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‘Tis the season for reflecting on a well-read year. So, after all that reading, which books are we still thinking about now? The truth is, the best book of the year is deeply personal to every reader.

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It was another incredible year in reading. Here are our favorite 20 books—including memoirs, buzzy literary fiction, and captivating histories—of 2025. Susan Choi’s engrossing new novel begins with a ...

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The New Deal, George Selgin suggests, did not work the way most historians claim. This economist’s eye-opening analysis shows that the increased government centralization of the 1930s rarely resulted ...

Last week we published our annual list of 100 Notable Books; today, we winnow that list to the 10 Best Books of 2025. And now, we’re ready to discuss them. In this week’s episode, the Book Review ...