April flew by in a blur of books. I ended up reading eight titles that were so different from one another. My April 2025 reading list had everything from hyped new releases to a couple of ARCs I couldn’t wait to dive into.
The April 2025 reading list I created had a really fun mix of stories. My most anticipated reads were Oathbound and Sunrise on the Reaping (spoiler alert: both totally lived up to the hype). I also got to dive into a couple of fantasy ARCs that had been sitting on my NetGalley shelf for some time. Now, I just need to write reviews for them, which is always the hardest part. I also continued my reread of the Legacy of Orïsha series and relistened to Written in the Stars. Add in the basketball romance and modern grim reaper murder mystery, and you’ve got the wild grouping of books I read in April.
If you’re curious how everything stacked up in my April 2025 reading, keep scrolling. I’ve shared my ratings, links to purchase each book, and a peek at what’s on my May TBR list, too!
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The 8 Books I Read in April 2025
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April 2025 Reading Stats
Books That Got a 5-Star Rating
Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle #3)
by Tracy Deonn
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Sunrise On The Reaping (The Hunger Games #0.5)
by Suzanne Collins
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Books That Got a 4 or 4.5-Star Rating (*rereads)
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2)*
by Tomi Adeyemi
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A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer (A SCYTHE Mystery #1)
by Maxie Dara
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Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars #1)*
by Alexandria Bellefleur
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Books That Got a 3 or 3.5-Star Rating
The Beautiful Maddening [ARC]
by Shea Ernshaw
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The Hallow Hunt (The Revenant Games #2) [ARC]
by Margie Fuston
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Books That Got a 2 or 2.5-Star Rating
Game Changer (King of the Court #1)
by Piper Lawson
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May 2025 TBR
While the Dark Remains (The Winter Dark #1) by Joanna Ruth Meyer [ARC]
A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek [ARC]
Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha #3) by Tomi Adeyemi
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Single Player by Tara Tai
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
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I also loved Sunrise on the Reaping and just had to reread the original trilogy 🥰 I still have to read Oathbound!