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Linda Naughton Author Of Blackout Trail

From Linda's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Linda's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Linda Naughton Why Linda loves this book

The first half of the book was absolutely enthralling, packed with tense drama and emotional depictions of front-line medical care during the Vietnam War. The second half, after the main character returns home from war, drags a bit in places and fixates on some toxic relationships. Despite those rough patches, I picked it as a favorite this year for its unique take on the nurses' story, an often-overlooked part of history.

By Kristin Hannah ,

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

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The missing. The forgotten. The brave… The women.

From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels—at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield.

“Women can be heroes, too.”

When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these unexpected…


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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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Sally Jenkins Author Of Out of Control

From Sally's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Sally Jenkins Why Sally loves this book

Island Song is a book of contrasts. The reader travels from the bright and colourful island of St. Lucia to grey and dismal London. We experience the friendly, inclusive Caribbean culture and then witness the hostility and suspicion of people in 1950s UK. We get to know Agnes and her adventurous, determined spirit compared with her older, much more cautious sister, who is a home bird.
Pepsi Demacque-Crockett weaves all of these threads together to create an absorbing, timely, thought-provoking but easy-to-read novel. It is reminiscent of ‘A Small Island’ by Andrea Levy and would make a great book club read.

By Pepsi Demacque-Crockett ,

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

What is this book about?

One sister found the courage to leave, the other must find the courage to live...

From the Caribbean to 1950s London, an epic story of finding home, Island Song is an atmospheric and lyrical debut of compelling storytelling, for fans of Louise Hare and Kristin Hannah.

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'Profound and moving' Woman's Own

'Engrossing ... An enjoyable debut' Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City

'Inspirational ... filled with emotion and vibrancy' Heat

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'We are born of fighters ... slaves wanting to be free. Never let anyone take away the fire in your belly, my daughters...'

When their father dies,…


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