Ep 441 - Best Books of the Year 2025!

from Reading Glasses · host Brea Grant, Mallory O'Meara

Brea and Mallory pick their best books of the year! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreThe Reading Glasses Book!Sponsors -ZocDocwww.zocdoc.com/GLASSESGreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSESGRAZACODE: GLASSESGRAZA Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupWish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/join Books Mentioned - Katabasis by R.F. KuangWill There Ever Be Another You by Patricia LockwoodFiend by Alma KatsuBest of All Worlds by Kenneth OppelThe Road to Tender Hearts by Annie HarnettThe Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-GarciaDaughter of Daring by Mallory O’MearaOld Soul by Susan BarkerWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyA Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie CathrallWake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman What Fury Brings by Tricia LevensellerAngel Down by Daniel KrausThe Dry Season by Melissa FebosBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff HillerSky Daddy by Kate FolkMurder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran, translated by Sophie HughesStrange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim RionThe Brain at Rest by Joseph Jebelli Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell, performed by Annette Amelia Oliveira It Rhymes with Takei by George TakeiEl Dorado Drive by Megan AbbottMonsters and Mainframes by Barbara TrueloveVantage Point by Sara SligarThis is My Body by Lindsey King-MillerThe Original by Nell StevensVera Wong’s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. SutantoThe Salvage by Anbara SalamShark Heart by Emily HabeckHere’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry by Elizabeth McCracken Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses

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