Best Books of the Year 2025

Описание: Welcome to Best Books of the Year 2025 ! In this podcast episode, I share the best books I read in 2025: seven 2025 titles, three backlist titles from our Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, and a list of 2025 book releases I wish I had the chance to read in 2025.


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Book Mentions:

1. Heart the Lover (https://amzn.to/44AVbEx) by Lily King
2. The Bright Years (https://amzn.to/4jcS6Ri) by Sarah Damoff
3. Broken Country (https://amzn.to/3Y1tBN5) by Clare Leslie Hall
4. Buckeye (https://amzn.to/458aa96) by Patrick Ryan
5. Fun For the Whole Family (https://amzn.to/3L6sUiq) by Jennifer E. Smith
6. Road to Tender Hearts (https://amzn.to/4qmmbjv) by Annie Hartnett
7. What Happened to the McCrays? (https://amzn.to/3L6t7Ce) by Tracey Lange
8. Best Offer Wins (https://amzn.to/3MDKAmf) by Marisa Kashino
9. Enshittification (https://amzn.to/4qh6Gcx) by Cory Doctorow
10. A Guardian and a Thief (https://amzn.to/45iCx4q) by Megha Majumdar
11. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (https://amzn.to/4arAFtU) by Kiran Desai
12. Kate & Frida (https://amzn.to/4asbUha) by Kim Fay
13. A Long Winter (https://amzn.to/3LcyUpY) by Colm Toibin
14. The Slip (https://amzn.to/3KRgxa5) by Lucas Schaefer
15. Workhorse (https://amzn.to/4p3gE04) by Caroline Palmer
16. Frankenstein (https://amzn.to/4qhprwv) by Mary Shelley
17. Misery (https://amzn.to/4aXaHOP) by Stephen King
18. A Moveable Feast (https://amzn.to/4pMgPht) by Ernest Hemingway


Full Show Notes For Best Books of the Year 2025 (https://fridaynightreaders.substack.c...)


Time Stamps:

1. 00:29 my book of the year
2. 03:48 more 2025 book releases I loved
3. 15:34 2025 book releases I wish I could read in 2025
4. 19:07 my favorite backlist books from our Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge (https://fridaynightreaders.substack.c...)
5. 23:36 statement on the biggest disappointments of 2025


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