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Susan Pease Banitt Author Of Women Therapists on Healing

From Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Susan Pease Banitt Why Susan loves this book

I love a book that dives deep into the psyche and at the same time has some nonordinary reality themes. It encouraged self-reflection without being preachy.

By Matt Haig ,

Why should I read it?

41 authors picked The Midnight Library as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year

"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."-The Washington Post

The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book.

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Amanda McCrina Author Of Beyond Seven Forests

From Amanda's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Amanda's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Amanda McCrina Why Amanda loves this book

It takes a lot for me to read and love a novel about the US Civil War. The Jackal's Mistress exceeded my expectations in every way. It's not a thriller or a page-turner, really, and yet I couldn't put it down; I cared that much about the characters and what might happen to them. I love stories where "good" people are placed in excruciatingly impossible situations and forced to question their own humanity and morality, and this is one of those.

By Chris Bohjalian ,

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2 authors picked The Jackal's Mistress as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER • In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she's willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls.

Virginia, 1864—Libby Steadman's husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure his voice in her dreams. While she longs for him in…


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Amanda McCrina Author Of Beyond Seven Forests

From Amanda's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Amanda's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Amanda McCrina Why Amanda loves this book

This was a year for great historical fiction. THE LISTENERS might have flown under the radar a bit, but I loved this quiet, deliberate story set in an exclusive hotel during WWII. The worldbuilding was wonderful and unexpected, but—again—the characters are the real stars here, and I loved the gentle romance between Tucker and June.

By Maggie Stiefvater ,

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1 author picked The Listeners as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER· An Oprah Daily Best Summer Read of 2025 · A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of June

“A wonderfully observed—actually, flat-out wonderful—historical novel.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Richly imagined . . . Stiefvater's prose is as pungent as the sweetwater, with a snap that suggests the whimsy of a veteran storyteller.” —The New York Times

#1 New York Times bestselling novelist Maggie Stiefvater dazzles in this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril.

January 1942. The Avallon Hotel & Spa has always offered elegant luxury in the wilds of West…


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The Year Mrs. Cooper Got Out More by Meredith Marple,

The coastal tourist town of Great Wharf, Maine, boasts a crime rate so low you might suspect someone’s lying.

Nevertheless, jobless empty nester Mallory Cooper has become increasingly reclusive and fearful. Careful to keep the red wine handy and loath to leave the house, Mallory misses her happier self—and so…

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From Winter's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Winter loves this book

I seem to be drawn to epistolary novels (Guernsey Literary and 84 Charing Cross) though I resist it! It takes a great author to create a fascinating whole out of fragments. The main character is someone I feel I'd like to know IRL--and like I already do. The conclusion of the major plot point was unexpected. I've speculated about how it would affect me.

By Virginia Evans ,

Why should I read it?

10 authors picked The Correspondent as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.


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