In this live special, Ryan shares his favourite fiction and non-fiction books and authors of 2025.

Fiction:

The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey

The names by Florence Knapp

Fair Play by Louise Hegarty

Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell,

Wellness by Nathan Hill

Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz

The Wildelings by Lisa Harding

The Elements by John Boyne

It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’ Connor  

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

One of Us by Elizabeth Day

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jónasson

Non-Fiction:

The Zorg by Siddharth Kara

The Einstein Vendetta by Thomas Harding

Remnants of Our Past by Deirdre O’Neill

Wings by Paul McCartney

The Walking Effect by Karl Henry

Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets by Donal Fallon

2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf

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