Reading Glasses Ep 441 - Best Books of the Year 2025!
Dec 11, 2025
Dive into a captivating discussion on the best books of 2025! The hosts reveal their top picks, showcasing a mix of genres from emotional thrillers to whimsical narratives. Highlights include Kenneth Oppel's moving YA sci-fi thriller and Sylvia Moreno-Garcia's bewitching tale that enchanted their book club. They also explore powerful memoirs and underrated gems that deserve more attention. With engaging listener input and a few surprising choices, this lively chat celebrates the literary landscape with charm and enthusiasm!
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Annual Best-Books Episode Is A Yearly Ritual
- The hosts treat their annual 'best books' episode as the year's marquee show after a year of reading and tracking.
- The episode compiles Glassers' votes and personal top picks to reveal reading trends and surprises.
Late-Night Reading Spiral
- Brea started RF Kuang's long Katabasis and read 15 hours straight despite planning to stop reading 2025 books.
- She loved the dark-academia, Faustian premise and lamented not finishing it before the best-books episode.
Reading Lockwood's Long-COVID Memoir-Novel
- Mallory described reading Patricia Lockwood's Will There Ever Be Another You and connected it to Lockwood's long-COVID experience.
- She praised its surreal, poetic voice and noted its memoir-ish autofiction quality.