Book Riot - The Podcast On Putting Together a Best Books of the Year List
Vanessa Diaz sits in for Rebecca this week and talks to Jeff about the challenges of making a best books of the year list before getting into the news of the week.
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Discussed in this episode:
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Amazon’s best books of the year
David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh
B&N’s best book of the Year is Mona’s Eyes
The 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
I’m bookmarking this deep dive into the fashion industry’s recurrent interest in literature for knife-and-fork reading this weekend
Reader’s Digest asked three professional designers to pick the best book covers of the year
Somebody is Walking On Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez
Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman
Devouring Time by Tod Goddard
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Flashlight by Susan Choi
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