Our contributors have teamed up to tell one another about their favorite books of the year over the next couple of weeks! First up, Shoshana and Mhairie share a spoiler free gush session of their favorite books of 2025. This conversation includes books from every genre and format, a sure bet to please these long winter nights. Take care of yourself, friends, be sure to check the content warnings before reading. 

 

 

Book and resources mentioned:

Shoshana's Books 

5. He's to Die For by Erin Dunn 

4. The Black Gods Drums by P Djeli Clark 

3. ZomRomCom by Olivia Dade 

2. I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming 

1. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna  

 

Mhairie's Books 

5. The Book of Witching by C J Cooke 

4. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent 

3. Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 

2.  What Hunger by Catherine Dang 

1. Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett 

 

Bonus Books from Shoshana: 

Check Please # 1 and Check Please #2 by Ngozi Ukazu  

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe 

Faking It: the Lies Women Tell about Sex--And the Truths They Reveal by Lux Alptraum 

Alchemised by SenLinYu  

A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett 

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen 

Looking for Group by Alexis Hall 

 

Bonus Books from Mhairie: 

Blood Relay by Devon Mihesuah - Publishes 2026 

Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones 

The rest of the Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett (Encyclopedia of Faeries and Map of the Otherlands) 

The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey (read in 2024 but I have bought this as a gift no less than 3 times and keep recommending it. Def my top non fiction of the last couple years. Hella interesting.) 

 

 

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

 

Original music by Amarissa

 

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