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Best Books of 2025 Superlatives with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) | Ep. 212

Best Books of 2025 Superlatives with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) | Ep. 212

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 In Ep. 212, Sarah and Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books start wrapping up 2025 with the first of the two year-end episodes: Best Books of 2025 Superlatives. In this episode, they share their picks for over 25 superlative categories, including Weirdest 5-Star Read of 2025, The Book That Made Us Furious, Most Underrated Gem, Too Dark Even for Me, and so much more! This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Highlights Our best books of the year from over 25 categories, including: My First 5-Star 2025 Release of the YearWeirdest 5-Star Read of 2025The Book That Made Us FuriousMost Underrated GemMost Perplexing BookBest Book to Be Made into a Reality SeriesToo Dark Even for MeMost Crushingly Depressing Book I LovedBest Horror Book in the Victorian-Feminist-Gory CategoryThe Crime Novel That Hit Me Hardest Emotionally 2025 Superlatives [7:32] Sarah Penitence by Kristin Koval (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [7:58]What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[12:38]Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (2025)| Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:22] Maggie; a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:43] The Slip by Lucas Schaefer (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [19:25] Audition by Katie Kitamura (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:22] The Dinner Party by Viola Van de Sandt (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[29:25] Fox by Joyce Carol Oates (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [33:35]When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén (US release 2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:37] Dominion by Addie E. Citchens (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:30]What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:53]Dream State by Eric Puchner (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:52]Heart the Lover by Lily King (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:06]The Boomerang by Robert Bailey (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:38]Awake by Jen Hatmaker (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [57:07] Catherine What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[9:58]The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[14:37]The Compound by Aisling Rawle (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [21:31]Murderland by Caroline Fraser (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:53]Heart, Be At Peace by Donal Ryan (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:07]The Names by Florence Knapp (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:13]Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[38:31]The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:12]Sweet Fury by Sash Bischoff (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:45]Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer, 2) by Laini Taylor (2018) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:40]Let's Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [52:39]Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [55:31]The Death of Us by Abigail Dean (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:00:18] Other Books Mentioned Defending Jacob by William Landay (2012) [8:59] All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay (2023) [9:00]Pretty Things by Janelle Brown (2020) [10:40] I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (2016) [30:25] The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan (2012) [33:08]Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (2025) [45:20] The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange (2023) [45:39] Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1934) [46:13]The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller (2021) [48:34]Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler (2013) [48:35] Writers and Lovers by Lily King (2020) [51:32]
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