Merry Christmas Eve Eve! For the final episode of the year, Hannah brought in friend of the pod Emma Hinds, each bringing their 5 favourite reads of 2025. They also discuss what their year has been like in reading, what books they didn't get to, what books they're hoping to read over Christmas, reading goals for 2026 & more! 
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Books & other mentions in this episode: 
Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson
The Artist by Lucy Steeds
Flashlight by Susan Choi
The South by Tash Aw
Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry
Everyone I Know is Dying by Emily Slapper
It Might Never Happen by Emily Slapper
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
The Night Hag by Hester Musson
Wellcome Collection
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz
On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Old Soul by Susan Barker
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
The Pretender by Jo Harkin
Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild
And He Shall Appear by Kate van der Borgh
Engleby by Sebastian Faulks
There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Girlbeast by Cecilie Lind
Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth
Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth
Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth
Days of Light by Megan Hunter
The Lamb by Lucy Rose
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams
Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper
The Show Woman by Emma Cowing
Since the World is Ending by Indyana Schneider
Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
Penelope Lively
Anne Enright

Let us know your faves of the year by emailing us apairofbookendspod@gmail.com or you can DM us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram. Until next time, happy reading!