Episode 46: Editors' Choice 2025

About this episode

The episode features Booklist editors sharing their favorite picks from the Editors' Choice 2025 list.

It’s bigger than Santa, it’s bigger than the Super Bowl…it’s Editors’ Choice! The full list is a highlight of our December issue, but every winter, Booklist editors gather ‘round the podcast mic and share some of their favorites from the list. Prepare your TBR piles, because we’ve got a little something for every reader. Here’s what we talked about: Donna: The Phoebe Variations, by Jane Hamilton The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New Life, by Graham Watson Mother Mary Comes to Me, by Arundhati Roy Song of Ancient Lovers, by Laura Restrepo. Translated By Caro De Robertis Annie: Heart the Lover, by Lily King Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America, by Sean Sherman and others Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook, by Samin Nosrat. Illustrated by Aya Brackett All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now, by Ruby Tandoh Susan: The Listeners, by Maggie Stiefvater The View from Lake Como, by Adriana Trigiani The Filling Station, by Vanessa Miller Heather: Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz. Read by Em Grosland How to Dodge a Cannonball, by Dennard Dayle. Read by William DeMeritt Songs for Other People’s…

Topics covered

• book recommendations
• literature
• reading
• editorial choices
• cooking

Keywords

• Editors' Choice
• TBR piles
• book recommendations
• literary favorites
• cookbook

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Phoebe Variations, The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New Life, Mother Mary Comes to Me, Song of Ancient Lovers, Heart the Lover, Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America, Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love, All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now, The View from Lake Como, The Filling Station

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