Our Top Books of 2025! (Year-End Reading Wrap-Up) | Book Lounge by Libby

Описание: Ring out the year with us! In this final episode of 2025, Joe gathers Carmen, Cece, Jananie K. Velu, Kayla, and Meara to share the two books from 2025 that absolutely stole their hearts. Expect big emotions, bold picks, and plenty of new TBR additions.

If you love year-end wrap-ups, this one’s bursting with recommendations to start (or finish!) your reading year strong.

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Guest host recommendations:
Carmen
Poppy State: A Labyrinth of Plants and a Story of Beginnings - Myriam Gurba (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1166...)

The Possession of Alba Diaz - Isabel Canas (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1134...)

Cece
Listen to Your Sister – Neena Viel (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1066...)

The Luis Ortega Survival Club – Sonora Reyes (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/9191451)

Jananie
Dust Settles North – Deena ElGenaidi (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1106...)

Immaculate Conception – Ling Ling Huang (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1109...)

Kayla
Julie Chan is Dead- Liann Zhang (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1121...)

The Compound- Aisling Rawle (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1113...)

Meara
Girl Dinner – Olivie Blake (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1142...)

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng - Kylie Lee Baker (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1068...)

Joe
When the Wolf Comes Home – Nat Cassidy (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1068...)

Victorian Psycho – Virginia Feito (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1097...)

Hungerstone – Kat Dunn (https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1071...)

Follow the guests & guest hosts:

Carmen ‪@tomesandtextiles‬ – https://linktr.ee/tomesandtextiles?fb...

Cece ‪@ProblemsofaBookNerd‬https://linktr.ee/CeceEwing_?fbclid=P...

Jananie K. Velu ‪@thisstoryaintover‬ – https://linktr.ee/jananie?fbclid=PAZX...

Kayla ‪@BooksandLala‬https://linktr.ee/booksandlala?fbclid...

Meara ‪@mearaisreading‬ – https://beacons.ai/mearaisreading?fbc...

Time stamps:
00:00:00 Title
00:01:07 Intro
00:03:54 Best Reads of 2025
00:03:22 The Summer Book on KANOPY
00:31:52 Best Reads of 2025
01:03:01 Outro

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode in Libby. Library friends can add these titles to their digital collections for free in OverDrive Marketplace and Kanopy. Check out our Cumulative List for the whole season (https://marketplace.overdrive.com/Mar..., or this list for today’s episode (https://marketplace.overdrive.com/Mar...)

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