NPR's favorite books of 2025

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM CST

NPR Book of the Day host Andrew Limbong joins host Scott Tong to talk about NPR staffers’ favorite titles of 2025.

Recommendations:

“Ginseng Roots: A Memoir” by Craig Thompson
“Cannon” by Lee Lai
“Mood Machine” by Liz Pelly
“Friends to Lovers” by Sally Blakely
“The Ten Year Affair: A Novel” by Erin Somers
“Sex of the Midwest: A Novel in Stories” by Robyn Ryle

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