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.
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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 Hearts by Annie Hartnett
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vols. 1-8 by Beth Brower