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Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor
Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025
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Once again, honored to be included here!
We asked you to vote for your favorite books, movies, TV shows, short fiction, video games, and more of 2025...and now, Reactor is excited to present the results! Congratulations to all the winners!

#booksky
Readers Pick Their Favorite SFF of 2025 - Reactor
What an excellent year for speculative fiction — in all its many forms!
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December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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My second article in as many weeks on #StrangerThings is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social !

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The Best Moments of Stranger Things - Reactor
As the series comes to a close, a look back on some of the show's greatest hits.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Hunting for FESTIVENESS? Trying to fit an ENTIRE FIR TREE in your MOUTH? We're collecting all holiday-themed articles and reruns into one jolly tag:

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Holiday Cheer - Reactor
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December 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There are many Brainiacs, and not all are created equally:
Lars Eidinger Cast as Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow, But Which Version of the Villain Will the Superman Movie Use? - Reactor
There are many Brainiacs, and not all are created equally
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December 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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We asked you to vote for your favorite books, movies, TV shows, short fiction, video games, and more of 2025...and now, Reactor is excited to present the results! Congratulations to all the winners!

#booksky
Readers Pick Their Favorite SFF of 2025 - Reactor
What an excellent year for speculative fiction — in all its many forms!
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December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nine years. Five seasons. Tyler Dean breaks down the best moments of Stranger Things!
The Best Moments of Stranger Things - Reactor
As the series comes to a close, a look back on some of the show's greatest hits.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What's the Reactor team doing over the holidays? What are YOU doing over the holidays???
What to Watch and Read for the Rest of 2025: The Books, Movies, Games, and Shows on the Reactor Staff's Backlogs - Reactor
The holidays offer us a rare chance to watch, read, and play some of the things we've been meaning to get to
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December 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Some polar/Arctic Horror recs to send a chill down your spine this December 🧊
December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Sinners! Pluribus! Ladyknight books! Matt Murdock praying to the patron saint of lawyers! Aspect ratios! Yves from LOONA! The wedding music in Andor!

It's a weird, nerdy world. Here were some of our favorite examples from 2025:
A Few Things That Brought Us Nerdy Joy in 2025 - Reactor
No matter how rotten the year is, we will still find joy in it
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December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Can’t believe enough people submitted my booktube channel for me to make the list! Truly made my day 💜
We asked you to vote for your favorite books, movies, TV shows, short fiction, video games, and more of 2025...and now, Reactor is excited to present the results! Congratulations to all the winners!

#booksky
Readers Pick Their Favorite SFF of 2025 - Reactor
What an excellent year for speculative fiction — in all its many forms!
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December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Here are 22 wintery book recommendations for maximizing cozy vibes:
Cozy Up With These 22 Chilly Winter Reads - Reactor
Get a blanket and a mug of something warm, and settle in with a stack of wintry books...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Absolutely tickled pink to see Starship Alexandria as one of the winners! Thank you so much to those who voted for the show. I am having so much fun making it with @aptshadow.bsky.social ! A lovely surprise in the last days of a very tough year x
We asked you to vote for your favorite books, movies, TV shows, short fiction, video games, and more of 2025...and now, Reactor is excited to present the results! Congratulations to all the winners!

#booksky
Readers Pick Their Favorite SFF of 2025 - Reactor
What an excellent year for speculative fiction — in all its many forms!
reactormag.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We asked you to vote for your favorite books, movies, TV shows, short fiction, video games, and more of 2025...and now, Reactor is excited to present the results! Congratulations to all the winners!

