About this episode
2025 has come to an end, so that means it’s time to break down our standout reads of the year. I am joined by my friend, fellow podcaster and reviewer, Anna Dupre of the Anna Rose Reads Podcast. This was a year full of cannibalism, sweeping historicals, and weird little horny books, so a great year!
Books Mentioned:
Short Story Collections/ Anthologies
Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper
Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia
You Glow in the Dark by Liliana Colanzi (translated by Chris Andrews)
The Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam Rebelein
Oddbody by Rose Keating
PUNK goes HORROR: A Mixtape Anthology edited by William Sterling
It’s the End of the World As We Know It: New Tales from Stephen King’s Stand edited by Brian Keene and Christopher Golden
Graphic Novels
A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll
Saint Catherine by Anna Meyer
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Hogarth
Young Adult Horror
Showstopper by Lily Anderson
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Overnight (#3) by RL Stine
Middle Grade Horror
Ride or Die by Delilah S. Dawson
Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave by Ally Russell
Another by Paul Tremblay
Broken Dolls by Ally Malinenko
Non-Fiction
Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread by Layla Taylor
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Scream With Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism by Eleanor Johnson
The Midcentury Ki
