My favourite reads of the last 12 months: 2025 edition

It's that time of year to choose your three favourite reads of the last 12 months on Shepherd (give it a go yourself). Here are mine : https://shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/am-kirsch Find my best memoirs about surviving dysfunctional family, gender identity crisis, and murder https://shepherd.com/best-books/dysfunctional-family-gender-identity-and-murder If you missed my 2024 reading list : https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/am-kirsch The top 250 reads of 2025 from all readers: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2025 My top ten of the last twelve months: Ollie in Between by Jess Callans Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei Wish You Weren't Here by Erin Baldwin The Redemption of Daya Keane by Gia Gordon Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli The Children of Men by P. D. James In Transit: Being Non-binary in A World of Dichotomies by Dex E. Anderson Rethinking No...