Our contributors have teamed up to tell one another about their favorite books of the year over the next couple of weeks! Casey and UyenThi come together to discuss their top 5 reads of 2025. From memoirs, to romance, to translated fiction, to dark academia, these are the stories we read in 2025 that we feel need to be on everyone's TBR.

Book and resources mentioned:

James by Percival Everett

The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patricia Melo

Feeding Ghosts by Tessa HullHijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

The Night Eaters by Marjorie Liu

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

• #PouredOver interview with Nnedi Okorafor

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

I'll Tell You When I'm Home: A Memoir by Hala Alyan

Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by Amarissa

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