Best books of 2025 as recommended by book sellers from the Boulder Bookstore

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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

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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