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The best books of 2025

The best books of 2025

Gilbert Cruz, NYT Book Review editor, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the best five fiction and five nonfiction selections to earn the title this year.

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December 15, 202546m 39s

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Show Notes

A great book transports and educates—and the New York Times has the best ones from 2025. Gilbert Cruz, NYT Book Review editor, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the best five fiction and five nonfiction selections to earn the title this year, from WWI battlefields to marriage on a shipwrecked vessel, and discusses the process of choosing the best of the best.

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