#booksky
Readers Pick Their Favorite SFF of 2025 - Reactor
What an excellent year for speculative fiction — in all its many forms!
reactormag.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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my favorite pieces from 2025
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Marvel Cinematic Universe wants to know if we remember this guy? We all like this guy right? We'll promise go to the theaters and see a movie if he's there right?
Steve Rogers Will Be Daddy in Avengers: Doomsday - Reactor
You can see him yourself in the Avengers: Doomsday trailer if you get to your screening of Avatar: Fire and Ash a bit early...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Round out your end of the year with some excellent short fiction curated by @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social, including gardeners on Mars and demonic serial killers:
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: November 2025 - Reactor
Add some of the best new short fiction stories to your end of year reading lists!
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December 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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tbh my favorite moment in mainstream media this whole year is still yelena belova forgiving herself 😭
Sinners! Pluribus! Ladyknight books! Matt Murdock praying to the patron saint of lawyers! Aspect ratios! Yves from LOONA! The wedding music in Andor!

It's a weird, nerdy world. Here were some of our favorite examples from 2025:
A Few Things That Brought Us Nerdy Joy in 2025 - Reactor
No matter how rotten the year is, we will still find joy in it
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December 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
@mollytempleton.com addresses the most difficult question for The Holiday Season: How do you buy books for other people??
The Art of Buying Books for Other People - Reactor
What books will you gift to your loved ones?
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December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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We're excited to share Reactor Original Short Fiction Highlights 2025!! This free bundle (available in PDF/EPUB) gathers a few of our excellent short stories from the year into one place, including works by @wenyilee.bsky.social, @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social, @tadethompson.bsky.social, & @isabel.kim!
Download Reactor Original Short Fiction Highlights 2025! - Reactor
Were you intimidated by our impressive list of All of Reactor’s Short Fiction in 2025? Do you want to dive in, but don’t know where to begin? Try our new short fiction bundle! Our new bundle, Reactor ...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Every year, no matter how bad the year, we at Reactor find at least a little joy, and then it's a joy to share it with all of y'all.

Joyception!
Sinners! Pluribus! Ladyknight books! Matt Murdock praying to the patron saint of lawyers! Aspect ratios! Yves from LOONA! The wedding music in Andor!

It's a weird, nerdy world. Here were some of our favorite examples from 2025:
A Few Things That Brought Us Nerdy Joy in 2025 - Reactor
No matter how rotten the year is, we will still find joy in it
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December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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this is my favorite thing we do every year - nerdy joy is so precious to me. this year i went off about:

- @dimension20.bsky.social live at MSG!!!
- the kpop demon hunter girls finding success after years of shitty idol training!
- and of course, CANADIAN GOVERNMENT FUNDED HOCKEY GAYS!!!!!
Sinners! Pluribus! Ladyknight books! Matt Murdock praying to the patron saint of lawyers! Aspect ratios! Yves from LOONA! The wedding music in Andor!

It's a weird, nerdy world. Here were some of our favorite examples from 2025:
A Few Things That Brought Us Nerdy Joy in 2025 - Reactor
No matter how rotten the year is, we will still find joy in it
reactormag.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sinners! Pluribus! Ladyknight books! Matt Murdock praying to the patron saint of lawyers! Aspect ratios! Yves from LOONA! The wedding music in Andor!

It's a weird, nerdy world. Here were some of our favorite examples from 2025:
A Few Things That Brought Us Nerdy Joy in 2025 - Reactor
No matter how rotten the year is, we will still find joy in it
reactormag.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Younger Russell to continue the family tradition, starring in a show about unknowable Creatures and Cold War tensions:
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Enters the Cold War With New Lee Shaw Prequel Series - Reactor
Sadly, economic cutbacks will seemingly reduce the series to one Russell
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December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
From Bloody Mary to "there was a hook on the handle of the door!", urban legends carve out permanent space in our collective psyche. Here are five short horror stories that capture the feeling of classic urban legends 👻
Five Scary Short Stories That Read Like Urban Legends - Reactor
When dark rumors, local legends, and disturbing memes suddenly become all too real...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Here, the humans cause the haunting. The objects hold the memory."

@mollytempleton.com reviews Midnight Timetable, Bora Chung's new short story collection about a research center for haunted objects:
Ghosts in the After Hours: Bora Chung's Midnight Timetable - Reactor
What becomes of an object that’s held a story for someone? Molly Templeton reviews Bora Chung's new "novel in short stories."
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December 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM