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Jaye’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jaye’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, African American, Children's, Erotica, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Paranormal, Poetry, Romance, Science fiction, Spirituality, Young-adult, polyamorous, romantasy, cozy, cozy-mystery, humor, african-american-romance, adventure, survival, pirates, amateur-sleuth, mythology, gods, arthurian, witches, wizards, fairies, occult, urban-fantasy, high-fantasy, fairy-tales, fairy-tale-retellings, fractured-fairy-tales, epic-fantasy, weird-fiction, new-weird, realistic-fiction, erotic-romance, lesbian-romance, fantasy-romance, m-m-f, m-f-f, f-f-f, multiple-partners, reverse-harem, polyamory, foursome, cultural, steampunk-romance, international, africa, african-american-literature, kenya, eastern-africa, egypt, banned-books, african-literature, black-literature, ancient, lgbt, genderqueer, queer, queer-lit, lesbian, lesbian-fiction, bisexual, transgender, asexual, genderfluid, noir, alchemy, disability, novella, science-fiction-fantasy, speculative-fiction, magical-realism, retellings, juvenile, cozy-fantasy, middle-grade, demons, regency, and paranormal-romance
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