara Thorn


2014:  

Nick Stephenson

Top 5 Book Series

When the list is full, and a new series goes to number one, the number 5 will moved to the honorable mentions list. 

Top 5 Book Series of 2025

Important Notice:

Only the volumes that have been read and reviewed, and posted will be listed. If a book is read from the series, and the series is listed in Honorable Mentions, it will be moved back to this list, and the same offers apply. If I haven't read all the books in the series, I would love to do so. If you don't know which ones I read and which ones I haven't, just ask. I keep records of all books I read and reviewed. 

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Honorable Mentions: (The series titles will move to this list when removed from the above list).      

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Top Book Series of Previous Years

2024:

Kevin G. Chapman- Mike Stoneman Thriller series 

Brian O'Hare- Inspector Sheehan Mysteries

Christie Valentine Powell-The Spectra Crown Tales

Sky Roberts-Treasures of Trillume 

K.A. Lugo-Jack Slaughter Thrillers


2023:

A.J. Scudiere's The NightShade Forensic Files 

TC Marti's The Terrian Chronicles

Matt Cost's Geoff Langdon Mainely Mystery Series 

Bob Freeman's H2Liftships 

John Heldt's Time Box 

             


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