Ep 252: Most Anticipated Books of 2025 with Traci Thomas of The Stacks podcast
/No matter the question, reading is the answer. And in a year starting off like 2025 is, we certainly need a lot of answers to life's questions.
I am thrilled to welcome fellow Angeleno bookworm Traci Thomas (host of The Stacks podcast) to talk about the most anticipated new book releases of 2025. We talk about novels and nonfiction by debut and beloved authors publishing this year and sorry not sorry about this conversation that will send your book budget soaring. There are so many good books to look forward to in the next six months.
Also in this episode, Traci really gives me a lot to think about in terms of how we talk about books and why it's okay to be publicly critical of books that don't work for us. As an author who is jumpy about that concept, Traci really shifted my perspective on this.
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2025 ANTICIPATED BOOKS:
January Books:
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
February Books:
Pure Innocent Fun: Essays by Ira Madison III
Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
March Books:
Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky
I'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan by Giaae Kwon
There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
April Books:
Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life by Maggie Smith
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad
Authority: Essays by Andrea Long Chu
May Books:
Love and Exile by Shon Faye
The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s by Paul Elie
June Books:
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Weepers by Peter Mendelsun
ALSO MENTIONED in this episode:
Sarah Hildreth of Fiction Matters
Episode 122 of The Stacks Podcast with Kiese Laymon, Breathe by Imani Perry Book Club
The Keep It Podcast
Read Traci's Most Anticipated List of 2025 with a different set of books than she talks about here
MORE BOOKS mentioned in this episode:
Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
South to America by Imani Perry
Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation by Imani Perry
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem by Imani Perry
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Looking for Lorraine by Imani Perry
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
You Like It Darker by Stephen King
Liliana’s Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
American War by Omar El Akkad
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Reagan: His Life and Legend by Max Boot
You Can Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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