Revisiting Exciting 2025 Book Releases

2 Jan 2026 · 49 min

Episode Revisiting Exciting 2025 Book Releases

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All the Books! is taking a holiday break, so we wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the books we were most excited to read in 2025 (and some of them did indeed make our favorite books of the year lists!). In this rerun episode, Liberty and Patricia discuss books coming in 2025 they're excited about, including Down in the Sea of Angels, Tartufo, Flirting Lessons, and more!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory

We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton

In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr.

Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran

The Portable Feminist Reader edited by Roxane Gay

Accidents Happen: Stories by F.H. Batacan

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer by Dylan Mulvaney

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel by Loretta J Ross

Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi

We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something by Amie McNee

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline

For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.

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