We're baaaaaaaack! Sorry for the wait yall, life comes at ya real quick. As always, we wait until the actual end of the year to make it through everything we want to read so if you think this is late just remember everyone else copped out and made lists too early. That's what we tell ourselves. So in this episode we catch up on some book news and then present our top 5 books of the year (each) plus books we're looking forward to in 2026.

Books and Authors mentioned in this Episode:

David Szalay - Flesh

Rabih Alameddine - The True True Story of Raja The Gullible

Rachel Reid - Heated Rivalry Series

Mark Z. Danielewski - Tom’s Crossing

Jess Walter - So Far Gone

Lucas Schaefer - The Slip

Addie E Hitchens - Dominion

Sean Hewitt - Open, Heaven

Katie Riley - Ruth

Torrey Peter - Stag Dance

Virginia Evans - The Correspondent

Daniel Kraus - Angel Down

Brian Goldstone - There Is No Place For Us

George Saunders - Vigil

Douglas Stuart - John of John

Patrick Radden Keefe - London falling

Jesmyn Ward - On Witness and Repair

Daniel Mason - Country People

Ben Lerner - Transcipt