2025 in Books: Our Favorite Books, Reading Reflections, and More
The Novel Tea · Shruti Koti, Neha Ambati
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Show Notes
In our final episode of 2025, we talk about what our reading lives were like this year, and discuss our stand-out reads through superlatives. Listen in to hear the best page-turners, best characters, and most unexpected reads we encountered this year, to name a few!
Books Mentioned
The Margot Affair by Sanae Lemoine
Diary of a Void by Emi Yogi
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Friends of the Museum by Heather McGowan
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
The Oppermans Lion Feuchtwanger
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Universality by Natasha Brown
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Audition by Katie Kitamura
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Water Moon by Samantha Soto Yambao
The Old Man by the Sea by Domenico Starnone
Emma by Jane Austen
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
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