4 Early-Year Book Recommendations

4 Early-Year Book Recommendations

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What Did 2025 Mean for Books?

From political tell-alls to the continued triumph of romantasy novels, it’s been an eventful year in the publishing world. On this week’s episode, host MJ Franklin talks with his Book Review colleagues Alexandra Alter, Tina Jordan and John Maher about the biggest book stories and ...  Show more

Our Book Critics on Their 2025 in Reading

Here we are in mid-December, which means that along with all of the other year-end lists we produce and avidly consume at this time each year, The New York Times Book Review's staff critics are also looking back on everything they read in 2025, and toasting the books that have st ...  Show more

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