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Kelly Hooker - Our Top Reads of 2025

Kelly Hooker - Our Top Reads of 2025

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 In this episode, Kelly Hooker and I discuss our top reads of 2025. Our Top Shared Reads: Dead Money by Jacob Kerr This American Woman by Zarna Garg The Correspondent by Virginia Evans The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar Kelly’s Remaining Selections: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley Life & Death & Giants by Ron Rindo Seeking Shelter by Jeff Hobbs Cindy’s Remaining Selections: What Happened to the McCray’s? by Tracey Lange Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Heartwood by Amity Gaige No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein Culpability by Bruce Holsinger Gemini by Jeffrey Kruger Connect with Kelly Hooker on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠. Donate to the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Venmo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out⁠⁠ this list of all the great books⁠⁠ I loved in 2025. Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2026? Check out our fifth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Literary Lookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead, and we color-code by genre in this one! Looking for something new to read? Here is my monthly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buzz Reads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ column with five new recommendations each month. Connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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