Read or Dead

Our Most Anticipated Books of 2025


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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated thriller and mystery books of 2025.

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Books Discussed:

The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy - Andrea Dunlop & Mike Weber

The Dream Hotel - Laila Lalami

King of Ashes - SA Cosby

They All Fall the Same - Wes Browne

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones

Immaculate Conception - Ling Ling Huang

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