Rebecca and Tara share their latest good reads AND make their final predictions for CBC's 2025 Canada Reads debates which begin on Monday, March 17.

Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):

• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
• Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
• Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall; illustrated by Hugo Martinez
• Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Tara (@onabranchreads):

• The Bones of Ruin Trilogy: The Bones of Ruin; The Song of Wrath; The Lady of Rapture by Sarah Raughley. (Check out Tara's interview with Sarah on October 2, 2024)
• The Queen's Spade by Sarah Raughley
• How to Survive a Bear Attack: A Memoir by Claire Cameron
• Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B59wqgYNEM
• Beautiful Ugly; Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
• Canadian author of thrillers--Nicole Lundrigan

2025 Canada Reads titles:

• Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
• Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
• Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston
• A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby and Mary Louisa Plummer
• Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey

Also mentioned:

• Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir by Wayne Johnston