Favorite Christmas books and essays

Brea and Mallory pick their favorite book covers of 2025. Plus they interview Alonso Duralde about his new Christmas movie book, and give ideas for gifts for ereaders. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

The Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, translated by Gene Png

Willing Prey by Allie Oleander

Best Covers!

Best Series:

Brea: Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean by Seanan McGuire

Mallory: Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black

Best Horror:

Brea: Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

Mallory: Fiend by Alma Katsu

Best Nonfiction:

Brea: Sister Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson by Claire Hoffman

Mallory: Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul

Cutest:

Brea: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Mallory: Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare

Best SFF:

Brea: The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker

Mallory: Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Best Literary:

Brea: Blob by Maggie Su

Mallory: Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristin Arnett

Best Smut/Romance:

Brea: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Mallory: A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera

Oh, Christmas Tree! by Brian Herald, Brandon Gray, Daniel Thompson

Christmas: A Biography by Judith Flanders

Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson

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