And on this week’s very special episode, I welcome Stephanie from Books in the Freezer to discuss our favorite reads of 2025 thus far! This is a really fun hour in which we talk about the books we love, what we’re looking forward to, and just some general fun around horror fiction. I cannot thank Stephanie enough for coming on the podcast to chat about this very topic, and if you want to keep up with Books in the Freezer, check out the links below! I also have provided a list of the books mentioned on the episode.

Books we love:

* Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker (order here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bat-eater-and-other-names-for-cora-zeng-kylie-lee-baker?variant=42432011436066)

* The Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam Rebelein (order here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-poorly-made-and-other-things-sam-rebelein?variant=42517937029154)

* Play Nice by Rachel Harrison (preorder here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/742649/play-nice-by-rachel-harrison/)

* Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito (order here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/782443/victorian-psycho-by-virginia-feito/9781631498633)

* Come Knocking by Mike Bockoven (order here: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510783447/come-knocking/)

* Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones (order here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Buffalo-Hunter-Hunter/Stephen-Graham-Jones/9781668075081)

* When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy (order here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250354341/whenthewolfcomeshome/)

* Good Boy by Neil McRobert (preorder here: https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/goodboy/9781068563102)

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