Welcome to the Love Bytes Reviewers’ Best of 2025
Another year has passed in which books have brought all of us a much-needed escape and sense of comfort. Our Love Bytes team reviewed approximately 800 LGBTQ+ books in 2025, from contemporary romance to fantasy, paranormal, historical, adventure, mystery, comedy, and everything in between. Each day for the next weeks, we will feature one of our reviewers’ top picks from books and audiobooks published in 2025. These lists highlight how diverse our tastes in reading are, and offer something for everyone. With thousands of fantastic new books each year, written by hundreds of creative and talented authors, it’s so difficult to narrow our lists down. We all have many favorite authors not featured here and wish we could acknowledge them all.
“Sue’s” favorites
The Fly- Half (Lincoln Knights #2) by Charlie Novak – Buy Link
From the Ashes (Redwood Bay Fire #2) by HJ Welch – Buy Link
The Vampire’s Delicious Fae (Brinnswick: Tales from Gauhala #2) Michele Notaro – Buy Link
Sky’s Guide to Getting His Man & (The Dreamwalkers #1) by Sammi Cee – Buy Link
Sky’s Guide to Falling in Love and (The Dreamwalkers #2) by Sammi Cee – Buy Link
Did it Have to be Gnomes ((Carry a Faerie #1) by Michele Notaro – Buy Link
The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down (Carry a Faerie #2) by Michele Notaro – Buy Link
The Bargain (Executive Suite Series #1) by Jocelyn Drake – Buy Link
Grave Beginnings: A Beyond the Veil Mystery by Lissa Kasey – Buy Link
A Touch of Murder (Touched #1) by EM Leya – Buy Link
