On this special holiday episode, the staff of The Village Well recommends gifts for 2025! See what we picked out below:

Fiction

• King Sorrow by Joe Hill
• The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine
• Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Nonfiction

• Empire of AI by Karen Hao
• Stitching Freedom by Gary Tyler
• The Dry Season by Melissa Febos

Kids/YA

• Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
• Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

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