The It Books of January 2025

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca ring in the new year with another It Book knockout round. A storm gathers. Can anyone sail through it? Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Book Riot’s TBR The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The 2025 Read Harder Challenge is live Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney We Do Not Part by Han Kang Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson The Loves of My Life by Edmund White Dare I Say It by Naomi Watts Three Wild Dogs and the Truth by Markus Zusak Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor The Crash by Frieda McFadden Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.6	Teas and C's apply. As we enter the new year, I've been reflecting upon which dating royalty will
0:37.4	return to the Love Island Villa.
0:39.5	Lovers from across the land will be hoping they get the call to be a Love Island All-Star
0:44.4	and share values of kindness, compassion and snogging.
0:49.7	I urge them to love thy neighbour on the next Sun Lounger and hope that come January 13th on ITB2 and ITBX, love will reign supreme.
1:00.4	This is the BookWright podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill. I'm Rebecca Schinsky. And we are definitely absolutely and totally coming to you from 2025.
1:11.1	Hop in the time machine.
1:12.5	It is December 20th.
1:15.3	And we're talking today about the It Books of January 2025.
1:20.2	It did your first time joining us.
1:21.2	We play it Knockout Round Style.
1:23.4	I've chosen 10 finalists.
1:25.9	One will enter the ring.
1:27.4	They get pass into the ring. and then with each subsequent entry, only one continues.
1:33.8	Rebecca takes the first crack at deciding which of them we think as the better candidate for Itbook.
1:38.8	Sometimes I'll chide me in at the end and try to steer one way the other or break a tie.
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