Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their favorite books of 2025.

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Books Discussed

• Fiend - Alma Katsu
• Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw
• Victorian Psycho - Virginia Feito
• The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones
• The Witch’s Orchard - Archer Sullivan
• King of Ashes - S.A. Cosby
• They All Fall the Same - Wes Browne

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