In Episode 232 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah share our favorite books of 2025!
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TINA AND HANNAH'S TOP FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025!
Red Clay | Charles B. Fancher (T)
Great Black Hope | Rob Franklin (H)
The Favorites | Layne Fargo (T)
Nothing to See Here | Kevin Wilson (H)
Sunrise on the Reaping | Suzanne Collins (T)
Sandwich | Catherine Newman (H)
One Yellow Eye | Leigh Radford (T)
Rainbow Black | Maggie Thrash (H)
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng | Kylie Lee Baker (T)
The War That Saved My Life | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (H)
What Kind of Paradise | Janelle Brown (T)
The Staircase in the Woods | Chuck Wendig (H)
Broken Country | Claire Leslie Hall (T)
The Names | Florence Knapp (H)
Dominion | Addie Citchens (T)
The Knight and the Moth | Rachel Gillig (H)
Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy (T)
Hamnet | Maggie O'Farrell (H)
Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry (T)
Current Reads
The Death of Us | Abigail Dean (T)
The Reformatory | Tananarive Due (H)
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