The Book Snug Podcast

S4, Chapter 2: Our Best Books of 2025

Stephany Yoder and Julia Dagen Season 4 Episode 2

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It's time to talk about our favorite reads of 2025.  Be prepared for a ridiculous amount of gushing.

Julia's Books

  • Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  • Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
  • Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock
  • Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

Stephany's Books

  • A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko 
  • Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
  • My Ăntonia by Willa Cather
  • The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion (Vol. 1 - 5)
  • Time of the Child by Niall Williams, narrated by Dermot Crowley

Other Mentions

  • Almost Famous (2000)
  • Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
  • White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
  • The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

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