Our Book Bestie’s Best Books of 2025

This week we are hitting the books with our book bestie Spencer Ruchti, the events manager at Third Place Books. We dig through the Seattle reads that skyrocketed to the top of so many TBR lists in 2025 and... why hardcover books are the Porsche of books. Plus, we give you some tips for setting book-ish goals for reading more in 2026.  And… if you need some help filling that book shaped void after listening to the episode, here’s Spencer and Katie’s Recommended If You Liked (RIYL): On the Calculations of Volume by Solvej Balle You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue Third Place Book Events Third Place Top 10 of 2025: https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/our-top-ten-books-2025  Explore the Seattle Room at the Seattle Public Library  KUOW Book Club https://www.kuow.org/series/books   Crux by Gabriel Tallent Event recommendations from this week’s episode:Broadview Branch 50th Anniversary Celebration, Saturday, January 24, 2026 Got a book rec? Tell us about your favorite books of 2025 or the ones you can’t wait to read in 2026 [email protected]. Your support helps create shows like Seattle Now, Soundside, and Meet Me Here! Become a KUOW member today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.