Our favourite episode of the year is out now (a bit late because Salma had jury duty!) Listen to find out the top ten borrowed fiction and non-fiction books for 2025 (for the first time ever there's no James Patterson). Also, Paula and Salma offer some good book recs for summer reading and the books we're looking forward to next year!!

We also farewell Paula from the podcast for now (she'll have FOMO and will be back) and welcome Jasmine who will be joining Salma in 2026!

Books they mention:

House Of My Mother – Shari Franke

Cat Person - Kristen Roupenian

We Solve Murders – Richard Osman

Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman

Beautiful Ugly – Alice Feeney

The Mushroom Tapes - Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire – Chloe Hooper

The Trauma Cleaner - Sarah Krasnostein

This House of Grief – Helen Garner

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Mongrel – Hanako Footman

I Want Everything - Dominic Amerena

Wellness - Nathan Hill

The Nix - Nathan Hill

The Let Them Theory – Mel Robbins

Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty

The Memoir Part 1 - Cher

The Whole Truth - Jackie O

A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing – Jessie Tu

Daisy Darker – Alice Feeney

Nemesis – Patricia Wolf

Salt Upon The Water – Lyn Dickens

Until the Red Leaves Fall – Alli Parker

At the Foot of the Cherry Tree – Alli Parker

Average at Best – Astrid Jorgensen

Bird Box - Josh Malerman

The Testaments - Margaret Atwood