2025 Bookreporter Bets On Selections: Books We're Betting You'll Love

Carol Fitzgerald shares commentary about her 42 Bookreporter Bets On selections from 2025. These are books that she is betting Bookreporter readers will love! (* means a video/podcast interview with that author is available.)

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Fiction

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall * 00:26
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans * 2:52
The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb 5:07
Heart the Lover by Lily King * 6:54
Buckeye by Patrick Ryan 8:47
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins * 10:37
Culpability by Bruce Holsinger * 12:27
The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage (* to come) 14:05
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson * 16:52
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova * 19:05
What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange * 20:42
When the Cranes Fly South written by Lisa Ridzén, translated by Alice Menzies 22:00
What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown 24:10
Pictures of Him by Clare Leslie Hall * 26:12
Days You Were Mine by Clare Leslie Hall *

Historical Fiction

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis * 28:39
Atmosphere: A Love Story, by Taylor Jenkins Reid 31:51
One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter * 33:52
Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray * 36:02
The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman * 38:12
Last Call at the Savoy by Brisa Carleton * 41:24
Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy 44:40

Thrillers & Mysteries

The Doorman by Chris Pavone * 46:20
Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow * 50:09
Apostle’s Cove by William Kent Krueger 51:36
The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen 53:25
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark * 54:31
All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan * 56:13
The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline 58:19
She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena 01:01:01
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney 01:02:05
Saltwater by Katy Hays * 01:03:25
Please Don’t Lie by Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt 01:05:15
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict * 01:06:57
The Oligarch's Daughter by Joseph Finder * 01:08:03
The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner 01:09:30
The Note by Alafair Burke 01:10:45
The Maid’s Secret: A Maid Novel, by Nita Prose * 01:12:28

Memoirs & Other Nonfiction

Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds, by Michelle Horton * 01:13:49
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America, by Jeff Hobbs * 01:16:32
This Happened to Me: A Reckoning, by Kate Price 01:18:40
Boat Baby: A Memoir, by Vicky Nguyen * 01:20:13

Our Latest “Bookreporter Talks To” Interviews:

Vicky Nguyen:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Vicky Nguyen  

Brisa Carleton:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Brisa Carleton  

Alex DeMille:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Alex DeMille  

Lily King:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Lily King  

Virginia Evans:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Virginia Evans  

Hank Phillippi Ryan:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Hank Phillippi Ryan  

Sharon Kurtzman:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Sharon Kurtzman  

Francesca Serritella:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Francesca Serritella  

Bruce Holsinger:    • Bookreporter Talks To... Bruce Holsinger  

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