Arts & Culture

We highlight our favorite books of 2025

WSHU | By Glen Weldon,

Published December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM EST

NPR's Books We Love is a roundup of the best books from the past year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you're looking for. This year we've got hundreds of book recommendations, so today, we're highlighting some of our favorites – including Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller, The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers, and Cannon by Lee Lai.

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Glen Weldon

Glen Weldon is a host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. He reviews books, movies, comics and more for the NPR Arts Desk.

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Andrew Limbong is a reporter for NPR's Arts Desk, where he does pieces on anything remotely related to arts or culture, from streamers looking for mental health on Twitch to Britney Spears' fight over her conservatorship. He's also covered the near collapse of the live music industry during the coronavirus pandemic. He's the host of NPR's Book of the Day podcast and a frequent host on Life Kit.

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