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Best books of 2025 as recommended by book sellers from the Boulder Bookstore
Maeve Conran
As 2025 draws to a close, we check in with book sellers at the Boulder Bookstore to find out what books they enjoyed reading this year, and what recommendations they have for readers of all ages.
Arsen Kashkashian’s recommendations:
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Listen to the Radio Bookclub interview with Stephen Graham Jones about the Buffalo Hunter Hunter
As 2025 draws to a close, we check in with book sellers at the Boulder Bookstore to find out what books they enjoyed reading this year, and what recommendations they have for readers of all ages.
Arsen Kashkashian’s recommendations:
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Listen to the Radio Bookclub interview with Stephen Graham Jones about the Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Listen to the Radio Bookclub interview with Kaveh Akbar about Martyr!
Barrie Kenyon children’s book recommendations:
The 13th Day of Christmas (picture book) by Adam Rex
Flora and the Jazzers by Astrid Sheckels
Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson
Stephanie Schindhelm’s recommendations:
Replaceable You. Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach
Ew It’s Beautiful. A False Knees Comic Collection by Joshua Barkman
Julia Atwood’s recommendations:
The Hounding: A Novel by Xenobe Purvis
We Love You, Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
Clement De Hoe’s recommendation:
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
Stacy Silverstein Apple’s recommendation:
Long Winter by Colm Tóibín
Alyssa Galvin’s recommendation:
Monk & Robot by Becky Chambers
Leah Powers’ recommendation:
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Reghan Gillman’s recommendation:
Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
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Find out more about the upcoming reading retreat that will feature a special recording of the KGNU/Boulder Bookstore Radio Bookclub.
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