We take a look back at our favorite books of 2025. This year’s best seller lists and critic choices were scattered with no clear big hits but there were still many excellent titles, says Traci Thomas, host of The Stacks podcast. We’ll hear from critics, local authors and our bookworm listeners about what’s worth reading in the new year. What was your best read of 2025?
Guests:
Traci Thomas , book reviewer and host, The Stacks podcast<br /> <br /> <br />
Kar Johnson, event manager, Green Apple Books<br /> <br /> <br />
Leila Mottley, novelist and poet. Her new novel “The Girls Who Grew Big" was released this year. She is also author of "woke up no light: poems" and "Nightcrawling," a New York Times bestseller. Mottley was the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
Kate Schatz, Author. Her debut novel is “Where the Girls Were.” Her previous books include "Do the Work! An Antiracist Activity Book" co-authored with W. Kamau Bell and "Rad American Women A-Z"
