Melissa & Sarah discuss their favourite reads of 2025!

Books referenced in this episode:

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

My Thoughts Exactly by Lily Allen

You Like It Darker by Stephen King

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

All Fours by Miranda July

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Green Dot by Madeleine Gray

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe

French Exit by Patrick deWitt

The Fake by Zoe Whittall

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

Endling by Maria Reva

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

The Nickel Boys by Colton Whitehead

The Boat People by Sharon Bala

Chain Gang Allstars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert

Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Breasts by Jean Hannah Edelstein

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Outlawed by Anna North

The Guest by Emma Cline

Cher: The Memoir (Part 1) by Cher

Fight Night by Miriam Toews

New Teeth by Simon Rich

Fox 8 by George Saunders

Tenth of December by George Saunders

Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler

Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray

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