Best Books of 2025
Bad On Paper · Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter
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Show Notes
It's time for us to share our favorite books of 2025! Get your notebooks ready because WE! HAVE! RECS! 📚
Becca's Fave Books
The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
Shoutout to 2 2026 books that are already faves: Little One by Olivia Muenter, So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder
Olivia's Fave Books
Heartwood and Seawife by Amity Gaige
Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Allison Espach
Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Reformatory by Tanaraive Due
Not My Type by E. Jean Carroll
We Don't Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry
All The Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
Listener Voicemails
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Allison Espach
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman
So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne
Weekly Obsession
Becca - Sweans
Olivia - FP Coastline Beanie
What We Read This Week
Olivia - The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Becca - Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
January's Book Club Pick - Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
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