163. Top 10 Books of 2025

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January 21, 2026 · 48 min · Episode 163

About this episode

Traci and Ellie share their top ten book recommendations for 2025.

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are sharing our Top Ten Books of 2025! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. Care to join us on Patreon with even more content? We would love to have you join us at From the Bookstacks of Literally Reading ! Top Ten Books of 2021 Top Ten Books of 2022 Top Ten Books of 2023 Top Ten Books of 2024 Traci: Grace and Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix The Favorites by Layne Fargo Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane Kate and Frida by Kim Fay Alchemised by SenLinYu Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion , Vols. 1-8 by Beth Brower Ellie: First Time Caller by B.K. Borison The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Wreck by Catherine Newman Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Three Days in June by Anne Tyler The Road to Tender…

People in this episode

Hosts: Traci, Ellie

Topics covered

book recommendations
top books
2025 books
reading
literature

Keywords

top books
2025
book recommendations
literature
reading

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Grace and Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, The Favorites, Gone, Baby, Gone, Kate and Frida, Alchemised, Wild Dark Shore, Tartufo, Broken Country, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion , Vols. 1-8