About this episode

John and Ben discuss their favorite books from the year 2025.

Another year comes to a close and, as is tradition, John and Ben get together to tell you about their favorite books they read in 2025.

People in this episode

Host: John Hagele

Guest: Ben

Topics covered

• favorite books
• year in review
• book recommendations

Keywords

• books
• 2025
• reading
• recommendations
• literature

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