Unsolicited Press Announces Best of 2025: Seven Books Readers Would Not Let Go Of

Portland, OR, February 08, 2026 --(PR.com)-- Unsolicited Press has announced its Best of 2025, highlighting seven titles that did more than sell. These books stayed. They were reread, passed along, discussed, and returned to across the year. Selected based on sustained engagement across all sales channels, this list reflects reader trust rather than trend cycles.

“These books didn’t just move units,” said Unsolicited Press founder Summer Stewart. “They moved through people’s lives.”

Best of 2025
You May Feel a Bit of Pressure by Amy Gallo Ryan
The most widely read Unsolicited Press book of 2025 across all channels, this fearless and intimate exploration of infertility, medicine, and bodily autonomy became something more than a book for many readers. It became language where there had been silence. It became company where there had been isolation. Readers shared that it helped them feel seen and steadied, and that it gave them a way to say what they could not explain. It was the press’s bestseller, but more importantly, it was a lifeline.

Mouth by Kerry Donoghue
Darkly funny, unsettling, and razor sharp, Mouth refuses to behave, soften itself, or apologize. Readers noticed. The book became a breakout favorite for those hungry for fiction that trusts their intelligence and their discomfort. It is the kind of book that leaves a mark, whether readers want it to or not.

Mosaic by Laura Gaddis
A quiet powerhouse, Mosaic built momentum through word of mouth, bookstore handselling, and library readership. Its success is a testament to memoir grounded in precision and care rather than spectacle. This book found readers who cared deeply, and they carried it forward.

Pardon Me for Moonwalking by Patricia Bidar
A lyrical and emotionally resonant collection that readers returned to again and again. This book was reread, gifted, and kept close. It became a companion for readers navigating grief, memory, and survival. Some books demand attention. This one earned trust.

Body Memory by Meriwether Clarke
A powerful meditation on embodiment, trauma, and survival. Body Memory moved quietly but persistently through reader networks, frequently recommended and frequently reordered. It is poetry that does not end at the last page. It stays in the body, and readers felt that.

In Wells’ Time by David Loring Nash
A quiet bestseller with remarkable staying power. Found slowly, loved deeply, and passed hand to hand, In Wells’ Time demonstrates how meaningful readerships are built through trust and recommendation, not urgency.

No Place Like by Anna Boorstin
A reader favorite for its emotional depth and sense of place. Chosen repeatedly by readers and book clubs seeking work that lingers and opens conversation, No Place Like remained in rotation because it created space for thinking, feeling, and talking together.

Unsolicited Press is an independent publisher based in Portland, Oregon, committed to bold literature and long-term reader engagement. The press prioritizes author care, reader trust, and cultural impact over trend-driven publishing.